2008 El Oso de Salud Newsletter

Study Draws Picture of HPV Before Vaccine March 24, 2009
Human papillomavirus (HPV) strains 16 and 18 caused most of the invasive cervical cancers diagnosed in the state in the 1980s and '90s, researchers here said.

UNM Cancer Center Researcher Receives Prestigious International Award January 2009
Dr. Marianne Berwick, epidemiologist at the University of New Mexico Cancer Center, was recently recognized by the Clinical Oncology Society of Australia (COSA) for her groundbreaking skin cancer research.

New Windows of Health with Mexican Consulate

Keck awards $1.1M grant to UNM for teensy imaging device September 25, 2008
University of New Mexico researchers have received a $1.1 million grant from the W.M. Keck Foundation to build an optical scanning device to develop images at the nano level.

Medically futile treatment debated Thursday, September 18, 2008
As a doctor who specializes in treating cancer, Aroop Mangalik has seen a lot of suffering. He believes some of the suffering happens when dying patients continue to receive treatment after any reasonable hope of recovery is gone.

U.S. News & World Report about the dangers of tanning: September 18, 2008
No Tan Is a Safe Tan Trio of studies finds UV rays from tanning beds no better than sun itself
Eurekalert
Guardian

Stand Up 2 Cancer September 5, 2008
Dr. Melanie Royce of the UNM Cancer Center discusses new treatments for cancer. Be sure to watch Stand Up 2 Cancer tonight at 7:00 on KOB-TV.

Tiny Biology Big at UNM September 23, 2008
Larry Sklar has figured out how to perform 4 million tiny biology experiments a year.

University of New Mexico named molecular discovery center Tuesday, September 2, 2008
The University of New Mexico has been selected by the National Institutes of Health as one of only nine national molecular discovery centers in the U.S., and awarded a six-year, $15.5 million grant.

Cancer Rate Concerns Scientists, by Raam Wong (Albuquerque Journal) August, 18, 2008
Thyroid cancer rates remain significantly higher among women in Los Alamos County than the rest of the state, according to newly released data. "The rate is high," said Charles Wiggins, director of the New Mexico Tumor Registry at the University of New Mexico. "Why it is, I can't tell you."

UNM Cancer Center To Care for Lovelace Patients July 10, 2008
With this new partnership, Lovelace Health Plan members will have access to new cancer treatment technologies and therapies through important clinical trials currently underway at the CRTC. Lovelace and UNM partner on cancer.

Area woman receives cancer research grant Monday, June 23, 2008
Former Grants resident Kristina Trujillo, PhD, of the University of New Mexico Cancer Research and Treatment Center, has been awarded a $138,000 postdocatoral grant to in hopes of understanding how tumors form and redefining how physicians treat tumors. The grant was made by the American Cancer Society.

UNM Clinical Trials Target Breast Cancer Treatments. Monday, April 21, 2008
University of New Mexico Cancer Center researchers described several ongoing studies intended to improve the quality of breast cancer treatments.

Success Story - Judy Madril beat the odds with a stick.        
Doctors could offer her little hope in July 2005 when the Placitas woman was diagnosed with inflammatory breast cancer, a rare and highly aggressive form of the disease.

The UNM Women’s basketball team is one of 600 basketball teams nationwide that will participate in the 2008 Women’s Basketball Coaches Association Think Pink initiative. On. Wednesday, Feb. 13, the UNM women's game against San Diego State will feature players, coaches and game officials in pink, referees blowing pink whistles and giveaways.