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CU Anschutz Cancer Center @cucancercenter.bsky.social · 6h
CU Anschutz Cancer Center member Allison L’Hotta, OTD, OTR/L, PhD, received funding from the National Cancer Institute to pilot an electronic health record integration strategy for symptom screening and management in children undergoing cancer treatment: bit.ly/4dck6m9
A photo of a doctor and a young patient in a circle frame. The photo is the top layer over a background that is CU gold on top and white on the bottom. There is a line drawn behind the circle frame.
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CU Anschutz Cancer Center @cucancercenter.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
For Prostate Cancer Awareness Month, CU Anschutz Cancer Center's David Strauss, MD, and Jan Lowery, PhD, MPH, talk how screening has changed for the disease over the years and what the future may look like: news.cuanschutz.edu/cancer-center/l…
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The Evolving ‘Who’ and ‘When’ of Prostate Cancer Screening
Prostate cancer is the most common cancer among U.S. men, and rates vary among different groups. When to get screened depends on who’s getting screened.
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CU Anschutz Cancer Center @cucancercenter.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
New ideas often emerge through conversation. Jill Slansky, PhD, highlights how the Tumor Immunology Forum brings researchers together to discuss emerging approaches, share expertise, and spark innovative thinking in tumor immunology and cancer research. Full interview: youtu.be/d_CDwlhDNig?...
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CU Anschutz Cancer Center @cucancercenter.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
CU Anschutz Cancer Center's Rebecca Schweppe, PhD, Bryan Haugen, MD, and Jennifer Richer, PhD, received a $1.75 million grant from the DOD to translate their research into a new treatment for thyroid cancers that resist standard medications: bit.ly/4hJfHcS
From left: Jennifer Richer, Bryan Haugen, and Rebecca Schweppe
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CU Anschutz Cancer Center @cucancercenter.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The family of Ian Shelton, PhD, which has deep CU ties, is providing major philanthropic support for an acute myeloid leukemia (AML) clinical trial run by CU Anschutz Cancer Center member Andrew Kent, MD, PhD: news.cuanschutz.edu/cancer-center/k…
Andrew Kent, MD, PhD, and Ian Shelton, PhD, in the Anschutz Health Sciences Building.
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CU Anschutz Cancer Center @cucancercenter.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
CU Anschutz Cancer Center's Theresa Medina, MD, provides insight into what impact the Keytruda-intismeran combination may have for high-risk melanoma patients ⬇️ www.uchealth.org/today/mrna-cancer-…
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Clinical trials: New mRNA cancer vaccine plus Keytruda sharply improves melanoma survival
A personalized melanoma vaccine developed by Moderna and Merck, used with Keytruda, greatly reduced melanoma recurrence risk in trials.
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CU Anschutz Cancer Center @cucancercenter.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Congratulations to Wells Messersmith, MD, the new director of the CU Anschutz Cancer Center. See the full statement: bit.ly/4yiL1oE
"New Director of the CU Anschutz Cancer Center" in smaller text, broken up by a line of CU gold dots with larger text "Wells Messersmith, MD". There is a cutout photo of Messersmith to the right, with a CU gold dotted background behind him. The CU Anschutz Cancer Center logo is in the bottom left.
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CU Anschutz Cancer Center @cucancercenter.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
The @theaacr.bsky.social's 2026 Cancer Progress Report highlights the latest progress in the fight against cancer. CU Anschutz Cancer Center leader James DeGregori, PhD, shares his thoughts as a member of the report's steering committee: bit.ly/46C4TXR
A photo of James DeGregori, PhD, to the left. Then a photo of the cover of the AACR Cancer Progress Report 2026 in the middle. To the bottom right, is a photo of cancer ribbons. The background is CU gold on the left and then white to the right.
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CU Anschutz Cancer Center @cucancercenter.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
CU Anschutz Cancer Center's Laura Graham, MD, and Enrique Soto, MD, PhD, share their thoughts on hormone therapy as a treatment for breast cancer and prostate cancer ⬇️ news.cuanschutz.edu/cancer-center/h…
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What to Know About Hormone Therapy
Primarily used to treat breast cancer and prostate cancer hormone therapy is an effective treatment method.
