June 3, 2019
Lisa A. Carey, MD, FASCO, was named a fellow of the American Society of Clinical Oncology during its annual meeting in Chicago, May 31-June 4. The distinction recognizes ASCO members for their extraordinary volunteer service, dedication, and commitment to the organization, which represents nearly 45,000 oncology professionals who care for people living with cancer. Carey, …
June 3, 2019
Jenny P. Ting, PhD, the William Kenan Professor of Genetics and Microbiology & Immunology has been elected to serve as vice president of the American Association of Immunologists for the 2019-2020 term. Ting has been an active member of the organization for since 1997. AAI is dedicated to advancing the field of immunology and fostering …
June 2, 2019
Preliminary results from a University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center study found that just 15 percent of a group of men in North Carolina with early-stage prostate cancer who choose active surveillance instead of treatment followed the recommended monitoring guidelines. The findings, which were presented today at the American Society of Clinical Oncology …
May 31, 2019
University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center researchers have uncovered the mechanism that explains how an investigational cancer therapeutic might be working – a finding that they believe could be important for the design of potential new therapies. In the journal ACS Chemical Biology, researchers explain how the investigational compound ONC201 may be working …
May 30, 2019
When Judith Edmonds discovered an itchy, raised freckle on her leg, she knew something was wrong. At that time, she didn’t realize how important this was going to be to her life. Edmonds, who now lives in Bullock, N.C., was diagnosed with melanoma, a potentially deadly form of skin cancer, and she had the cancer …
May 24, 2019
Inspired by a teenager who died from a rare form of cancer in 2013 and the Be Loud! Sophie Foundation her family started, four young men from Chapel Hill will bike across the northern tier of the United States to raise money for the UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer Support …
May 23, 2019
William A. Wood, MD, associate professor in the UNC School of Medicine Division of Hematology/Oncology and UNC Lineberger, was recently appointed vice chair of the Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology’s Transplant and Cell Based Therapies Committee. He succeeds Thomas C. Shea, MD, the John William Pope Distinguished Professor in Cancer Research at UNC Lineberger …
May 22, 2019
The Thoracic Oncology Assembly of the American Thoracic Society presented its Lifetime Achievement Award to UNC Lineberger’s M. Patricia Rivera, MD, professor of Medicine in the UNC School of Medicine’s Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine. Rivera was recognized at the society’s international conference in Dallas in May, for her outstanding scientific contributions in …
May 20, 2019
Jonathan Serody, MD, explains in a two-minute video the action behind chimeric antigen T-cell, or CAR-T, immunotherapy and how UNC Lineberger is designing, developing and delivering CAR-T therapies to treat cancers that fail to respond to standard treatments.
May 20, 2019
University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center leaders brought together a team of doctors, epidemiologists and environmental scientists on May 13 to discuss patterns and causes of thyroid cancer in North Carolina – a meeting convened in response to community concerns about thyroid cancer trends in Iredell County. Experts from the National Cancer Institute, …
