Released: 13-May-2013 12:00 PM EDT
UNM Cancer Center Recruits Four World-Renowned Cancer Experts to Top Positions
University of New Mexico Comprehensive Cancer Center

Four world-renowned cancer physicians and scientists joined the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center and the UNM Cancer Center. They are Wadih Arap, MD, PhD, and Renata Pasqualini, PhD, experts in discovery of new cancer drugs and treatment of prostate and other advanced cancers; Martin J. Edelman, MD, FACP, expert in treatment of lung and aerodigestive cancers; and Anita Kinney, PhD, expert in cancer prevention and public health, community-based research, and cancer health disparities.

Released: 21-May-2013 1:00 PM EDT
UNM Cancer Center Awarded $36,000 for Statewide Health Program
University of New Mexico Comprehensive Cancer Center

The Mexican Ministry of Foreign Affairs recently awarded the UNM Cancer Center a $36,000 grant to continue its health initiatives statewide through the Ventanilla de Salud (“Health Window”) program.

Released: 28-May-2013 11:45 AM EDT
Using One Grant to Tackle Two Diseases
University of New Mexico Comprehensive Cancer Center

Specialized cells, called “hematopoietic stem cells,” produce the new blood cells. Scientists thought hematopoietic stem cells stayed in the bone marrow but recent research has revealed that they, too, travel to the problem site: to the heart if a heart attack is in progress, or to the brain in the case of a stroke. Why these cells leave the bone marrow, how they know where to go, and what they do when they reach their target is what Jennifer Gillette, PhD, will use her $300,000 American Heart Association grant to study over the next four years.

Released: 10-Jun-2013 6:00 PM EDT
A Celebration for Clinical Trial HEROes
University of New Mexico Comprehensive Cancer Center

The Cancer Program at Memorial Medical Center in Las Cruces reached 100 enrollments in clinical trials last month. To celebrate, Memorial Medical Center will host a HERO event for all southern New Mexico clinical trial participants and their guests on June 15th.

28-Jun-2013 6:00 AM EDT
International Conference to Take a Fresh Look at a Cancer-Causing Protein
University of New Mexico Comprehensive Cancer Center

Scott Ness, PhD, is convening an international conference at the University of New Mexico Cancer Center to study the MYB protein. MYB is implicated in many cancers. The MYB Conference will foster new research efforts to study mutations of this protein and their impact on various cancers.

Released: 11-Jul-2013 6:00 AM EDT
Study Uncovers a Surprising Detail About Skin Cancer
University of New Mexico Comprehensive Cancer Center

In a study recently published online in The Journal of the American Medical Association Dermatology, Marianne Berwick, PhD, and her international team of melanoma researchers confirmed that the chances of dying from skin cancer depend strongly upon how thick the primary tumor is. But — unexpectedly — the team also found that those having more than one primary tumor have better survival odds.

12-Aug-2013 6:00 AM EDT
Scientist Develops a Numbers Approach to Treatment
University of New Mexico Comprehensive Cancer Center

Dr. Vittorio Cristini, at the UNM Cancer Center, and his colleagues have just published a paper describing their mathematical model of cancer. The model uses physics and the patient's own tumor information to accurately predict treatment outcomes.

Released: 3-Sep-2013 12:00 PM EDT
A New Face and a New Direction forUNM Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
University of New Mexico Comprehensive Cancer Center

UNM welcomes Christopher Demas, MD. Dr. Demas is a newly hired University of New Mexico Professor of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. He is also the new Chief of the Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery in the Department of Surgery at the UNM School of Medicine. He practices at UNM Hospital and UNM Cancer Center. One of his specialties is breast reconstruction after cancer treatment.

Released: 3-Sep-2013 12:00 PM EDT
Cowboys for Cancer Research CelebratesIts Heritage
University of New Mexico Comprehensive Cancer Center

Las Cruces-based nonprofit Cowboys for Cancer Research raises funds for cancer research at its annual Dinner, Dance and Team Roping Event.

