# VCU Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center

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## TL;DR

Richmond's NCI comprehensive cancer centre, led by Robert Winn and known for community-engaged research on cancer health equity.

## Summary

NCI-designated since 1975 and now a comprehensive centre, VCU Massey serves central and southern Virginia from Richmond. Under director Robert Winn it has made community-engaged research and health equity its organising principle, pairing population science across a catchment that includes rural Southside Virginia with basic research in haematologic malignancies and cancer cell signalling led by Steven Grant and Paul Dent. Massey runs VCU Health's cancer service line, a phase 1 programme and NCI cooperative group trials, and the 'Facts & Faith Fridays' partnership with Black churches became a national model for outreach.

## Fields

- Kind: Institution
- Last checked: 2026-09-09
- Also known as: Massey Cancer Center
- City: Richmond, VA, US
- Type: cancer-center
- NCI designation: comprehensive
- Website: https://www.masseycancercenter.org

## Sources

- VCU Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center: https://www.masseycancercenter.org
- Clinical trials: https://www.masseycancercenter.org/clinical-trials

## Connected records

- cancers: [Acute myeloid leukaemia](https://onco.cc/cancers/aml/), [Multiple myeloma](https://onco.cc/cancers/multiple-myeloma/), [Non-small-cell lung cancer](https://onco.cc/cancers/nsclc/)
- fronts: [Prevention & Risk](https://onco.cc/fronts/prevention/)
- terms: [Real-world evidence](https://onco.cc/terms/real-world-evidence/)
- people: [Robert A. Winn](https://onco.cc/people/robert-winn/)
- bottlenecks: [Fragmented care and guideline gaps](https://onco.cc/bottlenecks/b-care-fragmentation/), [Trials do not represent the people who get cancer](https://onco.cc/bottlenecks/b-trial-diversity/)
- institutions: [National Cancer Institute (NIH)](https://onco.cc/institutions/nci/)
- collections: [NCI-Designated Cancer Centers](https://onco.cc/collections/nci-cancer-centers/)

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