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CHAPEL HILL, NC – UNC scientists have received a one-year $223,000 grant from the Breast Cancer Research Foundation to study the effect of chemotherapy on aging in older women with breast cancer. Hyman Muss, MD, professor of medicine and director of the UNC Geriatric Oncology Program, is principal investigator, and...

CHAPEL HILL, NC – Laura Hanson, MD, MPH, co-director of the UNC Palliative Care Program, discusses palliative care in an entry posted today on UNC Health Care’s blog. The entry focuses on what patients and families think about palliative care and when palliative care is appropriate. Dr. Hanson also talks...

CHAPEL HILL, NC – The article “New hope to fight ovarian cancer” written by journal medical writer Felice J. Freyer and published in the August 1, 2010 issue of The Providence Journal quotes UNC Lineberger member Daniel Clarke-Pearson, MD. The article highlights an ovarian cancer screening study conducted by researchers...

CHAPEL HILL, NC – The American College of Radiology has designated UNC’s Breast Imaging Center a Center of Excellence. Peer-review evaluations, conducted in each breast imaging modality by expert board-certified physicians and medical physicists, have determined that UNC’s facility has achieved high practice standards in image quality, personnel qualifications, facility...

Life is a patchwork quilt. Pieces of joy, of grief, of pain and happiness bound together in a person’s life. A quilt reflects all the experiences, revealing patterns of strength and beauty. UNC student Lindsey Lang pieced together a seven-foot quilt from sewing project scraps. She wanted to donate it...

CHAPEL HILL, NC – Angelique Whitehurst, PhD, assistant professor of pharmacology and a member of UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, has received a two-year $100,000 grant from the Mary Kay Foundation to study ovarian cancer. Her research will focus on understanding the similarities and differences among different subtypes of ovarian...

CHAPEL HILL, NC – Ed Chaney, PhD, professor in the physics and computing division of UNC’s Department of Radiation Oncology, has been recognized by the American Board of Radiology (ABR) with a lifetime achievement award. The award recognizes ongoing and exceptional service in fulfilling the ABR’s mission. Chaney has served...

CHAPEL HILL, NC – A UNC physician authored an editorial in the July 27 online issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute (JNCI) commenting on results of an analysis of the cost effectiveness of colonoscopy versus computed tomographic colonography (CTC). The cost effectiveness analysis concluded that CTC or...

CHAPEL HILL, NC – A normally benign protein found in the human body appears to be able – when paired with nanoparticles – to zero in on and kill certain cancer cells, without having to also load those particles with chemotherapy drugs. The finding could lead to a new strategy...

UNC Lineberger team will examine minority, underserved populations