November 24, 2020
Tag: Cancer Prevention and Control Research Program
November 16, 2020
NCI awards supplemental grant to UNC Tobacco Treatment Team
The award, a supplement to a two-year NCI grant, will expand tobacco cessation treatment services for N.C. Cancer Hospital patients who use tobacco products and extend these services to their support persons who also use tobacco.
November 16, 2020
Canes Cast: Joining the Fight
November 13, 2020
North Carolina Health News: Providers at this NC colon cancer hotspot seek to shrink the screening gap with at-home tests
October 13, 2020
A call for more comprehensive smoking cessation programs for cancer patients who smoke
Adam Goldstein, MD, MPH, Trevor Jolly, MBBS, and Kimberly Shoenbill, MD, PhD, published an editorial in JAMA that states the case for more intensive smoking cessation programs for cancer patients.
September 21, 2020
UNC Lineberger partners with NC Health and Human Services and American Cancer Society to increase colorectal cancer screening in vulnerable populations
The North Carolina Partnerships to Increase Colorectal Cancer Screening (NC PICCS) will use the five-year grant to increase colorectal cancer screening and provide follow-up services for program-eligible people.
August 31, 2020
ABC11: Doctors urge awareness, screenings for colon cancer following ‘Black Panther’ star Chadwick Boseman’s death
August 7, 2020
RT: Though Concerned About COVID-19, Cigar Smokers are Smoking More, Survey Finds
August 6, 2020
Though concerned about COVID-19, cigar smokers are smoking more, survey finds
Published survey results from Sarah Kowitt, PhD, MPH, and Adam Goldstein, MD, MPH, found that more than twice as many cigar smokers reported increased tobacco use since the pandemic’s onset.
June 30, 2020
UNC part of national collaboration studying potential link between smoking and COVID-19 outcomes
Researchers led by Adam Goldstein, MD, MPH, and Kimberly Shoenbill, MD, PhD, will help assess whether smoking impacts COVID-19 symptoms, treatment and outcomes.