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 On Friday, March 1, employees of the WVU Cancer Institute celebrated Dress in Blue Day, an annual way for people to bring awareness to colorectal cancer during National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month.
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is one of the most deadly cancers in the U.S., but it’s also highly preventable. This March, the WVU Cancer Institute encourages everyone to learn more about CRC and take charge of their colon health.
Each year, thousands of West Virginians are screened for five types of cancers, including lung, breast, cervical, colon, and prostate. Soon, West Virginians will have the opportunity to screen for more than 50 types of cancers through a simple blood draw.
The WVU Cancer Institute and WVU Medicine are partnering with GRAIL, LLC, to provide West Virginians access to a new, groundbreaking multi-cancer early detection (MCED) blood test called Galleri®. The test is being given as part of the larger clinical real-world evidence study known as REFLECTION.
This release attracted some local news coverage:
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 Ed and Stacey Pistilli in 2024. (Photo by Matt Sunday)
Sometimes, the most significant research has a personal connection.
A chance date. The Red Hot Chili Peppers. Research. Breast Cancer. All of these factor into a love story that has withstood "in sickness and in health" for WVU Cancer Institute researcher, Dr. Ed Pistili and his wife, Stacey.
Ed praised the WVU Cancer Institute for providing him with the tools and resources to not only reinvent himself as a researcher but to leave an imprint on enhancing the well-being of cancer patients.
“Having the infrastructure and support at the Cancer Institute to embark on this new journey happened so quickly,” Ed said. “I came here being only trained on the basic science side so it’s a really big deal to do what we’ve been able to do. Having the chance to treat patients is not something I thought I’d ever see.”
Check out their story in the latest edition of WVU Magazine.
Dr. Ed Pistili is a WVU Cancer Institute Researcher and Associate Professor at the WVU School of Medicine and was recently featured in the WVU Magazine.
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