![Silas Walker FILE - The UK Markey Cancer Center has been named a comprehensive cancer center from the National Cancer Institute in Lexington, Ky., Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2023. A new $781 million home for the University of Kentucky’s Markey Cancer Center will help researchers accelerate innovations aimed at “conquering cancer in the commonwealth,” its director said Thursday, April 25, 2024. (Silas Walker/Lexington Herald-Leader via AP, File)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/4a169ec52bfd455fb7588f89228c19ab/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
FILE - The UK Markey Cancer Center has been named a comprehensive cancer center from the National Cancer Institute in Lexington, Ky., Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2023. A new $781 million home for the University of Kentucky’s Markey Cancer Center will help researchers accelerate innovations aimed at “conquering cancer in the commonwealth,” its director said Thursday, April 25, 2024. (Silas Walker/Lexington Herald-Leader via AP, File)
![Silas Walker FILE - The UK Markey Cancer Center has been named a comprehensive cancer center from the National Cancer Institute in Lexington, Ky., Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2023. A new $781 million home for the University of Kentucky’s Markey Cancer Center will help researchers accelerate innovations aimed at “conquering cancer in the commonwealth,” its director said Thursday, April 25, 2024. (Silas Walker/Lexington Herald-Leader via AP, File)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/6dc8a820349845c4aaa4fc5248773d3f/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
FILE - The UK Markey Cancer Center has been named a comprehensive cancer center from the National Cancer Institute in Lexington, Ky., Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2023. A new $781 million home for the University of Kentucky’s Markey Cancer Center will help researchers accelerate innovations aimed at “conquering cancer in the commonwealth,” its director said Thursday, April 25, 2024. (Silas Walker/Lexington Herald-Leader via AP, File)