MD, MPH
Assistant Professor, Radiation Oncology and Urology
UNC-Chapel Hill
Cancer Epidemiology
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Elmore shares her perspective as a physician and a patient on NEJM podcast
Shekinah Elmore, MD, MPH, talks about how her experience with illness has shaped her as a physician and patient advocate in the first episode of the podcast “Not Otherwise Specified.”

Bladder cancer: what patients need to know
Each year, nearly 75,000 people are diagnosed with bladder cancer. While more common in men over age 55, bladder cancer can—and does—affect women and men of all ages. Hear from our bladder cancer specialists to learn what newly diagnosed patients and their loved ones should know about bladder cancer.

Scientific retreat brings together cancer center community, offers insights across research fields
The UNC Lineberger annual scientific retreat featured faculty talks covering a range of basic, clinical/translational and population science research, as well as a poster session.

N.C. Cancer Hospital to carry name of late Senator Marc Basnight
As a tribute to the legacy of the late Marc Basnight, the former state senate president pro tempore who passed away in 2020, the building was officially renamed the North Carolina Basnight Cancer Hospital.