CU Anschutz Cancer Center

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Official X page of the University of Colorado Anschutz Cancer Center - Colorado's only @theNCI-designated comprehensive cancer center.

Aurora, Colo. coloradocancercenter.org Joined October 2008

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In honor of Lung Cancer Awareness Month, 1,300 white flags were planted outside the Fitzsimons building, representing the memory of loved ones lost to lung cancer statewide. Thank you to @lungevity, @TheWRP4LC, and everyone who helped bring together this awareness initiative. 🤍

Group photo where they're holding white ribbons.

Fitzsimons building with all the flags planted during the day.

Nighttime photo of Fitzsimons lit up white.

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Cancer center's Virginia Borges, MD, MMSc, shares what young women can learn from Nicole Taylor's breast cancer story ⬇️
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news.cuanschutz.edu The Death of Country Singer Nicole Taylor at 35 Spotlights the Rise of Breast Cancer in Young Women Breast cancer among women under 45 have been on the rise for the past several years, says CU Anschutz Cancer Center member Virginia Borges, MD, MMSc.

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Congratulations to CU Anschutz Cancer Center's Angelo D’Alessandro, PhD, who received the 2026 President’s Award from @AABB for his work in red blood cell metabolism and blood storage science, advancing blood transfusion medicine.

A photo of D’Alessandro in a CU gold frame. The background is a fall campus photo. In white text below the frame "AABB 2026 President’s Award".

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CU Anschutz Cancer Center postdoctoral fellow Erin Hirsch, PhD, MSPH, MSCS, with a National Institutes of Health (@NIH) K99-R00 award, will continue to build on her research into lung cancer screening messaging with the goal of building long-term trust: bit.ly/48w2q1W

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Closing out Breast Cancer Awareness Month - cancer center's Traci Lyons, PhD, and Virginia Borges, MD, MMSc, are continuing their work on a new treatment option for patients with certain types of breast cancer — including “postpartum” breast cancer: bit.ly/4A2FQKd

news.cuanschutz.edu Traci Lyons, PhD, and Virginia Borges, MD, MMSc, Move Their Breast Cancer Discovery Closer to Being... Traci Lyons, PhD, and Virginia Borges, MD, MMSc, are evaluating Pearl-01, an antibody that targets the protein semaphorin 7A in breast cancer.