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KU Cancer Center to receive research support from agreement leveraging KU Basketball student-athletes, ShotTracker and the V Foundation

While Kansas is known for many basketball legends, the sport will be a community builder like never before at the University of Kansas this fall. Before a single game tips, Jayhawks will be playing for a new cause — cancer research.

Sep 30, 2025
Announcements, Grants and Funding, Get Involved and Give
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KU Cancer Center Evaluating Progestin Use to Treat Endometrial Cancer

The multi-institutional project will evaluate which of these synthetic hormones are the most effective and which are the safest.

Sep 26, 2025
Grants and Funding, Women's Health, Gynecologic Cancer
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KU Cancer Center Members Honored as 2025 Faculty of the Year by Kansas Board of Regents

The Kansas Board of Regents has named Sufi Thomas, PhD, and Dinesh Pal Mudaranthakam, PhD, among its 2025 Faculty of the Year award recipients. This recognition highlights their outstanding contributions to research, education and service within the state’s higher education system.

Sep 19, 2025
Accolades & Awards, Biostatistics and Informatics, Cancer Biology
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Leading Cancer Research Centers Reinforce Importance of Safe and Effective Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Vaccination to Prevent Cancer

KU Cancer Center joins other NCI-designated cancer centers in a statement to raise awareness about the vaccine.

Sep 16, 2025
NCI Designation, Prevention, HPV
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Expanding Access to Precision Medicine Trials in Acute Myeloid Leukemia

A new grant from the National Cancer Institute will help tackle clinical trial barriers.

Sep 15, 2025
Grants and Funding, Clinical Trials, Leukemia
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Cancer Care Specialists in the Northland

The University of Kansas Cancer Center offers treatment in the Northland, where patients receive comprehensive cancer care, including medical oncology and radiation oncology, and have even greater access to treatment options and clinical trials. Mee...

Aug 14, 2025
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Labor Day Holiday Hours

In recognition of the upcoming Labor Day holiday, some of The University of Kansas Cancer Center’s offices will have modified hours on Monday, September 1, 2025.

Aug 11, 2025
, Our Cancer Center
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“Triple Threat” CAR T-cell therapy clinical trial debuts at KU Cancer Center

KU Cancer Center has launched an investigator-initiated trial designed to attack three different targets on cancer cells at once.

Aug 05, 2025
Car T Cell, Clinical Trials, Leukemia, Lymphoma, Myeloma
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Expanding Access to CAR T-Cell Therapy

How KU Cancer Center researchers helped make CAR T-cell therapy more accessible.

Jul 16, 2025
Cancer, Car T Cell, Immunotherapy, Lymphoma, Myeloma
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Thomas Appointed Associate Director for Basic Science

In this role, Dr. Thomas will have oversight of basic research activities across the cancer center.

Jul 09, 2025
Cancer, Announcements, Cancer Biology
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Independence Day Holiday Hours

In recognition of the upcoming Independence Day holiday, some of The University of Kansas Cancer Center’s offices will have modified hours on Friday, July 4, 2025.

Jun 17, 2025
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V Foundation Funds Study on Obesity and Breast Cancer Prevention

Grant will fund efforts to understand how obesity may contribute to breast cancer risk, and how lifestyle changes might help prevent it.

Jun 12, 2025
Cancer, Grants and Funding, Breast Cancer
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The University of Kansas Cancer Center Now in Liberty

Kansas City, Kan. – As of June 10, 2025, The University of Kansas Cancer Center offers care at Liberty Hospital. This location is 1 of 3 in the Northland (Briarcliff, Green Hills and Liberty) intended to underscore the cancer center’s commitment to p...

Jun 09, 2025
Announcements, Cancer
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KU Cancer Center breaks ground for new complex that promises to transform both care and research in the region

The new complex will enable physicians and researchers to collaborate in real time on personalized treatment options and make them available to patients more quickly.

May 23, 2025
Cancer, NCI Designation, Our Cancer Center
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Clinical Trial Investigates Immunotherapy for Glioblastoma

KU Cancer Center is the lead site for a phase 2b randomized clinical trial studying an investigational immunotherapy approach in patients with newly diagnosed glioblastoma.

May 01, 2025
Cancer, Clinical Trials, Immunotherapy, Brain Cancer

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