Delivering a Cancer-Free Frontier

By Huntsman Cancer Institute

What is a cancer-free frontier? Huntsman Cancer Institute investigates the challenges and
triumphs of delivering future where all patients throughout the Mountain West have access
cutting-edge c... more

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The podcast currently has 17 episodes available.

Delivering a Cancer-Free Frontier episodes:

September 10, 2025 Family Ties and Cancer Clues
More inherited genes for cancer have been discovered at Huntsman Cancer Institute than anywhere else in the world—thanks to one of our most valuable resources, the Utah Population Database (UPDB). UPDB director Nicola Camp, PhD, guides us through how this unique system works and how its researchers impact the people of Utah and beyond. Plus, Lisa Cannon-Albright, PhD, discusses the visionaries who started the project back in the 1970s.
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March 18, 2025 Mobile Medicine, Telehealth: Advancing Cancer Care Across Distances
In this episode, we discuss how Huntsman Cancer Institute is advancing cancer care in rural areas through mobile medicine and telehealth. We travel along with the mobile screening clinic to the Utah/Nevada border town of Wendover, and Dr. Tracy Onega tackles how telehealth can keep patients connected to their oncologists in urban areas.

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28min
January 27, 2025 Significant Discoveries in Understanding, Preventing and Treating Breast Cancer
In this episode, we explore significant discoveries in breast cancer screening, treatment, and research at Huntsman Cancer Institute. Jessica Rivera, a breast cancer survivor, shares her story. Dr. Phoebe Freer discusses advances in breast cancer screening, and Dr. Alana Welm explains her team's efforts to understand metastasis in an aggressive form of the disease.

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38min
December 10, 2024 Using AI to Diagnose and Treat Cancer
In this episode, we're talking artificial intelligence. What is it? And how are we using AI to push the limits of cancer care? Huntsman Cancer Institute's Dr. Jonathan Tward joins us for an in-depth conversation about the possibilities of AI. This episode also features Taylor Smedley, Director of Visitor Experience & Community Engagement at the Leonardo, a museum in downtown Salt Lake City.

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34min
November 12, 2024 Preserving Dreams for Young Cancer Patients through Oncofertility
In this episode, we explore expanding efforts to offer fertility preservation options to adolescent and young adult (AYA) patients. Cancer treatment can affect many young patients' reproductive systems — but with planning and careful consultation, there is hope that they can still be parents. Dr. Doug Fair and Dawn Ritzwoller discuss their experiences and advocacy in this area.

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32min
June 18, 2024 Engaging Communities to Advance a Cancer-free Frontier Part 2
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23min
June 04, 2024 Engaging Communities to Advance a Cancer-free Frontier Part 1
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40min
May 07, 2024 Closing the Historic Care Gap for American Indians
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39min
April 02, 2024 Providing Care to All: Addressing Health Care Disparities in Areas Characterized by Persistent Poverty
Discover how poverty acts as a carcinogen and join Dr. Dave Wetter's
groundbreaking mission. Engaging Huntsman Cancer Institute scientists, they're transforming
care for low-income communities, tackling cancer at its root.
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28min
March 06, 2024 Serving the Mountain West by training the Next Generation of Cancer Providers Part 2
As new immigrants to the United States from Mexico, Jose Hernandez’s family faced tough odds. His father was deported shortly after his birth, and his mother struggled to keep food on the table and raise him alone. Jose learned the power of resilience and determination at a young age, and when the opportunity arose to conduct research alongside some of the brightest minds in oncology, he jumped at the chance.
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31min

FAQs about Delivering a Cancer-Free Frontier:

How many episodes does Delivering a Cancer-Free Frontier have?

The podcast currently has 17 episodes available.