Released: 10-Sep-2013 12:00 PM EDT
Cutting-Edge Surgery: a Balance ofResearch, Training and Care
University of New Mexico Comprehensive Cancer Center

Charles Bellows, MD, FACS, a University of New Mexico Professor of General Surgery, recently assumed the role of Chief of the Division of General Surgery in the Department of Surgery at the UNM School of Medicine. He will bring a focus on balancing academic pursuits and research with patient care.

Released: 10-Sep-2013 12:00 PM EDT
Stepping Closer to Personalized Medicine
University of New Mexico Comprehensive Cancer Center

Jeremy Edwards, PhD, is a University of New Mexico Professor in the Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology and in the Department of Chemical Engineering. He is a full member of the UNM Cancer Center. Dr. Edwards recently won a 3-year, $1.35 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to develop technology to complete the human genome and to step closer to personalizing medicine.

Released: 16-Sep-2013 6:00 AM EDT
Lobos Love Pink: Wear Pink, Honor Survivors
University of New Mexico Comprehensive Cancer Center

The annual breast cancer awareness Football game honors New Mexico's breast cancer survivors. The game is sponsored by UNM Athletics, UNM Hospitals and UNM Cancer Center.

Released: 23-Sep-2013 8:00 AM EDT
UNM Cancer Center Radiation Oncology Receives National Accreditation
University of New Mexico Comprehensive Cancer Center

The University of New Mexico Cancer Center Radiation Oncology Department recently received the widely recognized accreditation from the American College of Radiology.

Released: 30-Sep-2013 6:00 AM EDT
Sandia National Labs and UNM Health Sciences Center Win Regional Partnership Award
University of New Mexico Comprehensive Cancer Center

The strong partnership between Sandia National Laboratories and the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center has won the Federal Laboratory Consortium's “Outstanding Regional Partnership Award” for outstanding efforts to promote technology transfer between federal government facilities and the private or public sectors. The award will be presented at the October 21-23 Regional Meeting in San Diego.

Released: 7-Oct-2013 6:00 AM EDT
Two Talented Cancer Surgeons Join UNM Cancer Center
University of New Mexico Comprehensive Cancer Center

The University of New Mexico Cancer Center recruits two talented cancer surgeons to join the surgical oncology team.

18-Oct-2013 12:00 PM EDT
UNM Cancer Center Physician to Serve on an American Cancer Society Board
University of New Mexico Comprehensive Cancer Center

Melanie Royce, MD, PhD, was recently named to the American Cancer Society Great West Division Board of Directors. Dr. Royce is a Professor of Medicine at the University of New Mexico School of Medicine and is Director of the Breast Multidisciplinary Clinic and Program at the UNM Cancer Center.

Released: 12-Nov-2013 3:00 PM EST
UNM Cancer Center Scientist Named a Research Ambassador to Germany
University of New Mexico Comprehensive Cancer Center

The German Academic Exchange Service, DAAD, recently named Dr. Wandinger-Ness a Research Ambassador to Germany

Released: 10-Dec-2013 9:05 AM EST
Cancer Scientists Discover New Type of Immune Cell That Helps Tumors to Grow
University of New Mexico Comprehensive Cancer Center

A cross-institutional, international team of scientists recently discovered a new, important step of the process that grows new blood vessels, a discovery that could lead to a new way to combat cancer.

Released: 16-Dec-2013 11:35 AM EST
Stewart Named to National Cancer Research Forum Committee
University of New Mexico Comprehensive Cancer Center

Teresa Stewart is the Director of the Clinical Research Office at the University of New Mexico Cancer Center and the Executive Director of the New Mexico Cancer Care Alliance. She has just been named to the American Society of Clinical Oncology’s 10-member Cancer Research Forum Committee.

Released: 21-Jan-2014 6:00 AM EST
Annual “Hoops 4 Hope” Legislative Basketball Game Helps Fight Cancer
University of New Mexico Comprehensive Cancer Center

New Mexico legislators will play in the annual “Hoops 4 Hope” basketball game to raise awareness and money for cancer treatment and research. The proceeds will benefit the University of New Mexico Cancer Center.

