Cancer
UConn Health Patients and Cancer Center Honored at Play4Kay Game
Each year, UConn Women’s Basketball partners with UConn Health’s Cancer Center to create an unforgettable experience for patients battling cancer. At Sunday’s game, seven courageous individuals were given the opportunity to participate in a special pregame and halftime ceremony, celebrating their strength and resilience.
UConn Cancer Center Provides Free Screenings at UConn Huskies Coaches vs. Cancer Game
As the official healthcare provider of UConn Athletics, UConn Health played a vital role in the UConn Huskies annual Coaches vs. Cancer game, offering fans free cancer screenings and essential health information. This initiative helped raise awareness, promote early detection, and connect the community with life-saving resources.
UConn Health Opens New Home for New England Sickle Cell Institute and Connecticut Bleeding Disorders Center
Sickle cell and blood disorder patients now have a new, combined state-of-the-art 12,840 sq. ft. care space at UConn John Dempsey Hospital
Podcast: Expertise in Treating Advanced Melanoma
Drs. Margaret Callahan and Giao Phan explain the advanced melanoma program they lead at UConn Health
ICU Nurse Still Beating Multiple Myeloma 16 years Later, and a Burst Aneurysm Too
This Thanksgiving season a grateful UConn Health patient shares how Vascular Surgeon Dr. Tina Kariya saved her life
Smokers and Never Smokers are at Risk for Lung Cancer and UConn Health is on the Forefront of Finding it Early
It's lung cancer awareness month and UConn Health is on the forefront of technology to find it before it is even detectable or in the early stages leading to treatment and cures.
UConn Health Minute: Gastroesophageal Cancer
Gastroesophageal junction cancer is among the fastest growing cancers in the country. Chair of surgery at UConn Health, Dr. Kevin Staveley-O’Carroll, says treatment usually involves surgery and thanks to minimally invasive techniques, a patient’s recovery is much improved.
Plant power: Using diet to lower cancer risk
Research has shown that eating a plant-based diet may provide a healthier alternative to the Standard American Diet, which is typically high-calorie loaded with red meat, high-fat dairy products, heavily processed foods, fast foods, refined carbohydrates, added sugars, and salt. The American Institute for Cancer Research promotes a plant-based diet.
UConn Health Community Programs Helping Under Insured and Uninsured with Breast Cancer Screenings
UConn Health community health worker helped Vanessa Neira who was concerned about breast cancer obtain a free mammogram and breast cancer services.
‘Campeonas’/Champions Encourage Discussion of Breast Cancer Screening Among Women
The Campeonas Program at UConn Health provides training that prepares women, through a peer group program to encourage early detection through annual screening.