February 13, 2020
CAR-T therapy gives patient options after cancer returns
When traditional cancer treatment options failed, Sabrina Shelton's care team referred her to UNC for a CAR-T therapy clinical trial.
February 13, 2020
When traditional cancer treatment options failed, Sabrina Shelton's care team referred her to UNC for a CAR-T therapy clinical trial.
February 5, 2020
Kirsten Nyrop, PhD, will lead a one-year qualitative research study on how clinicians can discuss weight management with breast cancer survivors in an effort to decrease racial disparities in obesity-related comorbidities that can affect survivorship.
February 4, 2020
An experimental blood test accurately detected HPV-linked head and neck cancer recurrence and confirmed when patients remained cancer-free.
February 3, 2020
The National Cancer Institute has named Satish Gopal, MD, MPH, director of the Center for Global Health. He assumes his new role today. Gopal is a physician-scientist who led the cancer program for UNC Project-Malawi, a research and care collaboration between the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the Malawi Ministry of Health, …
January 16, 2020
January 16, 2020
Comparison shopping for airfare, a TV, or a car can be straightforward online. The same cannot be said for checking what hospitals charge for a standard radiation treatment for prostate cancer, according to a report published in JAMA Oncology. Trevor Royce, MD, MPH, MS, of the University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, is …
January 14, 2020
UNC Lineberger’s Christopher Dittus, DO, MPH, assistant professor of medicine at UNC School of Medicine, is the editor of a new book that provides a comprehensive review of how to diagnose and manage rare lymphomas, with a focus on novel treatment approaches. UNC Lineberger faculty and trainees contributed chapters to the volume. “Novel Therapeutics for …
January 14, 2020
An early-stage clinical study investigating a method of boosting the body’s defenses against two blood cancers found the drug pomalidomide could be safely added to conventional treatments, and help improve immune function. University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center researcher Joshua Zeidner, MD, assistant professor in the UNC School of Medicine Division of Hematology/Oncology, …
January 6, 2020
Ethan Basch, MD, MSc, makes an impact on cancer care by using one of the best tools in his medical arsenal – cancer patients themselves. He is a leader in patient-reported outcomes research.
December 17, 2019
The Prostate Cancer Foundation has awarded $225,000 across three years to UNC Lineberger’s Catherine C. Coombs, MD, to study whether genetic mutations that accumulate in the blood over time are linked to worse outcomes for prostate cancer. Coombs, an assistant professor in the UNC School of Medicine Division of Hematology/Oncology, received the Young Investigator Award …