Released: 27-Jan-2014 6:00 AM EST
Enormous Beauty at a Miniscule Scale
University of New Mexico Comprehensive Cancer Center

Santa Fe is renowned for its culture and art; this March it will host an art show based on science. The fifth annual “Art of Systems Biology and Nanoscience,” is a two-day public event celebrating new and fascinating ideas and images from the emerging fields of systems biology and nanoscience. The images on display demonstrate the beauty of life at a molecular level.

Released: 3-Feb-2014 12:00 PM EST
A Cancer Screening’s Only a Phone Call Away
University of New Mexico Comprehensive Cancer Center

It may be the simple telephone that helps save lives. Anita Kinney, PhD, RN have found that personalized cancer screening messages over the phone can better help promote preventive cancer measures.

Released: 6-Feb-2014 6:00 AM EST
Breast Cancer Survivors to be Honored at “Lobos Love Pink” Basketball Game
University of New Mexico Comprehensive Cancer Center

The University of New Mexico Women’s Basketball team will once again pay tribute to the courageous women battling breast cancer in New Mexico. The Lady Lobos will face the University of Nevada, Las Vegas Rebels on Wednesday, February 19, 2014, at 7:00 pm in the Pit for the annual “Lobos Love Pink” basketball game for breast cancer awareness.

Released: 13-Feb-2014 11:00 AM EST
UNM Cancer Center Bestows Endowments on 15 Outstanding Faculty
University of New Mexico Comprehensive Cancer Center

UNM Cancer Center thanks donors and celebrates the faculty’s and the institution’s achievements in cancer treatment and research at Investiture Ceremony

Released: 13-Feb-2014 11:00 AM EST
Bikers to Raise Money for Cancer Research in Annual “Ride for the Cure NM” Event
University of New Mexico Comprehensive Cancer Center

The “Ride for the Cure NM” event is a two-day event open to the public to raise money for cancer research and treatment. The event will take place in Madrid, NM, on Saturday, March 29 and Sunday, March 30, 2014.

Released: 24-Feb-2014 1:00 PM EST
Stereotactic Radio Surgery Procedure Comes to UNM Cancer Center
University of New Mexico Comprehensive Cancer Center

The UNM Cancer Center can now add stereotactic radiosurgery to its growing list of treatment options. This non-invasive outpatient procedure kills tumor cells in the brain in a single treatment. For people with brain tumors or whose cancer has spread to the brain, this treatment option can help to preserve their strength and health.

Released: 3-Mar-2014 8:00 AM EST
Throat Cancer Survivor Celebrates Life After TORS Surgery
University of New Mexico Comprehensive Cancer Center

Throat cancer survivor Charlie Guinn had stage IV throat cancer. Thanks to the new trans-oral robotic surgery he received at UNM Hospital and UNM Cancer Center, he's enjoying life again.

Released: 11-Mar-2014 7:00 AM EDT
UNM Cancer Center Scientist Uses Physics (Again) to Fight Cancer
University of New Mexico Comprehensive Cancer Center

Dr. Cristini and his collaborators describe how they applied their "Master Equations of Cancer" to pancreatic cancer. It’s an application that will soon help oncologists use the mathematical model to develop treatment plans for all cancer patients.

Released: 24-Mar-2014 7:00 AM EDT
Killing Cancer Using the Virus That Causes It
University of New Mexico Comprehensive Cancer Center

Michelle Ozbun, PhD, recently won a $275,000 two-year grant from the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research to study human papillomavirus. Her work could lead to reducing the chemotherapy and radiation treatments that head and neck cancer patients now endure. And that could improve their quality of life afterward.

Released: 31-Mar-2014 6:00 AM EDT
Cancer Patient Shares Her Remarkable Journey
University of New Mexico Comprehensive Cancer Center

Phoebe T. Ward Jr. shares her remarkable journey from lung cancer diagnosis through treatment for a metastasized brain tumor. The first patient to undergo stereotactic radiosurgery with the new procedure at UNM Cancer Center, Ms. Ward shares what she's learned about life, cancer and life with cancer.

