About the UVM Cancer Center

The University of Vermont (UVM) Cancer Center was founded in 1974. The cancer center is a not-for-profit organization administratively located at the Larner College of Medicine with clinical partnerships across the University of Vermont Health Network and beyond.

Mission

The mission of the University of Vermont Cancer Center is to reduce the burden of cancer in Vermont, northeastern New York and across northern New England, through research, outstanding clinical care, community outreach and education.

Vision

Working together, affiliated members, clinicians, scientists, and community stakeholders will be leaders in facilitating transdisciplinary discovery and achieving cancer health equity in northern New England.

The Four Pillars

The Cancer Center is a research institute, a clinical care facility, an educational entity and a community organization all in one. Our four pillars - research, clinical care, education, and community outreach - supports the mission of the Center -- to reduce the burden on cancer in the catchment area. 

The four pillars related to each other

Location & Facilities

The cancer center is an official administrative unit of UVM's Larner College of Medicine. Our clinicians enjoy a clinical partnership with the University of Vermont Medical Center. This flagship academic medical center includes an Ambulatory Care Center, an Education and Conference Center, and a cancer center clinical facility which allows integrated, multidisciplinary services for cancer diagnosis, outpatient treatment, and post-treatment follow up.

Contact Information

The University of Vermont Cancer Center
The Courtyard at Given
4th Floor North
89 Beaumont Avenue
Burlington, VT  05405

For clinical matters, please call (802) 847-8400.

For administrative matters, please use the contact information below.

Phone: (802) 656-4414
Fax: (802) 656-8788

Email: cancer@uvmcc.med.uvm.edu
Twitter: @UVMcancercenter
Facebook: @UVMCancerCenter

Holcombe Discusses Colorectal Cancer in Vermont Public Interview

April 17, 2024 by Lucy Gardner Carson

(APRIL 17, 2024) Randall Holcombe, M.D., M.B.A., director of the University of Vermont Cancer Center, discussed colorectal cancer in a Vermont Public interview.

Randall Holcombe, M.D., M.B.A., director of the UVM Cancer Center, chief of the UVM Medical Center Division of Hematology/Oncology, and professor of medicine at the Larner College of Medicine

(APRIL 17, 2024) Randall Holcombe, M.D., M.B.A., director of the UVM Cancer Center, chief of the UVM Medical Center Division of Hematology/Oncology, and professor of medicine at the Larner College of Medicine, discussed colorectal cancer in a Vermont Public interview.

The third most common cancer for men and women in Vermont, colorectal cancer is the second leading cause of cancer-related death in the state, Holcombe said. But colorectal cancer is a preventable and highly treatable form of cancer—regular screenings can help detect it early and lead to higher survival rates.

“If it’s caught early and localized, then survival rate is about 80 percent at five years,” Holcombe said on Vermont Edition. “Unfortunately, if it’s found when it’s metastatic, or spread—that would be a Stage 4 cancer—then the five-year survival rate is only about 11 percent. So it makes a huge difference to try to catch the cancer early.”

Read full story at Vermont Public