Andrew Olshan Archives - UNC Lineberger

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Adding detection of immune cell protein SYNGR3 to current protocols could lead to a more reliable way of determining which patients with head and neck cancer need less intensive treatment.

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UNC Lineberger’s Office of Community Outreach and Engagement has begun a major, new data-driven initiative that will comprehensively describe the cancer burden in North Carolina.

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UNC Lineberger is launching the Endometrial Cancer Center of Excellence to advance the scientific understanding of the causes, prevention and clinical treatment of endometrial cancer.

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One in seven black women with breast cancer had delays in starting treatment according to a study led by UNC Lineberger researchers Melissa Troester, PhD, and Marc Emerson, PhD.

A team of UNC researchers are partnering with colleagues at three institutions in Africa to study HIV-associated malignancies: Kaposi sarcoma, cervical cancer and lymphoma.

University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center researchers have uncovered county-level factors linked to higher colorectal cancer mortality rates in a cluster of counties in northeastern North Carolina. In the journal Cancer Epidemiology, researchers report 10 counties in northeastern North Carolina are part of a cluster of counties with higher rates of colorectal cancer …

Stephanie Wheeler, PhD, MPH, has published a study that found adherence to breast cancer medications may play a role in the disparity of outcomes between white and black women.

A study led by UNC Lineberger’s Stephanie Wheeler, PhD, found that black women were more likely than white women to report not taking endocrine therapy for breast cancer as prescribed, which could help explain why hormone-receptor positive breast cancer mortality is higher among black women.

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Protein could help identify head and neck cancers that require less intensive treatment

Expanded community data project will improve understanding of cancer

Endometrial Cancer Center of Excellence focused on advancing research and care, eliminating disparities

Study: Black women with breast cancer experience delayed, longer treatment than whites

NCI grant funds UNC-led consortium studying HIV-related cancers in sub-Saharan Africa

Researchers identify cluster of N.C. counties with higher colorectal cancer death rates

Black women more likely to report not taking breast cancer medication as prescribed