Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center

Free cancer risk assessment available for UNMC employees

UNMC employees can take five minutes to protect their health by completing this quick and easy assessment.

May 30, 2024

Haji Zoona Band lecture will explore cancer biology

UNMC’s Hamid Band, MD, PhD, and Vimla Band, PhD, are honoring Hamid’s mother, who died of cancer.

May 22, 2024

UNMC's Hamid Band, MD, PhD, with his mother, Haji Zoona Band

Cancer center announces new community outreach leaders

The Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center team will be key in developing community partnerships, cancer education and screening events.

May 15, 2024

Clockwise from top left: Keyonna King, DrPH, Patrick Maloney, PhD, Rachael Schmidt, DNP, and Juan Santamaria, MD

Cancer center to display ‘Finding: Works by Linda Fleming’

The exhibition will run from May 3 through Nov. 3.

Apr 30, 2024

Two of the items on display in "Finding: Works by Linda Fleming" are, from left, Heat Lightening (chromed steel from 2016) and Faceted Jug (graphite on rag paper from 1989).

Dr. Gold marks a decade of growth, with more on the way

In his state-of-the-campus address, Chancellor Jeffrey P. Gold, MD, thanked ‘all of you’ for seeing through the med center’s exceptional accomplishments.

Apr 18, 2024

UNMC Chancellor Jeffrey P. Gold, MD, gives his annual state-of-the-campus address Tuesday.

UNMC for the record, April 12, 2024

News items on a course on sickle cell care, UNMC retirements and the food vendor schedule for the week.

Apr 12, 2024

Brain and spine cancer symposium set for April 19

The symposium will update providers on the current approach to patients with newly diagnosed or recurrent gliomas.

Apr 3, 2024

‘Heart to Heart’ talks with Dr. Watanabe-Galloway

UNMC Chancellor Jeffrey P. Gold, MD, meets with Shinobu Watanabe-Galloway, PhD, to discuss a range of issues around cancer care.

Mar 29, 2024

Shinobu Watanabe-Galloway, PhD

Cancer Moonshot announces oncology providers to make navigation services more accessible

The Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center is among 40 leading cancer centers nationwide joining the effort.

Mar 14, 2024

Cancer center co-sponsors western Nebraska’s Latina Red Dress event

The event raises awareness, offers screenings and celebrates culture.

Mar 11, 2024

Juan Santamaria, MD, assistant professor in the UNMC Department of Surgical Oncology and program director for the Nebraska Breast Health Navigation Program, and Joann Sweasy, PhD, director of the Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center
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