October 9, 2023
Tag: Cancer Prevention and Control Research Program
October 6, 2023
Triangle Business Journal: A concerted effort to end smoking
![Headshot of Allison Lazard and Barbara Fredrickson](https://unclineberger.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/867/2023/09/Barbara-Fredrickson-and-Allison-Lazard-news-feature-600x400.jpeg)
September 14, 2023
Social media health intervention wins $3.25 million in NCI funding
Allison Lazard, PhD, and Barbara Fredrickson, PhD, were awarded a $3.25 million grant from the National Cancer Institute to encourage young adults with cancer to seek social support resources.
September 11, 2023
Daily Tar Heel: New UNC center evaluates, researches equity of virtual health through $3.7M grant
![Headshot of Gary Asher](https://unclineberger.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/867/2018/09/Ashercropped.jpg)
August 17, 2023
International panel of experts recommends mindfulness-based interventions to address depression and anxiety symptoms in adults with cancer
Gary Asher, MD, MPH, is co-author of an evidence-based guideline developed by the Society for Integrative Oncology and the American Society of Clinical Oncology that recommends several therapeutic approaches.
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July 17, 2023
Lund, Henderson awarded NCI grant to study impacts of low-dose CT lung cancer screening outside clinical trials
Jennifer Lund, PhD, MSPH, and Louise Henderson, PhD, will use the $1.76 million grant to study the real-world benefits and harms of lung cancer screening with low-dose computed tomography.
![Headshots of Pengda Liu and Xianming Tan](https://unclineberger.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/867/2023/07/Liu-Tan-research-feature.jpg)
July 5, 2023
Researchers identify how cancer hijacks a class of enzyme motif mutations to fuel tumorigenesis
A team of UNC researchers have discovered how colon cancer “hijacks” enzyme motif mutations, a finding that may help identify new targets or directions for cancer treatments.
June 26, 2023
Oncology Nursing News: PRO Analysis of PROSPECT Trial Reveals Distinct Toxicity Profiles With FOLFOX vs Chemoradiation in Rectal Cancer
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June 20, 2023
Researchers highlight opportunities to improve cancer care for trans patients
Mya Roberson, PhD, MSPH, and Joannie Ivory, MD, MSPH, have co-authored a commentary in Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology that outlines steps to improve cancer care for transgender patients.
June 16, 2023