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I am ecstatic to share that my TTNCI R01 proposal scored 5 Percentile. Extremely grateful to the support from my collaborators and trainees and the UArizona R. Ken Coit College of Pharmacy University of Arizona Cancer Center University of Arizona Research


“For an initial experiment, it certainly showed the promise that we had hoped for.” Healio spoke with Megha Padi of University of Arizona Cancer Center University of Arizona about the anthelminthic drug pyrvinium pamoate, its potential in treating Merkel cell carcinoma and repurposed drugs. bit.ly/4j4gt1v

The CME-accredited Best of ASCO 2025 review series is coming to #Albuquerque! Join Dr. Ursa Brown-Glaberman and other leading experts to break down the practice-changing abstracts from the 2025 ASCO® Annual Meeting. 🌟Register today: buff.ly/NUgxwmE University of Arizona Cancer Center Univ. of New Mexico



Professor and Section Chief of Surgical Oncology at University of Arizona Health Sciences Taylor S. Riall, MD, PhD, FACS presenting “Patient Reported Outcomes and Decision Regret After Pancreatic Surgery” at the 2025 Department of Surgery University of Arizona Department of Surgery annual Research Symposium hosted in the beautiful


Honored to be presenting our work at ASCO. If you’re around, we’d be grateful for your time & feedback. Stop by our poster, share ur thoughts & let’s tackle #NETs together. Jaydira Del Rivero, MD National Cancer Institute University of Arizona Cancer Center See you there! #GIOnc #ASCO25 #MedTwitter







Truly wonderful to have University of Arizona Cancer Center representing at #ASCO25! So proud to be part of this team ❤️. University of Arizona COM - Division of Heme/Onc ASCO Junaid Arshad Aaron J. Scott MD Abhijeet Kumar Chirag Kapadia, MD


A study initiated by a University of Arizona Cancer Center physician-scientist defined how loss of the Y chromosome in male immune cells negatively affects immune system function, which may explain why loss of Y is associated with lower cancer survival rates in men. More: bit.ly/4dLo0RU



Our congratulations to Jack Duy Tran, PhD of Cancer Biology, on his graduation. Jack has been working with cancer center member and mentor, Cynthia Miranti, PhD. Read more about Jack & other graduates in our recent tribute. cancercenter.arizona.edu/news/2025/05/c… #grad #cancerresearch #cancer

BIO5 members Dongkyun Kang and Clara Curiel-Lewandrowski are part of a team that hope to image nerve endings and create objective, quantitative biomarkers for a common and painful side effect of chemotherapy drugs. Read in University of Arizona Health Sciences: bit.ly/4juuKVG


Cancer-Fighting Immune Cells, Survival Worsened by Y Chromosome Loss Y chromosome loss in blood cells impairs T-cell function, explaining increased cancer mortality in aging men and impacting immunotherapy treatments. University of Arizona Cancer Center #cancer #oncology hubs.li/Q03qW5Vs0


