Utah Weekly Forum With Rebecca Cressman

Breast Cancer Research in Utah Underscores Why Supporting Cancer Research is Crucial

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Most breast cancer patients will live long beyond diagnosis and treatments. But, up to 30% of survivors will learn their cancer has spread to other parts of the body as life-threatening metastatic disease, also known as Stage IV. Dr. Alana Welm is Chair of Oncological Sciences at University of Utah and has dedicated her life's work to developing treatments for metastatic breast cancer. In this week's episode, Dr. Welm joins FM100.3 Rebecca Cressman sharing details of the groundbreaking discoveries made by her internationally recognized lab at the U's Huntsman Cancer Institute and why funding cancer research is crucial to find new and innovative treatments to help patients today and tomorrow.