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Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center

Register now for the Cancer Survivorship Conference

The conference, sponsored by UNMC and the Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center, will be held Sept. 4 at the Scott Conference Center.

Jul 24, 2026

University of Nebraska Medical Center- Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center

Access offered to promising pancreatic cancer treatment

The new therapy is available to patients with advanced pancreatic cancer at the Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center.

Jul 23, 2026

Kelsey Klute, MD, gastrointestinal medical oncologist at Nebraska Medicine and the Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center, discusses the promising new drug daraxonrasib for people with advanced pancreatic cancer, during a press conference at the cancer center on Wednesday, July 22.

New faculty spotlight: Raquel Buj, PhD

Dr. Buj is an assistant professor with the Eppley Institute for Research in Cancer and Allied Diseases.

Jul 22, 2026

Raquel Buj, PhD

Beatrice Community Hospital leaders tour med center

The guests visited with UNMC and Nebraska Medicine leaders and toured the Innovation Design Unit, among other stops.

Jul 17, 2026

In the med center's Innovation Design Unit, Chad Vokoun (at left), MD, chief and professor in the UNMC Division of Hospital Medicine, talks with leaders visiting from Beatrice Community Hospital & Health Center. The guests were, from right, Rick Haraldson, CEO, Eric Trusty, senior executive for clinic services, and Steve Paulmeyer, MD, chief medical officer.

From a simple test to peace of mind: Why screening events matter

The advice from one woman who attended such event is to take advantage of opportunities that make screening easy.

Jul 9, 2026

Bridget Brown

Family discovers crucial information through Genetic Insights Project

Without Genetic Insights, Kristen Vlasak, her mother and sister wouldn’t have known they had an increased risk of developing certain cancers.

Jul 1, 2026

From left, Carole Hunt with her daughters Erin Thoman and Kristen Vlasak

Lemon Short Course in Cancer Biology set for June 29-30

This year’s program will explore how insights into DNA repair and cellular processes are transforming cancer treatment.

Jun 17, 2026

John Tainer, PhD

A Q&A with UNMC’s James Armitage, MD

Dr. Armitage credits teamwork for elevating UNMC’s work in lymphoma research.

Jun 15, 2026

James Armitage, MD, is pictured near the James O. Armitage Center for Leukemia and Lymphoma Research, on the fourth floor of the Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center.

A 33-ton delivery changing the future of cancer care

The first proton beam therapy machine arrives in Nebraska, right here at the Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center-Nebraska Medical Center.

Jun 10, 2026

Workers watch as a state-of-the-art proton beam therapy system is hoisted into the air as part of the installation process when the system arrived at the Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center on June 6.

‘What if that could be me?’

Inside UNMC’s groundbreaking clinical trials and the philanthropy helping to change lives.

Jun 4, 2026

Beth Smith walks with Matthew Lunning, DO, medical director of the Gene and Cellular Therapy Program at UNMC.