University of New Mexico Comprehensive Cancer Center

06/10/2026

Thanks to KOB Channel 4 for covering this story and Polly's Run for the tireless work to support pancreatic Cancer Research.

Pancreatic cancer advocates in New Mexico say a new treatment could be a major breakthrough for people with the disease and their families.

06/05/2026

Sunday is National Cancer Survivors Day.
We celebrate all cancer survivors.
Follow these links to find resources:
https://unmhealth.org/cancer/treatment/survivorship/
https://ncsd.org/

06/03/2026

Our friends at Polly's Run will be hosting their annual 5K run/walk this weekend. There's still time to sign up (registration closes Thursday). Proceeds from this event support pancreatic cancer research here at UNMCCC. Go to http://www.pollysrun.org for more information.

06/02/2026

REMINDER: Tomorrow our new support group for men who are or have been patients meets at 1 p.m.
This is a chance for them to have conversations and support one-another. It is free and in-person only.

05/29/2026

Our new support group for men who are or have been patients meets next Wednesday. This is a chance for them to have conversations and support one-another. It is free and in-person only.

05/28/2026

Congratulations to Bernard Tawfik, MD, who contributed to a pair of abstracts that were accepted to the ASCO’s annual meeting, starting tomorrow in Chicago.
More:
https://bit.ly/3Q7NQYY
https://bit.ly/4nXU36m

05/28/2026

Congratulations to Christopher Amos, PhD, who was a contributing author to “Biomarker-Based Eligibility for Lung Cancer Screening: Validation of the Protein-Based INTEGRAL-Risk Model” in the Journal of of the American Medical Association’s May 18 issue.
https://bit.ly/49rjxmz

05/27/2026

More than 700 people have viewed the recent "Living with Melanoma Patient Symposium," hosted by UNMCCC and the AIM at Melanoma Foundation, live on May 16 or online. You can still access this information here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DtBSqV9Srcw

05/21/2026

Congratulations to UNMCCC Director and CEO Yolanda Sanchez, PhD, on being named a distinguished alumnus of The University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center, UTHealth Houston Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences.
Sanchez completed her undergraduate and graduate degrees in the University of Texas system and completed her PhD at the MD Anderson Cancer Center.

05/20/2026

Congratulations to Christopher Amos, PhD, and his team on the publication of in the May edition of the Journal of Thoracic Oncology.
Jinyoung Byun, PhD, and Yafang Li, PhD, were among the contributing authors for the article.
https://bit.ly/4tNnGbT