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‘Moonshot to Malawi’ outlines global cancer disparities
UNC Lineberger member Satish Gopal, MD, MPH, has called for a commitment to contribute resources and energy to control cancer in less-resourced countries where there are significant gaps in cancer awareness, prevention, diagnosis, and treatment.
N.C. Cancer Hospital Mammography receives $250,000 gift
More than 70 friends and loved ones of Dr. Minhthu Nguyen gathered at the N.C. Cancer Hospital on Friday, April 22 to celebrate her life and to participate in the dedication of the hospital’s Mammography Reception Area in her honor. Nguyen, a local dentist, passed away on September 8, 2015, following her courageous four-year battle against breast cancer.
Burridge elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
UNC Lineberger member, UNC School of Medicine professor and basic scientist Keith Burridge has conducted seminal research on the basic building blocks of cells for four decades.
AACR 2016: Sequencing RNA in tumors could help improve cancer care, study finds
Sequencing a tumor's RNA in addition to its DNA makes it possible to better characterize the cancer’s mutations, reported Neil Hayes, MD, MPH, at the American Association for Cancer Research’s annual meeting. This additional information, said Hayes, may help improve a cancer patient’s treatment.