December 3, 2015
The new cancer drug delivery system developed by the UNC School of Medicine and North Carolina State University improves efficacy of standard chemotherapy for ovarian cancer in mice with limited toxicity.
December 3, 2015
A survey of young women who use tanning beds found that despite being aware of the health risks associated with indoor tanning, they continue to take part in the activity, according to research conducted by University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center.
December 2, 2015
Women with a history of a false-positive mammogram result may be at increased risk of developing breast cancer for up to 10 years after the false-positive result, according to a study led by a UNC Lineberger researcher. The study was published in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research.
November 30, 2015
Stephen Hursting, PhD, a UNC Lineberger member and professor of nutrition at the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health and the UNC Nutrition Research Institute, has received a prestigious National Cancer Institute Outstanding Investigator Award. Hursting is one of 43 researchers nationwide to receive the award, which will provide $5.34 million over a seven-year period to further research on the mechanistic links between obesity and cancer.
November 24, 2015
For their outstanding contributions to the oncology nursing profession, Ashley Leak Bryant, PhD, RN-BC, OCN, AnnMarie Walton, PhD, MPH, RN, CHES, OCN, and Mary W. Dunn, NP-C, OCN have been honored with Excellence Awards from the Oncology Nursing Society.
November 24, 2015
Aziz Sancar, MD, PhD, was awarded the 2015 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. A Chapel Hill resident since 1982, Dr. Sancar has been honored with a key to the city of Chapel Hill by Mayor Mark Kleinschmidt and the town council.
November 24, 2015
Elizabeth Stewart started "Hats for Hope," the Annual Charli’ Ramsey Hat Drive to honor the memory of her daughter, Charli’ Ramsey. She collects donated new and handmade hats, scarves, blankets and other items to deliver to patients at the N.C. Cancer Hospital.
November 24, 2015
UNC Lineberger member Ben Major, PhD discussed his American Cancer Society grant work on genetic mutation that occurs in 30 percent of all lung cancers, explaining how his research could result in new treatment therapies.
November 24, 2015
UNC Lineberger researchers say the findings of a new study published in the journal Quality of Life Research indicate that activity trackers could be a useful tool for tracking symptoms and physical function. These trackers may be especially useful for patients who are not able to self-report symptoms using questionnaires because of language barriers, literacy, cognitive or health status.
November 23, 2015
UNC Lineberger researchers are studying a new form of ultrasound that can image the abnormal blood vessels feeding tumors. In a new study, they used this ultrasound technique to show that the abnormal blood vessels feeding cancer tumors extend beyond the tumor borders.
