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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 … Continued

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, … Continued

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.

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 … Continued

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 … Continued

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 … Continued

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, … Continued

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 … Continued

University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center scientist Antonio “Tony” Amelio, PhD, is not necessarily looking for the “smoking gun” of cancer biology, or one single cause of cancer. … Continued