November 13, 2018
Der receives NCI Outstanding Investigator Award
The National Cancer Institute’s Outstanding Investigator Award supports accomplished leaders in cancer research.
November 13, 2018
The National Cancer Institute’s Outstanding Investigator Award supports accomplished leaders in cancer research.
November 12, 2018
UNC Lineberger's Ethan Basch, MD, MSc, professor in the UNC School of Medicine Division of Hematology/Oncology and director of the UNC Lineberger Cancer Outcomes Research Program, was corresponding author of a study designed to assess the feasibility and resource requirements associated with implementing the National Cancer Institute's Patient-Reported Outcomes Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events in a multi-center trial.
November 8, 2018
A diagnosis with a rare type of blood cancer called acute promyelocytic leukemia just days before his wedding influenced Dustin Riedesel's perspective on marriage, and inspired him and his now-wife, Katie, to raise money to support cancer research.
November 7, 2018
Researchers led by UNC Lineberger's Jennifer Smith, PhD, MPH, published the results of mailing at-home, HPV self-collection kits to 193 low-income women in North Carolina who were overdue for screening according to national guidelines.
November 2, 2018
The North Carolina Cancer Hospital's 2018 Oncology Excellence Awards highlight excellence in service to patients and colleagues.
November 2, 2018
The President’s Cancer Panel report raises concerns about the government’s Healthy People 2020 goal of 80 percent of age-eligible adolescents being vaccinated against HPV infection.
November 2, 2018
UNC Lineberger's Shawn Hingtgen, PhD, is being honored with a Phillip and Ruth Hettleman Prize for Artistic and Scholarly Achievement by Young Faculty in recognition of his research that is focused on harnessing the potential of stem cells to develop new and better methods for treating terminal cancer.
October 30, 2018
UNC Lineberger's celebration of its donors, faculty and patients is capped off by a $10 million donation by Etteinne “ET” and W. G. Champion “Champ” Mitchell of New Bern, North Carolina, to support blood cancer research.
October 29, 2018
Etteinne “ET” and W. G. Champion “Champ” Mitchell of New Bern, North Carolina, will create a new fund supporting ground-breaking research in blood cancer at UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, including lymphoma, leukemia and myeloma research, in gratitude for the care Champ received and to bolster research directed at finding cures.
October 26, 2018
UNC Lineberger Director H. Shelton Earp, MD, highlighted the major cancer research, clinical care and fundraising milestones from the past year as part of his “State of the Cancer Center” update, which was delivered Oct. 16 at the center's annual scientific retreat.