
Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center
@buffettcancer
Building hope with every breakthrough.
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http://www.unmc.edu/cancercenter 01-03-2024 11:36:33
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First reception âś… Outstanding research being presented âś… So proud of our Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center team at #ASCO25!

26 years strong! Nebraska's finest gather in Blue Springs this weekend for the Cattlemen's Ball of Nebraska which transforms generosity into cancer breakthroughs. Grateful to the Acton family and every supporter turning hope into healing! #Nebraska #CancerResearch bit.ly/3HEDOKa

This month is National Cancer Survivors Month and today we want to recognize our friends and partners at Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center and all the work they do to make sure Nebraskans don't face the battle of cancer alone.


Recent research by Rob Lewis, PhD and Kurt Fisher, MD, PhD in Molecular Cancer Therapeutics shows KSR1 protein is essential for both tumor initiation and cisplatin resistance in small cell lung cancer—providing molecular insights that may inform future targeted therapies. aacrjournals.org/mcr/article-ab…


Big thank you to the Cattlemen's Ball of Nebraska for making the 2025 event in Blue Springs a grand success!! Your generosity supports the @buffettcancercenter in advancing science, improving care & reducing cancer incidence in #Nebraska. Thank you for fueling hope through #cancerresearch.



Nicole Shonka, MD and University of Nebraska Medical Center colleagues review how exosomes are transforming glioma care - from noninvasive liquid biopsies to targeted drug delivery across the blood-brain barrier. Published in Elsevier Clinics Advances in Oncology! Read here: sciencedirect.com/science/articl…




New review by Jingjing Sun, PhD explores how nanocarriers could overcome pancreatic cancer's immunosuppressive barriers - improving drug penetration and reshaping the tumor microenvironment to boost anti-tumor immunity. Read it in Portland Press here: portlandpress.com/essaysbiochem/…



The 2025 Henry M. Lemon Short Course in Cancer Biology was outstanding! Thanks to incredible speakers Blaine Bartholomew (MD Anderson Cancer Center) HargreavesLab (Salk Institute) The Roberts Lab (St. Jude Research) Anthony Imbalzano (UMass Chan Medical School) & faculty hosts Angie Rizzino Sandipan Brahma!


Recent study in Journal of Cancer Survivorship finds cognitive impairment nearly doubled in older adults 3 months after stem cell transplant. MoCA screening can help identify at-risk patients early! Great work Thuy Koll, MD, Vijaya R Bhatt, MBBS, MS, Daisy Dai, PhD & Tanya Wildes, MD! link.springer.com/article/10.100…

Join us for Grand Rounds next Tues July 8, 12pm! Dr. Rob Winn, @VCUmassey director & Association of American Cancer Institutes president, presents "One Team. One Fight: An Update on the Fight Against Cancer." Learn about his innovative "community-to-bench" model in-person or virtually: events.unmc.edu/event/fred-pam…


