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The Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center

- Leadership Overview
- Director's Message
  Read a message from Joann Sweasy, PhD, director of the Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center.
- About the Center
  Learn about the mission and vision of the Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center.
- Outreach Overview
- Mission
  The Community Outreach and Engagement Office aims to reduce overall cancer burden and eliminate cancer-related health disparities in its catchment area.
- Community Advisory Board
  This board advises on the direction of cancer center research, dissemination of evidence from ongoing research activities, and policy recommendations.
- Speaker's Bureau
  The Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center Speakers Bureau provides resources to community groups across Nebraska including experts to give presentations on cancer-related topics.
- Resources
  The Community Outreach and Engagement Office provides such resources as videos, infographics, reports and community needs assessments.
- Our Team
  Find members of the Community Outreach and Engagement Office team.
- Nebraska Breast Health Navigation Program
  This program is working to eliminate barriers for breast cancer survivors, using trained volunteers called Lay Patient Navigators who provide peer-to-peer support.
- Research Overview
- Cancer Biology Program
  Learn about our work to understand the fundamental mechanisms that underlie cancer initiation and progression in order to find new biomarkers and therapeutic targets.
- Gastrointestinal Cancer Program
  We are working to better understand these cancers, to identify new tools for their management, and to develop new therapies.
- Targets, Modulators and Delivery Program
  We are developing and delivering small molecules to modulate validated cancer targets as eventual cancer therapeutics.
Patient Care
Training & Education

— The Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center — Patient Care

Patient Care

The Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center is a partnership between UNMC and Nebraska Medicine, bringing researchers and clinicians together to translate discoveries to innovative treatments.

Our cancer center is a founding member of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network, an alliance of 19 of the world's top cancer centers that develop standards and set guidelines for treating patients.

The translational research conducted at the Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center provides those with a cancer diagnosis and their loved ones with the best weapon there is for fighting cancer: Hope.

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Together, the UNMC and Nebraska Medicine teams of experts span specialties in cancer care including medical oncology, surgical oncology, radiation oncology, oncology certified nurses, case managers, genetic counseling, social work, financial counseling, pharmacy, pathology, radiology, plastic surgery, nutritionists, rehabilitation specialists and more.

Nebraska Medicine

Exterior of the Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center

Our Clinical Trials

MRI machine in a hospital room

National Clinical Trials