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CU Anschutz Cancer Center @cucancercenter.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
📸 from Cancer League Colorado's Over the Edge this morning! James DeGregori, PhD, interim director, and Mercedes Rincon, PhD, a cancer center member, rappelled down the Kimpton Claret Hotel for Colorado-based cancer research. 💛
James DeGregori, PhD, interim director of the CU Anschutz Cancer Center, and Mercedes Rincon, PhD, with one of the attendees.James DeGregori, PhD, interim director of the CU Anschutz Cancer Center, and Mercedes Rincon, PhD, about to rappel. James DeGregori, PhD, interim director of the CU Anschutz Cancer Center, and Mercedes Rincon, PhD
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CU Anschutz Cancer Center @cucancercenter.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
CU Anschutz Cancer Center's Maria Amaya (@mariaamaya27.bsky.social), MD, PhD, shares why last Friday's Mentored Member Collaborative Forum is important for mentored members like herself.
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CU Anschutz Cancer Center @cucancercenter.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
The CU Anschutz Cancer Center is hosting the second annual Rising Star Over the Rockies Conference! With this event, researchers discuss innovative research, early detection, multidisciplinary care, and education.
A group photo.James DeGregori, PhD, speaking.Discussion between attendees.Attendees at Tstreet Kitchen.
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CU Anschutz Cancer Center @cucancercenter.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
.@cuanschutz.bsky.social researchers have identified a biological pathway that may contribute to muscle and bone loss in colorectal cancer, providing new insight into the mechanisms behind cancer-related wasting and a potential target for future study: bit.ly/4zWVIPj
A photo of a person stretching out their left arm with assistance from another person. The background is white on top, CU gold on the bottom.
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CU Anschutz Cancer Center @cucancercenter.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Towards the end of August, the Rady Esophageal and Gastric Center of Excellence hosted its second annual Research Day along with a two-day immersive grant-writing workshop! Thank you to everyone who came out for these events and made them possible.
A group photo of attendees at the Research Day. A presentation at the Research Day.Group discussion during Research Day.Two presenters at the Research Day.
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CU Anschutz Cancer Center @cucancercenter.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Through the CU-GENES study, Colorado adults of Jewish ancestry can receive free at-home genetic testing. For Michele Frishman, this program helped her learn she was positive for a BRCA1 mutation, a mutation that increases breast and ovarian cancer risk: bit.ly/4gzoaiu
Michele Frishman.
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CU Anschutz Cancer Center @cucancercenter.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
A novel combination therapy with first-in-human roots at @cuanschutz.bsky.social delivered effective and durable responses in patients with advanced, muscle-invasive bladder cancer, according to a new study in the New England Journal of Medicine (@nejm.org): bit.ly/4gy26on
A photo of a patient talking to a person doing intake. There is a photo of a diagram of a bladder overlapping the bottom right of the photo of the patient. The background is CU off white. There is a grid behind the main image of the patient.
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CU Anschutz Cancer Center @cucancercenter.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
In a new study, Ajay Major (@majorajay.bsky.social), MD, MBA, and Vincenzo Pizzuti, MD, MS, have tracked a group of blood cancer patients using multiple surveys over the course of two years to see how CAR T-cell therapy impacts their health-related quality of life: bit.ly/3UzIYxF
Vincenzo Pizzuti, MD, MS (left), and Ajay Major, MD, MBA, in the Research Quad at CU Anschutz.
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CU Anschutz Cancer Center @cucancercenter.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Prostate Cancer Awareness Month: Two CU Anschutz Cancer Center clinical trials may offer new hope for patients with advanced prostate cancer, where the disease has spread beyond the prostate gland and is no longer responding to hormone therapies: bit.ly/4gOUr3Z
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CU Anschutz Cancer Center @cucancercenter.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
CU Anschutz Cancer Center member and pediatric oncologist Vanessa Ann Fabrizio, MD, MS, breaks down how leukemia in children is different from adult cases. Learn more: medschool.cuanschutz.edu/colorado-c…
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CU Anschutz Cancer Center @cucancercenter.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
On 9NEWS, CU Anschutz Cancer Center leader and principal investigator for the treatment, Wells Messersmith, MD, shares his thoughts on the FDA approving daraxonrasib and how it works against pancreatic cancer: bit.ly/46EfNfv
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Daraxonrasib approved by FDA: Pancreatic cancer drug shown to improve survival
FDA announced approval of daraxonrasib, a new targeted treatment for pancreatic cancer. CU Anschutz physician Dr. Wells Messersmith served as principal investigator.
