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Neuman Awarded UWCCC Pilot Grant to Study Health-related Social Needs of Rural Cancer Patients

Posted on August 1, 2025

Social needs such as transportation difficulties, food insecurity, housing instability, and financial strain contribute to poor health outcomes for patients with cancer. With a new one-year, $25,000 pilot award from the UW Carbone Cancer Center …

Posted in News, ResearchTagged cancer, Carbone Cancer Center, research, surgical oncology

UW Surgery and Radiology Faculty Awarded Pilot Grant from UW Carbone Cancer Center

Posted on July 31, 2025

Conversations with patients about cancer surgery need to include a discussion about the short- and long-term risks and benefits of the procedure, yet surgeons often do a poor job of explaining how patients’ lives could …

Posted in News, ResearchTagged cancer, Carbone Cancer Center, endocrine, research, thyroid

Murtaza and Zafar Awarded Grant to Determine if Metastatic GI Cancer Is Detectable in Abdominal Fluid

Posted on October 22, 2024

Promising advancements have been made in the ability to detect and monitor different types of cancers by analyzing blood samples to look for tumor-specific DNA that is circulating in plasma. However, abdominal cancers that have …

Posted in News, ResearchTagged cancer, Carbone Cancer Center, research, surgical oncology

Varley Awarded Research Grant from the American Cancer Society and UW Carbone Cancer Center

Posted on April 3, 2024

Division of Surgical Oncology Assistant Professor Patrick Varley, MD, MS, was recently awarded a one-year, $60,000 Institutional Research Grant that is jointly funded by the American Cancer Society and the UW Carbone Cancer Center. The …

Posted in News, ResearchTagged Carbone Cancer Center, research, surgical oncology

Dr. Andrea Axtell Raises Awareness about Lung Cancer Screening and Early Detection

Posted on March 25, 2024

In a recent UW Health article, Dr. Andrea Axtell, Assistant Professor in the Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery and Surgical Director of the UW Carbone Cancer Center Thoracic Oncology Disease Oriented Team, discusses the importance of …

Posted in Alumni News, NewsTagged cancer, Carbone Cancer Center, cardiothoracic

Dr. Nabeel Zafar Leads Push for Global Cancer Surgery Solutions

Posted on November 7, 2023

Dr. Nabeel Zafar, the Director of Global Oncology at the Carbone Cancer Center and an Assistant Professor of Surgical Oncology at UW-Madison, co-authored a recent Lancet Oncology Commission report that included more than 50 global …

Posted in News, ResearchTagged Carbone Cancer Center, research, surgical oncology
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