The symposium drew together experts from academia and industry to share laboratory and clinical research focused on the diagnosis and treatment of cancer and survivorship care for older adults.
UNC Lineberger’s Hyman B. Muss, MD, the Mary Jones Hudson Distinguished Professor in the UNC School of Medicine Division of Hematology/Oncology and director of UNC Lineberger’s geriatric oncology program, led a study published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology that found that older patients with early breast cancer had lower rate of recurrence when treated … Read more
UNC Lineberger leaders recently hosted the annual research symposium on geriatric oncology, which is the field of medicine that deals with diagnosis and treatment of cancer for adults 65 years and older.