Released: 14-Apr-2014 8:00 AM EDT
Award-Winning New Mexico Artist Shares Work at UNM Cancer Center
University of New Mexico Comprehensive Cancer Center

After more than 25 years in scientific research at UNM, Jeff Potter retired to focus on his art. Recently, He shared selected pieces at UNM Cancer Center.

Released: 1-May-2014 2:00 PM EDT
UNM Cancer Center to Host First-Ever International Innovation Workshop
University of New Mexico Comprehensive Cancer Center

The first-ever Global Innovation Network for Entrepreneurship and Technology Workshop will be held May 7-9,2 2014, at the University of New Mexico Cancer Center.

Released: 19-May-2014 6:00 AM EDT
Damron Wins C-Change National Award
University of New Mexico Comprehensive Cancer Center

Barbara Damron, RN, PhD, FAAN, of the New Mexico Cancer Center wins the 2014 C-Change Award for her career accomplishments in cancer treatment, prevention, education and outreach.

Released: 17-Jun-2014 6:00 AM EDT
Medical Physics Team at UNM Cancer Center Expands Treatment Choices
University of New Mexico Comprehensive Cancer Center

The UNM Cancer Center medical physics team develops procedures to expand how they use the existing radiation equipment, giving people with cancer more options. Stereotactic radiosurgery is one of the new procedures they’ve put in place; hippocampal-sparing radiation treatment is another.

Released: 23-Jun-2014 6:00 AM EDT
Easing Pain, Getting Back Quality of Lifefor Cancer Survivors
University of New Mexico Comprehensive Cancer Center

More and more people are surviving their cancer but they don't need to cope with lingering pain in silence. A review paper in the Journal of Clinical Oncology describes what survivors can do.

Released: 14-Jul-2014 8:00 AM EDT
UNM Cancer Center Scientist Recognized as One of the “Most Influential Scientific Minds”
University of New Mexico Comprehensive Cancer Center

Of the 7 billion people in the world, Thomson Reuters, chose only 3,200 for its recent list of “The World’s Most Influential Scientific Minds.” Vittorio Cristini, PhD, of the University of New Mexico Cancer Center, places among them. The 2014 list represents an elite group of scientists worldwide who published enough papers ranking in the top one percent of citations in any of 21 fields. Thomson Reuters last published its list in 2001.

Released: 24-Jul-2014 6:00 AM EDT
Connecting People to Possibility for Better Cancer Treatments
University of New Mexico Comprehensive Cancer Center

UNM Cancer Center welcomes Olivier Rixe, MD, PhD, as Associate Director for Clinical Research. Dr. Rixe will bring new cancer treatments to New Mexicans as he develops programs in early-phase cancer clinical trials.

Released: 11-Sep-2014 8:00 AM EDT
Cowboys for Cancer Research Celebrates 32 Years of New Mexico Cancer Research Funding
University of New Mexico Comprehensive Cancer Center

New Mexico’s largest cancer fundraiser will take place October 10 at the Las Cruces Convention Center. Proceeds from the dinner, dance and silent auction will fund Cowboys for Cancer Research endowments at the UNM Cancer Center in Albuquerque and at New Mexico State University in Las Cruces

Released: 15-Sep-2014 8:00 AM EDT
“Lobos Love Pink” Football Game Raises Awareness, Honors Breast Cancer Survivors
University of New Mexico Comprehensive Cancer Center

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. To raise awareness, University of New Mexico Athletics, UNM Hospital and UNM Cancer Center will sponsor the “Lobos Love Pink” Football game on October 10, 2014. Game organizers plan a half-time ceremony to celebrate breast cancer survivors and to honor those who have lost their battle to the disease

Released: 16-Sep-2014 6:00 AM EDT
UNM Cancer Center Scientist Wins $4.9 Million to Link Drugs, Diseases and Genes
University of New Mexico Comprehensive Cancer Center

The National Institutes of Health wants to make the process of finding new drugs faster and better. The effort will help all 27 of its research institutes and centers. So, the nation’s medical research agency awarded Tudor Oprea, MD, PhD, a 2-year $4.9 million grant to develop a tool scientists can use to link information about drugs, diseases and genes.

