Program News
News and stories about the UNC Lineberger Geriatric Oncology Program
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Muss Receives ASCO’s Allen S. Lichter Visionary Leader Award for improving cancer care in older adults
The award recognizes an ASCO member whose vision, leadership and inspirational work has had a lasting impact on the field.
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Muss leads study published in Journal of Clinical Oncology
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
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Geriatric oncology symposium highlights the ‘growing edge’ of cancer therapy
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.