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
- - Membership Directory
    Search a listing of full members of the Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center, as well as directories of members by research program.
  - Membership Criteria
    Learn about the criteria for becoming a member of the Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center.
  - Become a Member
    Apply for membership in the Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center by submitting a short form.
- - Shared Resources
    The Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center is home to state-of-the-art facilities and provides support to shared resources at UNMC.
  - UNMC Cores and Shared Resources
    Researchers also have access to shared resources through the UNMC Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research.
  - Request Research Space
    Complete this form to request research space.
- - Cancer Biology Program
    The Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center Cancer Biology Program represents a long-standing commitment to cancer mechanisms-focused research.
  - Gastrointestinal Cancer Program
    This program is focused on understanding the pathogenesis and pathophysiology of gastrointestinal cancers; identifying diagnostic and prognostic tools; and d developing new therapeutic options.
  - Targets, Modulators and Delivery Program
    This program develops and delivers small molecules to modulate validated cancer targets as eventual cancer therapeutics.
  - Lymphoma Study Group
    The Nebraska Lymphoma Study Group is a groundbreaking collaboration among community oncologists, pathologists and researchers within the UNMC Department of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology.
- - Registries
    View registries that are currently enrolling subjects through iCaRe2.
  - Information for Patients
    Participation helps researchers understand specific cancer types, determine risk factors, advance treatment for patients and discover cancer prognostic markers.
  - Information for Researchers
    iCaRe2 aims to foster clinical and epidemiological studies and accelerate the secondary use of cancer and health related data for translational research.
  - Information for Sponsors
    Your gift will support the continuous system growth and improve strides in personalized medicine, diagnosis, treatment and prevention of cancer.
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— The Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center — Research — Integrated Cancer Repository for Cancer Research — Registries — Pancreatic Cancer Collaborative Registry

Pancreatic Cancer Collaborative Registry

The Pancreatic Cancer Collaborative Registry, operating under the umbrella of the integrated Cancer Data Repository for Cancer Research, is aimed to advance comprehensive studies of risk factors of pancreatic cancer development and progression and to enable the design of novel strategies for prevention, screening, early detection and personalized treatment of pancreatic cancer.

Centers with expertise in pancreatic cancer epidemiology, genetics, biology, early detection, and patient care can collaborate by using the registry as a platform for cohort and population studies.

Institutional IRB approval and patient informed consent must be obtained.

The purpose of the project is to develop a national pancreatic cancer resource, which collects comprehensive demographic information, medical and family history, dietary and environmental exposure history as well as biospecimens from pancreatic cancer patients and their family members. One of the major goals of the Pancreatic Cancer Collaborative Registry is to help researchers identify what specifically causes pancreatic cancer, and possibly identify those individuals/families that are at increased risk for pancreatic as well as other cancers. Researchers may also identify those individuals who might benefit from screening measures to detect pre-cancerous changes at an earlier and potentially more treatable stage.

The registry is committed to protecting each individual’s confidentiality/privacy online. Security issues are addressed using recommendations of the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society Privacy and Security Toolkit and the electronic information security standards regarding the collection, use, and retention of data mandated by the Federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act.