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May 18, 2021
Study finds obesity slows progress against cancer deaths
Hazel Nichols, PhD, and colleagues report in a study published in JAMA Network Open that obesity-related cancer deaths are improving, but at a slowing pace.
May 18, 2021
Hazel Nichols, PhD, and colleagues report in a study published in JAMA Network Open that obesity-related cancer deaths are improving, but at a slowing pace.
May 18, 2021
UNC researchers Jianping Lu and UNC Lineberger's Otto Zhou have spent the last two decades refining technology that makes X-ray machines smaller, faster, safer and produce clearer images.
May 11, 2021
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is recognizing 118 UNC Lineberger staff and faculty members who will be celebrating a service milestone this year.
May 7, 2021
Lisa A. Carey, MD, FASCO, co-chaired two sessions and presented a talk at the European Society for Medical Oncology’s Breast Cancer Virtual Congress.
May 4, 2021
Ralph S. Baric, PhD, has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences, one of the highest distinctions for a scientist in the United States.
May 3, 2021
Lawrence Marks, MD, and colleagues published a comprehensive review highlighting the optimal ways that focused, high-dose radiation can be delivered to various types of tumors while sparing normal tissue and mitigating long-term side effects.
April 23, 2021
Barbara Savoldo, MD, PhD, and Gianpietro Dotti, MD, have established a fund to develop a CAR-T therapy for glioblastoma in honor of Savoldo's sister, Sonia.
April 22, 2021
UNC Lineberger's Chad Pecot, MD — a cancer survivor himself — launched EnFuego Therapeutics with the help of UNC KickStart Venture Services to develop RNA-interference drugs that silence cancer-related gene mutations.
April 22, 2021
Christy Bray Graves established Dina's Dynasty to raise awareness about ovarian cancer and fundraise for UNC Lineberger in memory of her mother, Dina Bray.
April 20, 2021
The Triangle Business Journal honored Ralph Baric, PhD, Lauren Lux, MSW, LCSW, and Andrew Smitherman, MD, MSc, MPH, during the 2021 Health Care Heroes award ceremony.