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UNC honors three cancer center members with 2025 Hettleman Prizes

Sarah Cohen, PhD, Marissa Hall, PhD, and Lindsey James, PhD, were awarded Hettleman Prizes, which recognizes UNC-Chapel Hill early-career faculty who exemplify groundbreaking and innovative research. Read more
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Carey named a ‘Giant’ of breast cancer care

Lisa Carey, MD, ScM, FASCO, was honored by OncLive as one of its 2025 Giants of Cancer Care for her significant contributions advancing the treatment and study of breast cancer. Read more
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Marks to receive the American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology’s highest honor

ASTRO will present its Gold Medal award to UNC Lineberger’s Lawrence B. Marks, MD, FASTRO, at its annual meeting. Read more
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Uniquely engineered KRAS-targeted cancer drug found to be effective in early studies

Chad Pecot, MD, and colleagues have demonstrated that a uniquely engineered drug that zeroes in on a mutated gene called KRAS G12V could potentially stop KRAS-dependent cancers in their tracks. Read more
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Cancer center honors graduate and postdoc award winners

UNC Lineberger celebrated emerging scientists and clinicians at its annual training awards ceremony, recognizing outstanding graduate students and postdoctoral fellows poised to advance cancer research and patient care. Read more
Human cells with acute myelocytic leukemia (AML) in the pericardial fluid, shown with an esterase stain at 400x magnification.

Novel drug combination is safe and benefits people with acute myeloid leukemia who have a specific genetic profile

Joshua Zeidner, MD, and colleagues report that a combination therapy that adds a recently approved drug to the current standard of care for newly diagnosed acute myeloid leukemia showed high… Read more
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