Recent News
Aggressive breast cancer grows faster in obese environment
In an abstract presented at the American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting 2017, UNC Lineberger's Liza Makowski, PhD, reported her and her colleagues' preliminary findings that breast cancer cancer cells grew larger when they were transplanted into fatty, obese tissue.
Broad support exists for larger warnings on cigarette packs
A study led by UNC Lineberger researcher Adam Goldstein, MD, MPH, and Sarah Kowitt, MPH, found broad support, even among smokers, for increasing the size of health warnings on cigarette packs.
UNC Lineberger researchers to present at AACR Annual Meeting
The 2017 American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C., April 1-5, is expected to draw more than 20,000 scientists, clinicians, advocates, and others, including UNC Lineberger faculty, to discuss advances in the field of cancer science.
Preterm births more common in mothers who are cancer survivors
UNC Lineberger's Hazel Nichols, PhD, Chelsea Anderson, MPH, and their colleagues report that women diagnosed and treated for cancer during their childbearing years more commonly gave birth prematurely, and to babies whose weights were below normal. Cancer survivors also had a slightly higher rate of cesarean section deliveries.