Cancer

Why Is Colorectal Cancer Rising Rapidly among Young Adults?

It's Colon Cancer Awareness Month and we spoke with Dr. Joel Levine, co-director and founding director, Colon Cancer Prevention Program at the Carole and Ray Neag Comprehensive Cancer Center at UConn Health about why cancer is increasing in young adults.

UConn Health Gives First US Dose of New Drug Offering Hope to Those with Multiple Myeloma

UConn Health was the first in the US to administer a new drug approved by the FDA to treat patients with multiple myeloma who have exhausted other treatment options

UConn John Dempsey Hospital Awarded Seven Women’s Choice Awards for Best Hospitals

The Women’s Choice Award has named UConn John Dempsey Hospital as one of America’s Best Hospitals for Patient Safety, Cancer Care, Stroke Care, Minimally Invasive Surgery, Comprehensive Breast Care, Mammogram Imaging and Women’s Services.

Wrapping UConn Health Cancer Patients in Comfort and Hope, One Quilt at a Time.

The Neag Comprehensive Cancer Center at UConn Health received a special delivery from Quilts that Care for cancer patients.

UConn Nation Stands Behind Breast Cancer Survivors at Women’s Basketball Play4Kay Game

The annual Play4Kay game on Jan. 29 honored breast cancer survivors, families, doctors and staff from the UConn Health Breast Cancer Program

A sign for The Carole and Ray Neag Comprehensive Cancer Center at UConn Health in Farmington

Q&A: Dr. Pramod Srivastava Explains the Hunt for a Breast Cancer Vaccine

The UConn Health team says they're about two years away from starting a clinical trial for triple negative breast cancer vaccines

Dr. Maritza Perez with laser machine in dermatology exam room

A Gift of Lasers

UConn Health dermatologist donates high-tech machines to the practice, broadening treatment and training options

Dr. Erica Chen presents a poster

Uncovering Brain Cancer’s Molecular Signature

UConn Health, The Jackson Laboratory for Genomic Medicine among few in the world able to analyze tumors with elite precision

Dr. Susan Tannenbaum with Grace Rosol

Battling Stage 4 Breast Cancer for 4 Years: ‘I Have Cancer, But Cancer Does Not Have Me’

UConn Health's Carole and Ray Neag Comprehensive Cancer Center, a world leader in cancer vaccines, is researching innovative vaccines against aggressive breast cancer and teaming with the V Foundation to raise more research funding for this game-changing research

UConn's Dr. Pramod Srivastava is advancing cancer vaccine research.

UConn Set to Compete in the Jimmy V Classic and Raise Funds to Fight Cancer

UConn is uniting with other universities and the V Foundation to raise money for impactful cancer research