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  • Psycho-oncologists take care of cancer patients' emotional health
    05/17/2012

    This year, more than 13,000 Kansans will receive a cancer diagnosis. They will join more than 200,000 Kansas adults who are already living with the disease, including Micki Scherling of Goodland — a three-time breast cancer survivor.

  • Laboratory for early stage translational research opens in Lawrence
    05/08/2012

    A new facility, the Laboratory for Early Stage Translational Research (LESTR), recently opened on the University of Kansas – Lawrence campus and will be devoted entirely to the development of biochemical assays or cell-based assays with defined biochemical read-outs.

  • Science zeroes in on cancer
    05/08/2012

    It sounds like science fiction: high-energy radiation therapy kills cancerous tumors of the lung, breast, head and neck, spine, liver and abdomen in record time. But at The University of Kansas Cancer Center, TrueBeam™ and GammaPod are not science fiction at all.

  • Donors commit $612 million toward $1.2 billion goal for Far Above: The Campaign for Kansas
    04/30/2012

    Building on four years of record private giving, KU Endowment has publicly launched Far Above: The Campaign for Kansas, a $1.2 billion fundraising campaign to support the aspirations of the University of Kansas and The University of Kansas Hospital.

  • Physician-in-Chief named for The University of Kansas Cancer Center
    03/29/2012

    Terance T. Tsue, MD, a distinguished Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgeon and researcher, has been named the first Physician-in-Chief for The University of Kansas Cancer Center. In this position, Dr. Tsue (pronounced sue-A) provides the clinical oversight at The University of Kansas Cancer Center, ranked 44th nationally among hospital cancer programs by U.S. News & World Report.

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