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CU Anschutz Cancer Center @cucancercenter.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
CU Anschutz Cancer Center researchers are making progress on finding better treatments for mucosal melanomas. A recent phase I clinical trial showed early promise for overcoming immunotherapy resistance in rare melanomas. Learn more: bit.ly/4wMpSSh
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CU Anschutz Cancer Center @cucancercenter.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved a new treatment option for patients with advanced pancreatic cancer. Read more about the breakthrough drug from Chris Lieu, MD, associate director of clinical research: bit.ly/4efMpkJ
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Breakthrough Drug Nearly Doubles Survival With Advanced Pancreatic Cancer – An Oncologist Explains How Daraxonrasib Overcame An ‘Undruggable’ Disease
Breakthrough drug nearly doubles survival with advanced pancreatic cancer – an oncologist explains how daraxonrasib overcame an ‘undruggable’ disease
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CU Anschutz Cancer Center @cucancercenter.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Immunotherapy, over the last couple of years, promises results for cancer patients for whom other types of treatment have proven ineffective. CU Anschutz Cancer Center leaders explain how it works ⬇️ news.cuanschutz.edu/cancer-center/w…
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What is Immunotherapy?
Doctors have learned how to harness the immune system to seek out and destroy cancer cells in a targeted fashion that does not destroy healthy cells.
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CU Anschutz Cancer Center @cucancercenter.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Immunotherapy, over the last couple of years, promises results for cancer patients for whom other types of treatment have proven ineffective. CU Anschutz Cancer Center leaders explain how it works ⬇️ news.cuanschutz.edu/cancer-center/w…
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What is Immunotherapy?
Doctors have learned how to harness the immune system to seek out and destroy cancer cells in a targeted fashion that does not destroy healthy cells.
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CU Anschutz Cancer Center @cucancercenter.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Tomorrow is National Surgical Oncologist Day! CU Anschutz Cancer Center member and @cudeptsurg.bsky.social surgical oncologist Martin McCarter, MD, shares how surgical oncologists face and treat a variety of cancer cases. Learn more: news.cuanschutz.edu/cancer-center/c…
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CU Anschutz Cancer Center @cucancercenter.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
At age 35, a mutated CHEK2 gene led to breast cancer, thyroid cancer, and a colon cancer scare. Read about Karissa Goossen's perseverance and what she has learned through her journey: www.uchealth.org/today/chek2-gene-m…
Karissa on a camping trip with her beloved dog, Dixie, her trusted companion for 12 years, who she recently had to say goodbye to. Karissa took this trip on one of the few “good days” between chemotherpay treatments. Karissa Goossen poses for this photo during a flyfishing retreat with Casting for Recovery, a group that supports female cancer patients.To help save her hair during chemotherapy, Karissa Goossen used cold cap therapy while undergoing treatment for Stage 3 breast cancer.
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CU Anschutz Cancer Center @cucancercenter.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
In this AJMC interview, CU Anschutz Cancer Center's Urs Weber, MD, talks about a multidisciplinary care approach to comprehensive biomarker testing and target therapies for lung cancer patients: bit.ly/4cH1vOH
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Multidisciplinary Teams Improve Biomarker Testing and Lung Cancer Care: Urs Weber, MD | AJMC
Urs Weber, MD, explains how multidisciplinary teams streamline biomarker testing and improve treatment planning in thoracic oncology.
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CU Anschutz Cancer Center @cucancercenter.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Eileen Walker has been living life to the fullest after being diagnosed with stage 4 appendix cancer in 2019. Through the ups and downs, she’s grateful to Steven Ahrendt, MD, the CU Anschutz Cancer Center surgeon who removed her appendix cancer. Read more of Walker's story: bit.ly/4zoJrTm
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CU Anschutz Cancer Center @cucancercenter.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Backed by an NCI grant and working in the lab of CU Anschutz Cancer Center leader Eduardo Davila, PhD, Gabriella Albert is looking to see why certain modified T cells don’t stop fighting cancer in the same way as non-modified T cells: bit.ly/3S1qkOr
Gabriella Albert, a PhD student in the CU Anschutz School of Medicine.
