One goal: Defeat cancer. Advancing research, education, and world-class patient care at @uiowa as Iowa's only NCI-designated comprehensive cancer center.
Iowa City, IA
Joined July 2014
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UI Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center retweeted
We are proud to launch our new podcast series, Big Ten Cancer Connections with an engaging conversation with #multiplemyeloma colleagues, friends, and international trekkers Drs. Tanya Wildes, @ASuvannasankha, @hiragss, and @nsc_natalie. Tune in: bigtencancerconnections.rive…
UI Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center retweeted
As a first-year in the Hematology-Oncology fellowship program, Brooke Jennings, MD has already developed two clinical trials. And now, she has another in the works.
Read more about her story: internalmedicineiowa.org/202…
UI Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center retweeted
Some of our patients at @UIowaCancer received surprise visits from @HawkeyeFootball players Caden Buhr and TJ Hall this week. 💛🖤
UI Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center retweeted
📣 JOHNSON COUNTY RESIDENTS: Let’s Talk About Cancer in Our Community
You're invited to an important discussion about cancer in Johnson County as part of the Cancer in Iowa: 99 Counties Project.
🗓 Date: June 30, 2025
🕓 Time: 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM
💻 Location: In-person or online (link provided upon registration)
Johnson County Public Health (Boardroom #301) | 855 S. Dubuque Street, Iowa City, IA
🔗 Register here: iowacancerconsortium.wildapr…
Join experts from the Iowa Cancer Registry as they present local cancer data, discuss community-specific concerns, and explore potential policy changes to support healthier lives in Johnson County. This is your chance to ask questions, share your thoughts, and help shape the future of cancer prevention and control in our area.
🧠 Why Attend?
• Learn about cancer trends in Johnson County
• Share your experiences and concerns
• Help guide future health initiatives
Your voice matters. Let’s work together for a healthier Johnson County. 💬💙
📧 Questions? Contact the 99 Counties Project Team at [email protected].
#CancerInIowa #JohnsonCountyIA #CommunityHealth #CancerAwareness #PublicHealthMatters
UI Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center retweeted
Thank you. 💛 #UIHealthCareWeek
UI Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center retweeted
This is #publichealth at its very best....data-driven and community-based. The Iowa Cancer Registry is collaborating with partners across the state to share county-specific cancer data in each of Iowa’s 99 counties. #NPHW #PublicHealthNowMoreThanEver stories.uiowa.edu/ui-experts…
UI Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center retweeted
It's time for #ScreeningMadness! 🏀 Mark Burkard, MD, PhD, and @UIowaCancer are teaming with the rest of the @BigTenCRC to spread the word that #ColorectalCancer screening saves lives. Take the pledge and make it count for your team! spr.ly/60130vdaF.
UI Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center retweeted
Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center’s Stem Cell Transplant and Cellular Therapy (SCTCT) Program has renewed its FACT accreditation after first receiving it in 2001. Our SCTCT program is the only program to achieve this designation in the state of Iowa. bit.ly/43aocXy
UI Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center retweeted
With more Iowans surviving cancer than ever before comes a greater need for after-cancer support from health care providers and communities. This year’s Cancer in Iowa report highlights how providers across the state are addressing those needs. spr.ly/6013LT3ic
UI Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center retweeted
UI Health Care researchers have found that adding high dose IV vitamin C to chemotherapy may double overall survival rates of patients with late-stage metastatic pancreatic cancer. spr.ly/6011IeroT
UI Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center retweeted
Research shows that cancer patients who get their care at a National Cancer Institute (NCI)-designated center like @UIowaCancer have better chances for long-term survival. Learn more about what an NCI designation means: spr.ly/6011x2rUV #WorldCancerDay
UI Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center retweeted
Nurses in our adult stem cell transplant unit started a new program to help cancer patients in isolation stay active. During a three-week hospital stay, a patient from Cedar Falls walked more than 110 miles! 😲 spr.ly/6019xXeIV
UI Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center retweeted
Improvements in #CancerPrevention and #CancerScreening have averted more deaths from five cancer types combined over the past 45 years than treatment advances, according to a modeling study led by researchers at NCI. Learn more: go.nih.gov/b1hSY16 #PressRelease
ALT A factoid that reads: From 1975 to 2020, prevention and screening efforts averted 4.75 million deaths from five cancer types: breast, cervical, colorectal, lung, and prostate.
UI Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center retweeted
As December embarks, people impacted by cancer may wish to take advantage of evidence-based advice for physical activity.
Read the full #OpenAccess @AmericanCancer Nutrition and Physical Activity Guideline for Cancer Survivors:
acsjournals.onlinelibrary.wi…
@OncoAlert
UI Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center retweeted
To the courageous men and women who have served our nation, the University of Iowa thanks you 💛🇺🇸
ALT Photo of American flags in a 'Block I' shape on the west lawn of the Pentacrest, with the Old Capitol Building in the background.
UI Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center retweeted
.@UIowaCancer's Mark E. Burkard (@meburkard): "The future of oncology in Iowa is focused on reaching patients in their own community. And so, a patient in, say, Atlantic, Iowa, three hours from Iowa City, can see an expert in their community and have the full expertise of the Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center backing up that oncologist."
cancerletter.com/conversatio…
ALT Conversation with The Cancer Letter: Iowa's Mark Burkard sees a role for data science in bringing clinical trials to rural clinics
UI Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center retweeted
Third-year medical student William Moody shares a powerful reflection on his journey through cancer and its influence on his approach to patient care in his essay, “The Well,” published in volume 12 of The Examined Life Journal. spr.ly/6010UUY8y
UI Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center retweeted
Contrast-enhanced mammography can help find #breastcancers regular mammograms may miss. Learn how @uihealthcare has put it into practice.
#BreastCancerAwarenessMonth
#BreastCancerAwareness spr.ly/6015U0jff
UI Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center retweeted
Getting your cancer care at an NCI-designated comprehensive cancer center gives you better chances of long-term survival and access to cutting-edge research that leads to innovative therapies. See what else @UIowaCancer can do for you: spr.ly/6015gvSG3
ALT Researchers in lab
UI Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center retweeted
Thank you @uiowa for the great 8 years! The mentorship of @baerickson29, @ChadTracyMD, @Coopeduro, @AmyPearlman1, @VigneshPackiam, @HrabeMd, and many others @IowaMed will have a lasting impact on my career as a physician & scientist.
stories.uiowa.edu/spring-202…
