Cancer
UConn Urologist Picked to Lead New Bladder Cancer Institute
A donor with no previous ties to the University sought out a UConn Health expert to drive the advancement of bladder cancer care and research.
February 6, 2015 | Chris DeFrancesco '94 (CLAS)
Vitamin D as Colon Cancer Foe
The director of UConn Health's Colon Cancer Prevention Program explains medicine’s growing understanding of how higher vitamin D levels may slow colon cancer.
January 21, 2015 | Chris DeFrancesco, UConn Health
UConn Researchers Develop Personalized Ovarian Cancer Vaccines
The first genomics-driven personalized medicine clinical trial in immunotherapy of ovarian cancer begins at UConn Health this fall.
October 6, 2014 | Kim Krieger
Genetic Screening and Breast Cancer Risk
Two UConn Health genetic counselors discuss a recent call for much wider use of genetic screening for breast cancer.
September 15, 2014 | Carolyn Pennington
UConn Health Receives $3 Million for Cancer Research
The gift from Ray ’56 (CLAS) and Carole Neag will support research on genomics-guided cancer treatment.
April 17, 2014 | Kristina Goodnough, UConn Foundation
Beating Cancer Can Come with New Health Risks
The No. 1 killer of cancer survivors is heart disease. Here’s what UConn Health is doing about it.
March 13, 2014 | Chris DeFrancesco
Raising Colon Cancer Awareness Among Minorities
Dr. Jose Orellana, internal medicine physician at UConn Health, discusses why some minority groups are at increased risk of the disease.
March 4, 2014 | Carolyn Pennington
New Imaging Tool Bypasses Blade to Check for Skin Cancer
The UConn Health Center’s dermatology chair is the only dermatologist in Connecticut trained on confocal microscopy, enabling her to analyze skin lesions on a cellular level without a biopsy.
November 19, 2013 | Chris DeFrancesco '94 (CLAS)
Health Center Introduces Lung Cancer Screening Program
The program’s goal is to find lung cancer in its earliest and most treatable stages.
October 28, 2013 | Chris Kaminski
Dental Care Leads to Free Breast Cancer Screening
The Screening with a Smile program offers mammograms to underserved women seeking dental care at the Health Center.
October 17, 2013 | Carolyn Pennington