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CU Anschutz Cancer Center @cucancercenter.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
CU Anschutz Cancer Center researchers have identified a previously unknown metabolic weakness in the stem cells that drive high-risk myelodysplastic syndromes, a discovery that could lead to more targeted treatments for this aggressive blood cancer: bit.ly/4gboR04
A circle photo of a researcher with blue medical gloves interacting with a petri dish under a microscope. The background is white on top with CU gold on the bottom.
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CU Anschutz Cancer Center @cucancercenter.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
CU Anschutz Cancer Center leader Patricia Ernst, PhD, will research new treatments for infant acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), with funding from a $1 million grant from the V Foundation for Cancer Research: news.cuanschutz.edu/cancer-center/m…
A photo of Patricia Ernst, PhD, over a CU gold and white background.
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CU Anschutz Cancer Center @cucancercenter.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
What causes ER-positive breast cancer to spread to the brain? New research from CU Anschutz Cancer Center's Diana Cittelly, PhD, may have found the reason why: news.cuanschutz.edu/cancer-center/w…
A photo of Diana Cittelly, PhD, in her lab. The photo is over a background that is CU gold (left) and white (right).
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CU Anschutz Cancer Center @cucancercenter.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
CU Anschutz Cancer Center's Peter E. Fecci, MD, PhD, spoke with @onclive.bsky.social about recent therapeutic advances and ongoing challenges in the management of glioblastoma ⬇️ www.onclive.com/view/dr-fecci-on-im…
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Dr Fecci on Immunotherapy Research Innovations in Glioblastoma | OncLive
Fecci began by noting the importance of the IDH inhibitor class, including vorasidenib (Voranigo).
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CU Anschutz Cancer Center @cucancercenter.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
With this new CU Anschutz Cancer Center summer program called START, middle- and high-school students are learning about cancer research, rubbing elbows with experts, tackling cancer-biology problems in exercises, and getting hands-on experience in labs: bit.ly/4q7WPab
Facilitator Laura Brilla leads campers on a skin cancer tabletop exercise.Nicolas Ryan showing campers a lab.Nicolas Ryan impresses START campers by extracting samples from a liquid nitrogen-cooled container.A cryopreserved tumor sample.
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CU Anschutz Cancer Center @cucancercenter.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
The CU Anschutz Cancer Center's Cancer Research Experience for Undergraduates (CREU) and Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) have completed their 2026 cohort! Learn more about these fun hands-on programs: bit.ly/4fyG8zm
A group photo of the CREU/SURF cohort. An undergraduate with their poster. There is a couple attendees watching them present.One of the undergraduates with their poster.Attendees at the CREU/SURF poster sessions.
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CU Anschutz Cancer Center @cucancercenter.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Congrats to all 43 of our members who made the 2026 5280 Magazine Top Doctors list! 🏆 ⭐ See the full list of @cumedicalschool.bsky.social Top Doctors here: news.cuanschutz.edu/medicine/5280-m…
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CU Anschutz Cancer Center @cucancercenter.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
After an esophageal cancer diagnosis, Don McCoy avoided surgery and chemotherapy thanks to innovative treatment from cancer center member Sunnie Kim, MD. Read his story: bit.ly/3TropmA
Don McCoy and Sunnie Kim
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CU Anschutz Cancer Center @cucancercenter.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
CU Anschutz Cancer Center's Laura Graham, MD, saw an increase from 30% to 72% of eligible patients getting tested for prostate cancer under a new approach ⬇️ news.cuanschutz.edu/cancer-center/o…
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Onsite Genetic Testing Leads to Better Testing Rates for Colorado Patients with Prostate Cancer
A new approach to genetic testing for patients with prostate cancer is leading to an increase in testing for those who qualify.
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CU Anschutz Cancer Center @cucancercenter.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
#WorldHeadAndNeckCancerDay: CU Anschutz Cancer Center's Carissa Thomas, MD, PhD, FACS, shares the truth about these head and neck cancer myths: bit.ly/4fjkwsp
In large text over a white background: "Busting Myths About Head And Neck Cancers". Then in smaller text over CU gold: "Carissa Thomas, MD, PhD, FACS, sets the record straight." There is a photo of Thomas to the left in a vertical rectangle.
