Program News
News and stories about members of the UNC Lineberger Cancer Epidemiology Research Program
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UNC Lineberger researchers advance early-stage liver cancer detection and treatments
Andrew Moon, MD, MPH, and Louise Henderson, PhD, were awarded $400,000 for their new study on the early detection of liver cancer in patients with advanced types of liver disease.
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Troester receives Leadership Grant from Susan G. Komen
The new grant will support Melissa Troester, PhD, MPH, and her recent advances in spatial biology, which helps understand how distances between cancer cells and immune cells alter breast cancer outcomes.
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UNC researchers publish findings in JAMA Network Open about the impact of diagnostic wait time on ovarian cancer survival
Led by a team of UNC researchers, this study explored the relationship between survival and how quickly patients are diagnosed with ovarian cancer.
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Investigating approaches to make lung cancer screening more effective
To better understand the burdens of false-positive lung cancer screenings and ways to mitigate them, the NCI awarded UNC Lineberger researchers a $3.2 million grant to identify the potential harms of false-positive results at the patient, clinician, and facility levels.