Celebrate Survivors and Support Patients
Wear Purple to the Lobos® SACK Cancer Game!
Each year, the UNM Lobos and the UNM Comprehensive Cancer Center team up for the Lobos SACK Cancer football game.
The games focus on the importance of cancer screenings and early detection.
When cancer is found early, people have more options for treatment and improved chances for better outcomes. Screening is available for cancers of the breast, prostate, colon, rectum, cervix, lung and skin. Early detection — often before symptoms appear — means treatment can begin sooner, and people may return to their lives with better overall quality of life. Cancer screenings remain an important part of preventive health.
The UNM Comprehensive Cancer Center encourages Lobo fans to wear purple to the games. Purple represents all cancers. The games encourage all New Mexicans to talk with their health care providers about the cancer screenings that are right for them.
Wear your purple and join us to cheer on the Lobo Football team. Go Lobos!
Lobos Cancer Awareness Games
Catch the video from the Lobos Love Pink football game on October 14, 2023.
Wear Purple to Lobos® Slam Cancer Games
The UNM Cancer Center promotes cancer screening in January and February at the UNM Lobos® Slam Cancer Men’s and Women’s basketball games. Wear purple, the color that represents all cancers, to show your support.
Get Screened
The UNM Cancer Center encourages you and your loved ones to regularly get screened for cancers of the breast, colon, rectum, cervix, head and neck, and skin. We also offer screening for lung cancer. Talk to your healthcare provider to decide which screening tests are right for you and your loved ones.
Visit our Team Care pages to learn more about how we help people with:
- Breast Cancer
- Colorectal Cancer
- Cervical Cancer
- Head and Neck Cancers
- Skin Cancer
- Lung Cancer