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Single Fathers Due to Cancer in the media
The first of its kind program, Single Fathers Due to Cancer, continues to gain attention through media reports.
Lucky 13 featured in video by UNC Endeavors
This summer, ten boy scouts from Chapel Hill are biking across the country to raise money for UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center. For every $15,000 raised, UNC Lineberger has agreed to send one of their pediatric oncology patients to spend a week at Victory Junction, a camp for chronically ill children.
Kim named to Society of Surgical Oncology Executive Council
HJ Kim, MD, associate professor in UNC’s division of surgical oncology and endocrinology, has been named as a member of the Society of Surgical Oncology's (SSO) Executive Council.
UNC genetics researcher helps open Smithsonian exhibit
Clinical geneticist Jim Evans, MD, PhD helped to open the exhibition, Genome: Unlocking Life's Code. The high-tech, high-intensity display celebrates the 10th anniversary of production of the first complete human genome sequence also known as the genetic blueprint of the human body.
Evans on Supreme Court DNA patent ruling
James Evans, MD, PhD, an international expert in gene patenting and genetics policy, comments on the June 13, 2013 Supreme Court ruling regarding gene patenting.
UNC researchers identify another piece of the “histone code” puzzle
New research from the UNC School of Medicine has shown how a protein called UHRF1 “reads” the histone code in a specific way to perform an important cellular function.
Millikan honored with posthumous Alumni Achievement Award from UC-Davis
The late Robert Craft Millikan will be honored with a 2013 Alumni Achievement Award from the University of California at Davis School of Veterinary Medicine during the School's commencement ceremony on June 14.
Coach Hatchell’s blueberry patch supports UNC Lineberger
UNC women’s basketball Coach Sylvia Hatchell’s blueberry patch near Black Mountain, NC is almost ready for the summer picking season.
Four UNC nursing graduate students awarded American Cancer Society scholarships
Four UNC School of Nursing students have been awarded American Cancer Society Graduate Scholarships in Cancer Nursing Practice. The recipients are Sean Gallagher, RN; April Lenker, RN; Melissa Matson, RN; and Lori Walker, RN.
Lucky 13 to bike across country to raise money for UNC Lineberger
Ten area teens will pedal with purpose this summer, riding some 3,700 miles over a 10-week period, from Maryland to Oregon. The group, dubbed “Lucky 13,” a play on the year “2013,” aims to raise $30,000 for UNC’s Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, with a portion on the money going directly to serve pediatric cancer patients.
UNC Lineberger members present at 2013 ASCO Annual Meeting
More than 15 members and associates of the UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center presented their work to the attendees at the 2013 Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) in Chicago.
Pignone - Eligibility for aspirin for primary prevention in men increases when cancer mortality benefit added
While aspirin has been shown to be effective in preventing heart attacks in men, it also increases the risk of gastrointestinal bleeding and possibly stroke, even at low doses. As such, national guidelines suggest that aspirin be used for prevention only in men at higher risk for cardiovascular events, so that the benefits of aspirin are greater than its adverse effects.
UNC Lineberger's 2013 Scientific Retreat features "TED talks"
More than 200 faculty, students and fellows gathered at the Carolina Club to hear ten-minute "TED talks" by 11 faculty recently recruited to UNC.
UNC to test interventions aimed at reducing colon cancer screening disparities
The study will focus on assessing the impact of a clinic-based intervention that includes having patients view a multimedia decision aid (in English or Spanish) before seeing their physician, as well as support from a bilingual patient “navigator” on completion of recommended colon cancer screening tests.
Anders video interview on fertility preservation for female cancer patients
Dr. Carey Anders, MD, assistant professor of medicine, was interviewed in a new video on fertility preservation for female cancer patients produced by the American Society of Clinical Oncology. The video, titled “Discussing Fertility Preservation with Women,” was released in conjunction with ASCO updated guidelines and was shown at the 2013 ASCO annual meeting.
The value of randomized clinical trials in radiation oncology clinical practice
Cancer patients, physicians and insurers want to be sure that whatever therapy is recommended and provided to patients is based on evidence, preferably results from randomized clinical trials. But are there enough clinical trials data to provide this level of confidence?
UNC scientists identify possible KRAS downstream target for pancreatic cancer therapy
While the mutated KRAS oncogene is associated with many cancers, it has not yet been successfully targeted by a therapeutic agent. Scientists are trying to find another way to target the gene by blocking signals from another protein downstream.
Smith - Worldwide cervical cancer prevention initiative announced at Women Deliver Conference in Malaysia
Cervical cancer kills an estimated 275,000 women each year, and most of these deaths could be prevented with prophylactic HPV vaccination, routine cervical cancer screening and continuity to treatment. At the Women Deliver Conference in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, delegates and experts from around the world announced a global call to action to combat this preventable disease through collaboration with and information sharing by the world’s governments and health agencies on May 27, 2013.
Wan - GATA-3 Is Important for the Regulation and Maintenance of the Immune System
The protein GATA-3 plays an important role in mammalian immune response, but its overall function in cell development and cancer formation is not well understood. In an effort to further define the importance of GATA-3, researchers at the University of North Carolina have traced how the protein performs important functions in CD8+T-cell type of the immune system.
IMRT may not be more effective than older radiation techniques after prostatectomy
Intensity-modulated radiation therapy has become the most commonly used type of radiation in prostate cancer, but research from the University of North Carolina suggests that the therapy may not be more effective than older, less expensive forms of radiation therapy in patients who have had a prostatectomy.
