August 30, 2022
UNC AYA Cancer Program names first physician liaison
The UNC Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer Program announced Jake Stein, MD, MPH, as the inaugural AYA Oncology Liaison.
August 30, 2022
The UNC Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer Program announced Jake Stein, MD, MPH, as the inaugural AYA Oncology Liaison.
August 26, 2022
UNC Lineberger’s Channing Der, PhD, and Kirsten Bryant, PhD, are among seven recipients of the inaugural Pancreatic Cancer Action Network (PanCAN) Therapeutic Accelerator Collaborative Award, which provides a total of $340,000 in grant support over two years.
August 24, 2022
Aziz Sancar, MD, PhD, and colleagues report that a common molecular tool for DNA labeling also has anticancer properties worthy of further investigation, especially for brain cancers.
August 15, 2022
The UNC Lineberger-Sylvia Lauterborn and Warren Trent Piver Oncology Nursing Fellowship expanded to include three nursing students from N.C Central University, in addition to five nursing students from UNC-Chapel Hill.
July 27, 2022
As a college professor specializing in military history, Dick Kohn is used to exploring the successes and failures of the past and looking at them through a current lens. But Kohn’s history with cancer is one area of his past that he is glad to see in the rearview mirror.
July 27, 2022
Many people don’t realize that extracting and donating the nutrient-rich blood from the umbilical cord can save someone else’s life, as it did for 1-year-old Cole Baranowski.
July 22, 2022
The UNC RNA Discovery Center, led by Chad Pecot, MD, will cultivate an inclusive community of scientists dedicated to investigating all aspects of RNA biology.
July 14, 2022
Inspired by the potential of immunotherapy in solid tumor cancers, Tom and Nancy Chewning established a fund to support Jonathan Serody, MD, and accelerate his work with CAR-T immunotherapy.
July 12, 2022
We recommend annual screening for patients who are at elevated risk due to family history or genetic mutations, so we can discover pancreatic cancer when it can still be addressed with surgery. Screening at the High-Risk Pancreatic Cancer Clinic involves conducting MRI scans and endoscopic ultrasound to spot these cancers.
July 10, 2022
The designation is in recognition of UNC Lineberger's multidisciplinary pancreatic cancer care program and its focus on providing the best possible outcomes and an improved quality of life for patients.