Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah is a nationally recognized research center and treatment hospital in Salt Lake City. We are the only National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center in the Mountain West and serve patients with all types of cancer from Utah, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, and Wyoming. In 2021, we opened the region’s first proton therapy center. We manage the Utah Population Database, the largest genetic database in the world. More genes for inherited cancers have been discovered at our institution than any place in the world, including genes for melanoma and breast, ovarian, colon, head, and neck cancers.
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March 18, 2024
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Evan Y. Yu, MD, provides insights on treatment approaches for patients with metastatic urothelial carcinoma in the second line and beyond.
March 18, 2024
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The expert panel discusses how treatment strategies change based on cisplatin eligibility and the role of maintenance therapy in metastatic urothelial carcinoma.
March 11, 2024
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GU medical oncologists offer their impressions of recent updates in the metastatic urothelial carcinoma space, focusing on CheckMate 901 and EV-302.
March 11, 2024
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Neeraj Agarwal, MD, FASCO, provides a comprehensive overview of recent data in metastatic urothelial carcinoma, highlighting the CheckMate 901 and EV-302 studies.
March 04, 2024
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Experts on muscle-invasive bladder cancer respond to recent data in adjuvant therapy that were presented at ASCO GU 2024.
March 04, 2024
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Following an overview of the evolving adjuvant therapy space, Matthew Milowsky, MD, FASCO, reviews recent updates from ASCO GU 2024 in muscle-invasive bladder cancer.
February 26, 2024
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Focusing on neoadjuvant therapy, the expert panel discusses ongoing clinical research in muscle-invasive bladder cancer and the potential role of novel strategies in the treatment space.
February 26, 2024
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A panel of experts on bladder cancer introduce themselves and give an overview of the neoadjuvant therapy landscape for patients with muscle-invasive bladder cancer.
February 21, 2024
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Jonathan Constance, PhD, and his team have created a digital pharmacology platform for assessing drug dynamics directly among children with cancer.
February 19, 2024
Podcast
Drs Kitko and Patel discuss graft-versus-host disease recognition, treatment selection, and ongoing research with novel agents and biomarkers of response.
February 07, 2024
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Huntsman Cancer Institute introduces the first and only single-port robot in the Mountain West for head and neck surgical oncology patients.
January 23, 2024
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Huntsman Cancer Institute has appointed new roles for Theresa Werner, MD, and Neeraj Agarwal, MD, FASCO.
January 14, 2024
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Doctors diagnosed Christopher Gregg, PhD, with stage IV metastatic breast cancer in 2018. Then, he started thinking of ways to improve his treatment.
January 10, 2024
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Alana Welm, PhD, received the 2023 American Association for Cancer Research Outstanding Investigator Award for Breast Cancer Research.
January 04, 2024
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The oral XPO1 inhibitor selinexor in combination with ruxolitinib was associated with a tolerable and manageable adverse effect profile and elicited signals of clinical efficacy in patients with JAK inhibitor–naive myelofibrosis.
December 27, 2023
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Researchers at Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah discovered that the level of blood and immune cells in mouse model offspring would fluctuate based on the amount of folic acid consumed by their mothers during pregnancy.
December 23, 2023
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Researchers at University of Utah Health have designed new digital tools that use relevant information from patient health records to prompt doctors to consider lung cancer screening for high-risk patients and provide personalized guidance on screening.
December 22, 2023
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WebMD awarded Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah its highest honor, the 2023 WebMD Elite Choice Award.
December 19, 2023
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Leading experts discuss the exciting progress and challenges in the field of kidney cancer treatment, addressing topics like immunotherapy, biomarkers, and the role of multidisciplinary care.
December 19, 2023
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Experts discuss the potential of triple combination therapies for high-risk renal cell carcinoma (RCC) patients and the challenges posed by their toxicity profiles, emphasizing the need for compelling clinical trial data.