The mission of the University of Nebraska Medical Center
(UNMC) Eppley Cancer Center is to coordinate basic and clinical cancer
research, patient care and educational programs and to facilitate application
of new knowledge about the etiology, diagnosis, treatment and the prevention
of cancer. The UNMC Eppley Cancer Center, which was initially established
in 1983, utilizes and incorporates the expertise and resources from
each of the Colleges and Institutes that comprise the University of
Nebraska Medical Center as well as its affiliated hospital The Nebraska
Medical Center. The Cancer Center also integrates cancer research resources
from other academic units of the University of Nebraska (University
of Nebraska-Lincoln and the University of Nebraska-Omaha).
The UNMC Eppley Cancer Center is renowned for its basic
research programs in chemical carcinogenesis, molecular,
cellular and structural biology, and translational research in new therapies.
Promising
areas of clinical research include investigating
antibodies for diagnosing and treating lymphomas and solid tumors, and
developing tumor vaccines
for colon and breast cancer, to name a few. In the
multidisciplinary Peggy D. Cowdery Patient Care Center, part of the Lied
Transplant Center,
cancer patients are treated by surgical, medical,
and radiation oncologists, as well as by supportive care specialists
such as genetic counselors,
nutritionists, and social workers. At the Lied Transplant
Center, patients with cancer and other diseases requiring transplantation
benefit from
revolutionary treatment strategies in a comfortable,
home-like setting. Cooperative Care, a new model of care delivery, enables
family members
to stay and participate as partners in a patient’s care. |
