Kristi Warren Berger Eppley Cancer Center

2002 Cattlemen’s Ball to feature first Cancer Hero’s Wall

The 2002 Cattlemen’s Ball will feature its first Cancer Hero’s Wall, with photos, poems and memorabilia of those who have fought cancer. The ball will be Saturday, June 1 at the Benes Cattle Company near Valparaiso, Neb.

May 28, 2002

Screening event promotes cancer prevention, early detection

The UNMC Eppley Cancer Center, a partnership between UNMC and NHS, held its third annual free cancer screening at Our Lady of Guadalupe Church social hall Sunday, April 28. Nearly 100 men and women participated in the screening.

May 3, 2002

Harris scholarships awarded to UNMC graduate students

Seven UNMC students recently were named recipients of the 2002 Norman and Bernice Harris Graduate Student Scholarships. The Harris Graduate Scholarship is a cancer research fund of seven, $500-stipends a year for UNMC graduate students doing research related to cancer.

Apr 23, 2002

Honky Tonk Tailgate Party Tour to be featured at Cattlemen’s Ball

The Honky Tonk Tailgate Party Tour, a package concert tour featuring three country music artists, will be featured at the fifth annual Cattlemen’s Ball of Nebraska. The ball will be held June 1 at the Benes Cattle Company located 25 miles northwest of Lincoln near Highway 79 and the town of Valparaiso. (See story for ticket information).

Mar 18, 2002

Eppley researcher lays groundwork for identifying breast cancer genes

Jim Shull, Ph.D., a professor at UNMC’s Eppley Institute for Research in Cancer and Allied Diseases, was recently introduced at the University of California-Berkeley as the man who made the ACI rat famous.

In a series of studies published over the past five years, Dr. Shull and colleagues have demonstrated that the ACI rat provides a valuable experimental model for studying the mechanisms through which estrogens induce breast cancer development.

Feb 18, 2002

Eppley Cancer Center named to research consortium

The UNMC Eppley Cancer Center has been named one of the 14 core transplant centers of the Blood and Marrow Transplant Clinical Trials Network (BMTCTN), a research consortium set up by the National Cancer Institute and National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute. Forty-five centers competed for the designation.

Jan 31, 2002