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CU Anschutz Cancer Center @cucancercenter.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
At the 2026 American Urological Association Annual Meeting, CU Anschutz Cancer Center's Janet Kukreja, MD, MPH, spoke with Leslie Ballas, MD, and Ashish Kamat, MD, MBBS, about bladder cancer radiation toxicity management: bit.ly/3Twa3Bh
Janet Kukreja, MD, MPH, and Leslie Ballas, MD.
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CU Anschutz Cancer Center @cucancercenter.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
2026 Courage Classic: Interim Director James DeGregori, PhD, was among the nearly 400 participants, which included fellow @cuanschutz.bsky.social faculty, family, friends, caregivers, and cancer survivors who made up the Wheels of Justice team.
James DeGregori, John Reumann, Laurie Steward Smith, and Lila Ninh.John Reumann, Laurie Steward Smith, and James DeGregori.Lila Ninh, James DeGregori, John Reumann, and Laurie Steward Smith.Bikers from Wheels of Justice on the road.
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CU Anschutz Cancer Center @cucancercenter.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
#SarcomaCancerAwarenessMonth: A ‘homegrown’ clinical trial led by Breelyn Wilky, MD, at the CU Anschutz Cancer Center was a lifesaver for cardiac sarcoma patient Peter Wessel: bit.ly/4x0bG8Z
Peter Wessel on a bike ride during the late summer.
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CU Anschutz Cancer Center @cucancercenter.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
In this Q&A, CU Anschutz Cancer Center member Urs Weber, MD, walks us through a family of focused treatments that can block or slow cancer’s growth: news.cuanschutz.edu/cancer-center/t…
A quote graphic. In large text over a white see through background is a quote from Urs Weber, MD. The quote reads "Generally speaking, targeted therapies tend to be better tolerated than other types of cancer treatment because they are designed to go after something that only exists in the cancer itself, not other parts of your body."
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CU Anschutz Cancer Center @cucancercenter.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
$100,000 will be matched through World Lung Cancer Day (8/1)! Consider making a gift today to the Ross Camidge (@drcamidge.bsky.social), MD, PhD, Thoracic Oncology Endowed Program Support Fund: bit.ly/4wLhXFe
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CU Anschutz Cancer Center @cucancercenter.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Behind every scientific breakthrough is collaboration. Patricia Ernst, PhD, discusses how her program helps connect researchers to improve patient outcomes. Watch the full interview here: youtu.be/TbJMBaeK1lo?...
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CU Anschutz Cancer Center @cucancercenter.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Lavanya Kondapalli, MD, is overseeing a CU Anschutz Cancer Center clinical trial that looks to treat myocarditis caused by checkpoint inhibitors: news.cuanschutz.edu/cancer-center/c…
A photo of a person holding a plastic diagram of a human heart. The background has microbes over a CU gold rectangle over a white background.
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CU Anschutz Cancer Center @cucancercenter.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Michael Verneris, MD, is a physician-scientist whose work is driven by a commitment to solving the challenges patients face. See the full interview here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=kd2HLY7VRTw
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CU Anschutz Cancer Center @cucancercenter.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Congratulations to Bradley Corr, MD! Corr has been named the CU Anschutz Cancer Center's deputy associate medical director of the Cancer Clinical Trials Office (CCTO). See the full announcement here: bit.ly/4f8Gay3
Bradley Corr, MD, in a circle photo over a CU white and gold background.
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CU Anschutz Cancer Center @cucancercenter.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Imogene first arrived at Children’s Hospital Colorado as a teenager dealing with severe illness. With the help of a dedicated care team, she found healing and eventually a new sense of purpose that brought her back as a medical researcher through the CREU program: bit.ly/4w05FJq
Imogene working in a research lab at the Anschutz Medical Campus.
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CU Anschutz Cancer Center @cucancercenter.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
CU Anschutz Cancer Center's Jenny Xiang, MD, talks about the basics of chemotherapy including how the treatment works, the side effects, and when patients typically receive it: news.cuanschutz.edu/cancer-center/b…
A photo of chemotherapy in a circle on a background this is CU gold on the bottom and is a black and white photo of cells on the top.
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