Congratulations to Dr. Acadia Buro on her contribution to "Lifestyle Behaviors and Needs After Breast Cancer Diagnosis: A Qualitative Assessment." Read more: https://bit.ly/3WFuPxH
University of New Mexico Comprehensive Cancer Center
Hospitals and Health Care
Albuquerque, New Mexico 712 followers
The NCI-designated UNM Comprehensive Cancer Center offers cancer treatment, clinical trials and conducts cancer research
About us
The University of New Mexico Comprehensive Cancer Center is the Official Cancer Center of New Mexico and the only National Cancer Institute-designated Cancer Center in a 500-mile radius. Its 146 board-certified oncology specialty physicians include cancer surgeons in every specialty (abdominal, thoracic, bone and soft tissue, neurosurgery, genitourinary, gynecology, and head and neck cancers), adult and pediatric hematologists/medical oncologists, gynecologic oncologists, and radiation oncologists. They, along with more than 600 other cancer healthcare professionals (nurses, pharmacists, nutritionists, navigators, psychologists and social workers), provide treatment to 65% of New Mexico’s cancer patients from all across the state and partner with community health systems statewide to provide cancer care closer to home. Since 2015, the 100-plus researchers affiliated with the UNM Cancer Center have published 930 manuscripts, and promoting economic development, filed 136 new patents and launched 10 new biotechnology start-up companies. The physicians, scientists and staff have provided education and training experiences to more than 530 high school, undergraduate, graduate, and postdoctoral fellowship students in cancer research and cancer health care delivery.
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https://unmhealth.org/cancer
External link for University of New Mexico Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Industry
- Hospitals and Health Care
- Company size
- 501-1,000 employees
- Headquarters
- Albuquerque, New Mexico
- Type
- Educational
- Founded
- 1971
- Specialties
- Cancer care, Cancer research, Cancer treatment, Clinical trials, and hematology/oncology
Locations
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1201 Camino de Salud NE
Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131, US
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2325 Camino de Salud NE
Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131, US
Employees at University of New Mexico Comprehensive Cancer Center
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Michele W. Sequeira, MS, MBA, MWC
Freelance medical writer| Helping healthcare organizations engage, inform, and inspire patients, the public, and professionals through healthcare…
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Dolores Guest
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Shane Pankratz
Professor of Biostatistics at The University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center
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Daniel Falcón, Ph.D.
Research Scientist at The University of New Mexico Comprehensive Cancer Center
Updates
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We are proud to have played a part in the US News & World Report's designation of UNM Hospital in its best hospital rankings this year. UNM was recognized for colon cancer and blood cancer treatments. Thank you to our doctors, nurses and staff who strive every day to bring the highest level of care to all New Mexicans.
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Congratulations to our entire team on earning the APEx accreditation from the American Society for Radiation Oncology. Our facility has demonstrated compliance with APEx safety and care standards and will continue to use those standards in our patients’ care. Read more: https://bit.ly/4f1Q4Rd
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Congratulations to Alissa Greenbaum, MD, and the entire team on the publication of "Travel Distance Does Not Affect Overall Survival in Patients with Appendiceal Adenocarcinoma Undergoing Cytoreductive Surgery and Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy" in Surgical Oncology Insight. The team included Lara McKean Basté, MD, Bridget Fahy, MD, FACS, Sarah Popek, MD, Li Luo, PhD, and Javid Sadjadi, MD. Read more: https://bit.ly/3XUukR5
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Eric Prossnitz, PhD, is one of the authors of "vG protein-coupled estrogen receptor agonist G-1 decreases ADAM10 levels and NLRP3-inflammasome component activation in response to Staphylococcus aureus alpha-hemolysin." Congratulations Dr. Prossnitz. Find the paper here: https://bit.ly/3LeJ1Hu
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Congratulations to Matthew Hernandez, MD, on being one of three recipients of the Nizar N. Oweida, MD, FACS, Scholarship of the American College of Surgeons. Follow this link to learn more about the scholarship: https://bit.ly/3xu3fd0
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Congratulations to Shuguang Leng, MBBS, PhD, and his entire team on the publication of "Early menopause and hormone therapy as determinants for lung health outcomes: a secondary analysis using the PLCO trial" in the journal BMJ-Thorax. Other UNM Comprehensive Cancer Center members who worked on the project include Huining Kang, PhD, Steven Belinsky, PhD, and Kimberly Leslie, MD. Follow this link to read the paper: https://bit.ly/3VEliVP
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Last weekend the Binaytara Foundation held it "Best of ASCO Albuquerque" conference. The program included in-depth discussion and analysis of the latest scientific findings and practice-changing advances in the surgical oncology field. Fifteen UNMCCC faculty were invited to help place abstract findings from American Society Clinical Oncology's 2024 annual meeting into clinical contexts and discuss how the results may change the current standard of care. Congratulations to all who presented.
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UNM Cancer Center offers new Chimeric Antigen Receptor T-Cell therapy, which uses white blood cells to attack cancers. Read more here: https://bit.ly/3KUPC9E
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Congratulations to Charles Wiggins, PhD, MSPH, for working on the team that published "Access to Prostate-Specific Antigen Testing and Mortality Among Men With Prostate Cancer." Read here: https://bit.ly/3RuMipn
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