Dr. Eric Avery

09/03/2025

Amazing!

A cancer diagnosis is easily one of the toughest things to hear about from a medical professional. However, what do you do if you’re an adult with children who need to know about your diagnosis?

07/31/2025

07/19/2025

ANY BLOOD RELATIVE: An abnormal gene can increase cancer risk in men or women. For example, if your family/personal history is breast cancer from a genetic risk, but you only have sons, this can still be passed down to the sons and increase their risk of a different type of cancer. Please consider asking your doctor if you qualify for genetic counseling and evaluation. 

07/11/2025

07/03/2025

There’s a great paper that came out recently showing that a structured exercise program for three years after surgery for colon cancer decreased risk of recurrence. It did not stop recurrence, but it does help and likely improves overall survival slightly. Keep in mind, this was a structured exercise program for three years. Activity at your work or around the house does not count as exercise. But we can all live a longer better life by routinely getting in 150 minutes per week of good exercise 

06/14/2025

I get a lot of questions about GLP1 meds and cancer. It is well known that obesity and lack of regular exercise cause many types of cancers.

Current data suggests that GLP meds are safe and likely helpful for many (not all) people with cancer.

05/07/2025

The best team around!!

💙 Happy National Nurses Week! 💙

This week, and every week, we honor the incredible nurses who are the heart of NHO. Their compassion, strength, and tireless dedication to our patients and one another are inspiring.

Whether it's holding a hand during a difficult moment, offering a smile that brings comfort, or going above and beyond to ensure every patient feels seen and supported, our nurses embody love in action every single day. They don't just provide care, they become part of our patients' journeys, their battles, and their triumphs.

To our amazing nursing team... thank you for your unwavering commitment, your deep empathy, and your unbreakable spirit. You make healing possible not just through medicine, but through humanity. 💛

03/29/2025

Great team and a great cause!

03/05/2025

Screening for colon cancer saves lives!

March is Colon Cancer Awareness Month. From now through the end of March, the NHO Pharmacy will have FREE colon cancer screening kits available for those 45-74. Simply come in and visit our pharmacy to get yours today. No appointment needed!

01/31/2025

Welcome!!!

NHO is pleased to announce the hiring of its next Chief Executive Officer, Lisa Jansen. Lisa comes to NHO from Nebraska Medicine where she served as the Director of Digestive Diseases, Kidney, Transplant, and Specialty Care programs. With over 18 years of experience leading high-performance growth organizations, she will undoubtedly enhance NHO's ability to serve patients at the highest possible level while delivering the best cancer care in the region.

“We are absolutely elated to welcome Lisa to our practice,” commented Dr. Eric Avery, medical oncologist at NHO. “Her background and knowledge of how to successfully grow healthcare organizations is impressive. Her desire to lead an organization dedicated to serving patients first was evident during all our encounters in this search process. Her successes at Nebraska Medicine and throughout her career really speak to her firm grasp of how to run an organization and her collaborative approach will fit in with our already outstanding team of staff and providers.”

“I am thrilled to join the physicians and team at Nebraska Hematology-Oncology,” commented Jansen. “The commitment to provide personalized exceptional care to each patient shines through in all they do and the culture is one I am proud to be part of. I look forward to the future as we work together to serve the patients and our community!”

Lisa's full bio can be found at https://www.yourcancercare.com/lisa-jansen .

Please join us in welcoming her to the NHO family!

01/28/2025

Flu and other infection activity is still VERY high. I’ve been wearing a mask for a couple weeks to decrease my exposure. You may want to consider it too.