News from Lineberger Archives - Page 83 of 90

University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center researchers have uncovered county-level factors linked to higher colorectal cancer mortality rates in a cluster of counties in northeastern North Carolina. In the journal Cancer Epidemiology, researchers report 10 counties in northeastern North Carolina are part of a cluster of counties with higher rates of colorectal cancer …

Researchers led by UNC Lineberger’s David Ollila, MD, FACS, the James H. and Jesse E. Millis Distinguished Professor in the UNC School of Medicine Division of Surgical Oncology, reviewed the results for 80 adult metastatic melanoma patients treated with talimogene laherparepvec, or TVEC. Injection of TVEC effectively treated almost 40 percent of patients with tumors …

While Marie Wood felt like she had just been to war, still, she was happy. After a diagnosis of ovarian cancer, surgery and six months of chemotherapy, the Greensboro resident, mother of four and successful interior designer learned her cancer was in remission. Life was good. She had just wrapped up the holidays with her …

UNC Lineberger awarded grants to 14 scientists and research teams in the fall grant awards cycle. Applications for the next round of funding will be due March 15.

Cervical cancer prevention effort in Malawi

The United States Agency for International Development, in partnership with the U.S. National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine, will fund two new programs to prevent cervical cancer in sub-Saharan Africa, including a project led by UNC scientists and physicians in Malawi.

Researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill published the third most number of scientific publications about electronic cigarettes between 2003-2018, according to a study published in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. The paper also cited UNC Lineberger's Kurt Ribisl, PhD, as one of the most prolific e-cigarette scientists.

UNC Lineberger's Sam Cykert, MD, and Geni Eng, DrPH, report that a combination of interventions reduced disparities in treatment and outcomes for black patients with early-stage lung cancer.

Channing Der, PhD, a member of the University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center and the Sarah Graham Kenan Distinguished Professor of Pharmacology, will receive the “Mentor Award for Lifetime Achievement” at an awards banquet April 8. Der is one of 24 faculty members and teaching assistants who have been named winners of Carolina’s …

Megan Agajanian, Alison Axtman, M. Ben Major, PhD

University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center researchers and collaborators have discovered how a cellular signal that’s abnormally hyperactive in cancer can be deactivated. In the journal Cell Reports, UNC Lineberger’s M. Ben Major, PhD, and colleagues published a paper on how the WNT signaling pathway is regulated. WNT proteins increase tumor onset, growth …

The multi-institutional team, which is co-led by UNC Lineberger's Gianpietro Dotti, MD, and includes six UNC Lineberger researchers, will focus on developing chimeric antigen receptor T-cell (CAR-T) therapies to recognize and attack T-cell lymphoma, a group of rare cancers of the blood and immune system.

Category: News from Lineberger

Researchers identify cluster of N.C. counties with higher colorectal cancer death rates

Researchers review metastatic melanoma treatment

Lineberger Club features ovarian cancer survivor, advocate

UNC Lineberger awards $1.35M for cancer research

UNC-led team awarded $5.1M for cervical cancer prevention effort in Malawi

UNC, Ribisl among the highest ranked producers of scientific papers on e-cigarettes

System-based intervention reduces racial disparities in treatment for early-stage lung cancer patients

Der to receive mentorship award from Carolina

Scientists uncover mechanism cells use to deactivate a signal that’s hyperactive in cancer

Stand Up To Cancer names UNC Lineberger researchers to ‘Dream Team’