Cancer Center Outreach Archives

Cancer Center In The News, Cancer Center Outreach

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Pilot partnership aims to provide support, address cancer disparities across rural Nebraska

Mar 6, 2026

Welcome to Nebraska road sign in rural Nebraska

Celebrating community impact in cancer research

This Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, we recognize how much our community matters in cancer research. Discoveries may happen in labs, but research starts with people. Patients and community members can help move science forward by joining research efforts. Community members can get involved in many ways; donating tissue samples for research is one. Each time a […]

Mar 4, 2026

Jennifer Black, PhD and Kurt Fisher, MD, PhD

Outreach, Patient Care, Research, Cancer Center Education, Cancer Center Outreach

UNMC cancer experts offering public education series

The Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center is partnering with UNL’s Osher Lifelong Learning Institute to offer courses geared toward the general public.

Jun 17, 2025

Community, Research, Cancer Center Outreach, Cancer Center Research

Cattlemen’s Ball is June 6-7 outside Blue Springs

The 26th annual fundraiser for cancer research will be hosted by Terry and Bev Acton on their ranch.

Jun 4, 2025

A picture from the 2023 Cattlemen's Ball

Outreach, Research, Cancer Center Outreach, Cancer Center Research

Cancer center unites experts to advance prevention, early detection

The Cancer Prevention and Control Program launched last fall as part of the Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center strategic plan.

May 2, 2025

Vijaya Raj Bhatt, MBBS, and Edward Peters, DMD, ScD, co-leaders of the Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center Cancer Prevention and Control Program

Patient Care, Cancer Center Outreach, Cancer Center Patient Story

Nebraska Breast Health Navigation Program breaks barriers

The program and its peer navigators work to ensure that no breast cancer patient is left without support.

Feb 14, 2025

Community, Outreach, Cancer Center Outreach, Cancer Center Research

Dr. Kim and ‘BEAT Cancer’ initiative receive prestigious award

The American Public Health Association Cancer Forum recognized the project for its groundbreaking screening effort in the African American community.

Jan 22, 2025

Patient Care, Cancer Center Outreach, Cancer Center Patient Story, Cancer Center Research

Nebraskan empowered by annual pancreatic cancer screenings

Jody Vondra navigates her family’s difficult roads through cancer and shares her perspective on the journey.

Dec 9, 2024

Jody Vondra, in the Chihuly Sanctuary at the Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center, with a copy of her new book, &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The Country Road Perspective"

Community, Outreach, Cancer Center Outreach

Team effort brings cancer screening to the community

UNMC, Nebraska Medicine and the Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center join seven community partners for ‘One-Stop Cancer Shops.’

Dec 5, 2024

Two One Stop Cancer Shop events, at Mount Calvary Community Church in September and the Nebraska Urban Indian Health Coalition in October, provided cancer screenings to more than 140 community members&period;

Community, Cancer Center Outreach, Cancer Center Patient Story

Breast cancer survivor visits cancer center to help inspire hope

Agnes Judge is on a tour to visit cancer centers around the country, including the Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center.

Oct 10, 2024

Breast cancer survivor Agnes Judge (center) contributed to the Oncology Patient and Family Assistance Fund on her visit to the Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center&period;