Released: 29-Sep-2014 6:00 AM EDT
$7 Million Clinical Research Grant a Big Win for All New Mexicans
University of New Mexico Comprehensive Cancer Center

The University of New Mexico Cancer Center won a 5-year $7 million grant from the National Cancer Institute’s National Community Oncology Research Program.

Released: 6-Oct-2014 8:00 AM EDT
UNM Cancer Center Surgeon Wins NCI Clinical Investigator Award
University of New Mexico Comprehensive Cancer Center

Surgeon Teresa Rutledge, MD, recently received the National Cancer Institute’s Cancer Clinical Investigator Team Leadership Award. Only 11 people nationwide received the award this year. Dr. Rutledge is the third faculty member in the history of the University of New Mexico Cancer Center to be recognized with this honor.

Released: 16-Oct-2014 1:45 PM EDT
UNM Cancer Center Wins 5-Year $12 Million Grant Renewal for Systems Biology Research
University of New Mexico Comprehensive Cancer Center

The Spatiotemporal Modeling Center at the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center recently won a 5-year $12 million grant renewal. Bridget Wilson, PhD, of the UNM Cancer Center serves as the grant’s lead scientist at the STMC. The STMC is one of only 14 centers in the country that this program currently funds.

Released: 6-Nov-2014 2:00 PM EST
Phones Bring Genetic Counseling to Rural Women
University of New Mexico Comprehensive Cancer Center

Angelina Jolie’s decision to undergo a double mastectomy inspired many other women to seek genetic counseling, too. But for women in rural areas, getting a genetic test can impose its own set of barriers. New research by Anita Kinney, PhD, RN, offers some hope.

Released: 18-Nov-2014 6:00 AM EST
UNM Cancer Center Expands Breast Cancer Team
University of New Mexico Comprehensive Cancer Center

Dr. Fine is the newest member of the UNM Cancer Center's Breast Cancer Multidisciplinary Team.

Released: 2-Dec-2014 7:15 AM EST
UNM Cancer Center Trains the Next Generation of Scientists
University of New Mexico Comprehensive Cancer Center

Michelle Ozbun, PhD, at the University of New Mexico Cancer Center, is improving a program that helps new scientists learn nuances of conducting science. Using a 3-year $360,000 Institutional Research grant from the American Cancer Society, the program not only distributes the funds in several $30,000 grants each year but also helps the grant awardees to manage their research. Dr. Ozbun recently won a renewal of the grant, marking the eighth time that the UNM Cancer Center has done so.

Released: 15-Jan-2015 4:00 AM EST
Two UNM Cancer Center Physicians Named to National Clinical Trials Network Task Forces
University of New Mexico Comprehensive Cancer Center

Richard Lauer, MD, FACP and Melanie Royce, MD, PhD, both at the University of New Mexico Cancer Center, were recently named to national task forces under the NCI’s new clinical trials structure, the National Clinical Trials Network.

Released: 15-Jan-2015 3:00 PM EST
Breast Cancer Survivors to be Honored at “Lobos Love Pink” Basketball Game
University of New Mexico Comprehensive Cancer Center

The UNM Women’s Basketball team will generously pay tribute to the courageous women battling breast cancer in our state as they have year after year.

Released: 28-Jan-2015 6:00 AM EST
Innovative Program to Add New Segment to STEM Education Pipeline at UNM
University of New Mexico Comprehensive Cancer Center

Angela Wandinger-Ness, PhD, will use a NCI-CURE grant to include underrepresented minority high school students in the UNM STEM education pipeline.

Released: 9-Feb-2015 6:00 AM EST
Charity Game Blurs Party Lines, Raises Money for UNM Cancer Center
University of New Mexico Comprehensive Cancer Center

The annual "Hoops 4 Hope" basketball game pits the New Mexico Senate "Lobos" against the House "Aggies" to raise money for the UNM Cancer Center.


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