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The latest on lung cancer screening and tobacco cessation

Did you know that lung cancer is the deadliest cancer in the United States? What's more, 80 percent of lung cancer deaths are linked to one risk factor—smoking. This is why lung cancer screenings are such a critical part of prevention and…
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Masonic Cancer Center announces Spring 2023 internal grant awards

The Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota recently announced the awarding of$200,000 in pilot grants through its Spring 2023 Internal Grant Program. Support for thesegrants is made available by the center through a variety of…
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Developmental Therapeutics Initiative improving Minnesotans' access to cutting-edge cancer treatments

As a comprehensive cancer center designated by the National Cancer Institute, our team of scientists, researchers, doctors, staff, and trainees at the Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota (MCC), is nationally recognized for our…
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MCC's Dr. Ingrid Polcari on summer and skin cancer

With summer now in full swing, more people are spending time outside and in the sun. It's important to remember that, even here in Minnesota, summer and sun exposure bring increased risk of skin cancer for everyone—for those with very fair…
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Survivorship Spotlight Series 2023—Join us as we kick off our first annual Survivorship Walk

Survivorship Spotlight: Meet Reona Berry 6/22/2023
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What is cancer survivorship?

The Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota (MCC) exists to reduce the burden of cancer on everybody who calls Minnesota home. Our doctors, nurses, researchers, and staff collaborate to uncover the causes, prevention, detection, and…
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Teaming up for treatment: MCC/CVM collab advances cancer research in humans and animals

This original story by Kaitlin Sullivan was first published by the University of Minnesota's College of Veterinary Medicine. Read it on the CVM website.  __________  Al and June Perlman didn’t have children in the traditional sense, but…
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Masonic Cancer Center announces fall 2022 internal grant awards

The Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota recently announced the awarding of $700,000 in pilot grants through its fall 2022 Internal Grant Program.
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MCC's Shalini Kulasingam honored for creating a healthier world for women

When the University of Minnesota established an award to honor Regents Professor Emerita Sara Evans, an outstanding scholar and a leader for women's equity and social justice, it had women like School of Public Health professor and Masonic…
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Innovative global impact: Improving lives and driving change via the Institute for Global Cancer Prevention Research

Worldwide, people from under-resourced communities often experience higher exposure to cancer risks and do not have access to cancer screening and other preventive measures.