Cancer
UConn Health 2025 Exceptional Women in Medicine
Ten of UConn Health's female doctors named to Castle Connolly 2025 Exceptional Women in Medicine distinction
CRISP Award Funds Study on Immunotherapy’s Impact on Cognitive Function
This research by Gee Su Yang will evaluate how immunotherapy treatment may impact cognitive functioning in older cancer patients
UConn Health Minute: Lifesaving Stem Cell Transplant
Dr. Kapil Meleveedu, director of Blood and Marrow Transplantation at UConn Health, discusses how his team provided lifesaving care for a patient with a rare and aggressive brain 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.