The Yale Cancer Center Public Affairs and Communications Office has received a Gold Award in the MarCom Awards 2023 competition in recognition of Yale Cancer Center and Smilow Cancer Hospital’s weekly radio show, Yale Cancer Answers. Yale Cancer Answers is hosted by Anees Chagpar, MD, MBA, MPH, FACS, FRCS(C), Professor of Surgery (Oncology, Breast), and is currently in its 18th year on air.
Yale Cancer Answers airs every Sunday on Connecticut Public Radio at 7:30PM and provides the most up-to-date information on cancer screening, detection, treatment, and prevention. Topics are focused on sharing recent cancer advances and options for treatment with the broader community. With 52 weeks of original content aired per year, over 900 episodes have been produced with 2,500-5,000 live listeners a week on WNPR, over 4 million impressions on WNPR in 2022. The program is also available on iTunes as a weekly podcast and has over 1,000 followers, and new episodes are posted to YouTube.
Since its inception in 2004, MarCom has evolved into one of the largest and most-respected creative competitions in the world. Each year about 6,500 print and digital entries are submitted from dozens of countries and winners are chosen that honor excellence in marketing and communication.