2015 - Page 25 of 27 - UNC Lineberger

Katherine Hoadley, PhD and Chuck Perou, PhD

Research led by UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center members Katherine Hoadley, PhD, research assistant professor in genetics and Chuck Perou, PhD, professor of genetics and pathology, was selected by the American Society of Clinical Oncology for inclusion in Clinical Cancer Advances 2015, the Society’s annual review of progress against cancer and emerging trends in the field. The study, a comprehensive tumor genetic analysis which revealed a new way of classifying cancers, is featured as one of the year’s major achievements in clinical cancer research and care.

Timothy R. Gershon, MD, PhD, and Vivian Gama, PhD, have been announced as the 2015 recipients of the Weatherspoon Family Brain Tumor Research Award.

In partnership with clinical investigators in gynecologic oncology, the UNC Health Registry/Cancer Survivorship Cohort (HR/CSC) provided recruitment, data collection through patient interviews, and support for multiple publications.

After weighing the risk of serious side effects with the benefits of a breast cancer prevention drug, a study led by a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill researcher found that the drug’s benefits outweighed risks for most, but not all women.

Andrew Zhuang Wang, MD, of the UNC Lineberger Department of Radiation Oncology, was published in the journal Nanoscale. The paper, "Nanoparticle delivery of chemosensitizers improve chemotherapy efficacy without incurring additional toxicity," was accepted by the journal Jan. 4. Wang and other researchers demonstrated proof of the principle of using a nanoparticle formulation for drugs that improve the sensitivity of tumors to chemotherapy.

Eight year old Emily McCann of Apex came to the N.C. Cancer Hospital at the end of December bearing gifts. She brought money to help meet the needs of pediatric cancer patients, but she also brought cheer, comfort and hope.

When Katy Sims enters the first-year class at the UNC School of Medicine this fall, she will already have extensive medical experience. Her decision to become a doctor came as she was undergoing treatment for Ewing sarcoma, a type of childhood cancer.

Most cancer patients jump up and down after finishing therapy, but Richard Westin did much more. He jumped out of an airplane on a skydive to celebrate completing his chemo and radiation therapies and now jumps into water taking scuba diving lessons.

Yearly Archives: 2015

Hoadley and Perou research featured in ASCO annual review

Gershon, Gama named 2015 recipients of Weatherspoon Family Brain Tumor Research Award

UNC Health Registry Partnership results in new research publications

Breast cancer prevention drug benefit varies among at-risk women, study finds

Breast cancer prevention drug benefit varies among at-risk women, study finds

Wang published in Nanoscale

Emily’s gifts

Emily’s gifts

Katy Sims

Richard Westin