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Coronavirus (COVID-19) Information for Cancer Patients

To protect our patients and staff from infection, we have implemented new patient and visitor guidelines for all of our locations.

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Coronavirus (COVID-19) Information for Cancer Patients

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Your own immune system offers new potential to cure cancers and save lives.

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Telehealth cancer second opinion

Telehealth cancer second opinions allow you to meet with a team of multidisciplinary cancer specialists from the comfort of your home. During the visit, you can confirm an initial diagnosis, ask questions and explore your treatment options.

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Beyond the Bench

The University of Kansas Cancer Center's annual research publication, Beyond the Bench, highlights major research efforts, grant awards and more.

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Metastatic colon cancer patient saved by aggressive treatment

Laura Perez was just 18 when she was diagnosed with stage 4 colon cancer and referred to The University of Kansas Cancer Center. Today, she is cancer-free, studying nursing and hopes to one day work with cancer patients.

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Patient Research Advocacy Program

PIVOT brings cancer survivors, co-survivors and scientists together to advance quality, patient-focused cancer research and care.

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Every patient has a team

Together, our nurse navigators, specialized doctors, support groups and patient and family services are creating treatments personalized for you.

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Disease-specific nurse navigators guide patients from diagnosis through testing and appointments, answering questions and providing support.

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Specialists at The University of Kansas Cancer Center have achieved national and international recognition.

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Our prescriptive and extensive support services are integral to the comprehensive cancer care we provide.

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Intraoperative Radiation Therapy (IORT) for Early-Stage Breast Cancer

OVERLAND PARK, KAN. – The Women’s Cancer Center at The University of Kansas Cancer Center now offers intraoperative radiation therapy, or IORT, for early-stage breast cancer patients who are treated with lumpectomy. We are the first...

Children's Mercy Joins Pediatric Early Phase Clinical Trials Network

Children’s Mercy has been designated a non-core member of the Pediatric Early Phase Clinical Trials Network (PEP-CTN), enhancing their ability to bring the latest leading-edge pediatric cancer clinical trials to our region.

The Next Chapter in Immunotherapy Research

By Joseph McGuirk, DO, director of The University of Kansas Cancer Center’s Hematologic Malignancies and Cellular Therapeutics program

Cancer Center Joins Leading Cancer Organizations to Warn Cancer Doesn’t Stop for COVID-19 and Neither Should You

KU Cancer Center part of nationwide effort to resume appropriate cancer screening and treatment to prevent excess deaths.

Why I Got the COVID-19 Vaccine

Dr. Roy Jensen, director of KU Cancer Center, shares why he got the COVID-19 vaccine.

Grant to Advance Metastatic Breast Cancer Research

Danny Welch, PhD, researcher and associate director for Education at The University of Kansas Cancer Center, has been awarded a $100,000 grant from METAvivor.

Kansas Medicaid Program Expands Lung Cancer Screening Coverage

Cancer center members advocated for this lifesaving policy change

Cancer Center Members Named to National Breast Cancer Clinical Trials Task Force

Jamie Wagner, DO, FACOS, FACS, division chief, breast surgical oncology, and Shane Stecklein, MD, PhD, radiation oncologist, have been appointed to the Breast Oncology Local Disease (BOLD) Task Force of the National Cancer Institute (NCI) Breast Canc...

Ewing Sarcoma Patient Longs To Be a Kid

During the 2017 football season, Matthew Arndt told his mom about the problem. What was believed to be childhood growing pains soon turned into a diagnosis of Ewing sarcoma, a rare cancer that grows in the bones or soft tissue surrounding bones.

Taking Breast Cancer in Stride

Cynthia Garner, 62, exudes positivity. She's a power walker who eats right and has never smoked. That’s why yearly mammograms did not intimidate her. After more than 20 years of normal scans, she expected the same in late 2018.

A Curious Course to an Esophageal Cancer Diagnosis

Josh Mullin expected to mark his 40th birthday with the typical trappings: a few friends, cake, a celebratory drink. Instead, he began his 41st year with the worst birthday present anyone can get: a cancer diagnosis. Josh jokes about it now, cancer-f...

Peace Crane Symbolizes a Turning Point for Breast Cancer Survivor

According to Japanese lore, cranes signify good health and longevity by living 1,000 years. The legend is that anyone who folds 1,000 paper cranes will be granted one wish. This tradition is what first led architect-turned-artist Denise DiPiazzo to&n...