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Located on the Anschutz Medical Campus, the University of Colorado Cancer Center is Colorado’s only National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer center, a distinction recognizing its outstanding contributions to research, clinical trials, prevention and cancer control. CU Cancer Center is a member of the prestigious National Comprehensive Cancer Network®, an alliance of the nation’s leading cancer centers working to establish and deliver the gold standard in cancer clinical guidelines. NCI website: http://www.cancer.gov
National Comprehensive Cancer Network Website: http://www.nccn.org

11/14/2025

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Stomach cancer, also called gastric cancer, begins when cells in the stomach start growing out of control. CU Cancer Center's Mohammad Bilal, MD, provides important information on screening, along with risk factors and symptoms to watch for.

11/13/2025

If she could go back in time, CU Cancer Center leader Stephanie Farmer, MHA, would encourage her younger self to always keep learning. It’s a reminder for all of us that curiosity and asking the right questions can open the door to growth and opportunity.

Watch the full interview here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqzqeUe_H7g

“There are just under two cases per million patients each year, so it's not a common tumor, but the big issue with this ...
11/13/2025

“There are just under two cases per million patients each year, so it's not a common tumor, but the big issue with this tumor is the morbidity and the neurological damage that it causes,” says CU Cancer Center member Todd Hankinson, MD.

Thanks to funding from Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation, Hankinson and Siddhartha Mitra, PhD, another cancer center member, are exploring new treatment options for adamantinomatous craniopharyngioma, a rare pediatric brain tumor ⬇️

Researchers Todd Hankinson, MD, and Siddhartha Mitra, PhD, received funding from Alex’s Lemonade Stand to study new treatments for craniopharyngiomas.

“I just live life, and I don't even think about the cancer. The drug works for me, and it works well," says Jennifer Bro...
11/12/2025

“I just live life, and I don't even think about the cancer. The drug works for me, and it works well," says Jennifer Brown about a clinical trial at the CU Cancer Center that helped her combat her lung cancer.

Read more about Brown's story and how the clinical trial worked ⬇️

A clinical trial at the CU Cancer Center successfully treated Jennifer Brown’s stage IV lung cancer, shrinking her liver metastases by 50% within weeks.

11/10/2025

Dan Gustafson, PhD, specializes in cancer drug development and pharmacokinetics. He trained at Colorado State University and has served at the University of Colorado Skaggs School of Pharmacy since 1999, supporting the advancement of the university’s phase I clinical trials program in collaboration with our partners at the CSU Animal Cancer Center!

Watch the full interview here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFSzFb55KDs

“Written exposure therapy involves writing yourself into wellness — you identify your most intense trauma, and you write...
11/07/2025

“Written exposure therapy involves writing yourself into wellness — you identify your most intense trauma, and you write about it in a very systematic way for five sessions,” says CU Cancer Center member Joanna Arch, PhD.

Read about Arch's upcoming clinical trial funded by the National Cancer Institute ⬇️

Joanna Arch, PhD, will test the effectiveness of a therapy focused on writing about future trauma in a clinical trial for advanced cancer patients.

In 2013, Baxter found his forever home with Dara and Nate Johnson — a calm, gentle rescue who quickly became the heart o...
11/06/2025

In 2013, Baxter found his forever home with Dara and Nate Johnson — a calm, gentle rescue who quickly became the heart of their family. When sinonasal carcinoma threatened his life, the Johnsons turned to the CSU Animal Cancer Center, a partner of the CU Cancer Center, where a clinical trial led by cancer center’s Keara Boss, DVM, PhD, offered something precious: hope.

Through innovative radiation therapy paired with repurposed medications, Baxter regained his breath, his energy, and his joy. “He’s not just a patient,” says Kristen Weishaar, DVM, MS, the clinical trials director of Flint Animal Cancer Center. “He’s a pioneer.”

Read the full story ⬇️

Follow Baxter’s inspiring fight against nasal cancer through a CSU clinical trial, advancing treatments for pets and humans alike.

For cancer patients experiencing endocrine complications, health care providers in the CU Cancer Center and the CU Ansch...
11/05/2025

For cancer patients experiencing endocrine complications, health care providers in the CU Cancer Center and the CU Anschutz Department of Medicine have collaborated to establish a new endocrine-oncology clinic to provide efficient, multidisciplinary care.

Learn more about this new clinic ⬇️

CU Anschutz physicians have established an endocrine-oncology clinic to help patients get specialized care quickly.

11/04/2025

Reflecting on the 40th anniversary of the University of Colorado Cancer Center, leaders share what this milestone means to them.

11/03/2025

We had an incredible time this weekend at the City Park Classic featuring a 5K, 10K, and 1-mile walk for pancreatic cancer research with the University of Colorado Cancer Center! Thank you to all who came out to make the day such a success 💜

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Located on the Anschutz Medical Campus, the University of Colorado Cancer Center is Colorado’s only National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer center, a distinction recognizing its outstanding contributions to research, clinical trials, prevention and cancer control. CU Cancer Center is a member of the prestigious National Comprehensive Cancer Network®, an alliance of the nation’s leading cancer centers working to establish and deliver the gold standard in cancer clinical guidelines. CU Cancer Center is a consortium of more than 400 researchers and physicians at three state universities and six institutions, all working toward one goal: Translating science into life.

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To discover, develop and deliver breakthroughs in diagnosis, treatment, and prevention that improve cancer care locally, nationally and globally. These efforts form the basis of a comprehensive spectrum of translational prevention, diagnosis, treatment, survivorship and outreach programs and provide a framework for training the next generation of cancer researchers and physicians.

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