October 14, 2018
Tag: Breast Cancer Clinical Program
October 5, 2018
Metastatic breast cancer patients report high level of financial impact
A study led by UNC Lineberger's Stephanie Wheeler, PhD, investigated the extent and severity of negative financial effects of cancer among women with breast cancer that has spread in the body. The preliminary results were presented at the American Society of Clinical Oncology’s Quality Care Symposium, held Sept. 28-29 in Phoenix.
October 3, 2018
Susan G. Komen awards UNC Lineberger $1.1M for breast cancer research
Included in the new investments by Susan G. Komen was $400,000 for UNC Lineberger’s Lisa Carey, MD, the physician-in-chief of the N.C. Cancer Hospital, Richardson and Marilyn Jacobs Preyer Distinguished Professor in Breast Cancer Research, chief of the UNC School of Medicine Division of Hematology/Oncology, and a member of the Komen Scientific Advisory Board, for a study of HER2-positive breast cancer.
September 24, 2018
Black women more likely to report not taking breast cancer medication as prescribed
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.
August 29, 2018
Gallagher appointed as chief of breast surgery and surgical director of the UNC Breast Center
Highly regarded in her field, Kristalyn Gallagher, DO, FACOS, brings both surgical and research experience to this leadership position.
May 2, 2018
Breast cancer places greater financial burden on black women
UNC Lineberger's Stephanie Wheeler, PhD, and colleagues report in the Journal of Clinical Oncology that a survey of women who were diagnosed with breast cancer in North Carolina between 2008 and 2013 found that two years after a diagnosis, 58 percent of black women reported a negative financial impact of cancer, compared with 39 percent of white women.
April 12, 2018
Lisa Carey, international breast cancer expert, appointed to Susan G. Komen’s Scientific Advisory Board
As a member of Susan G. Komen's Scientific Advisory Board, UNC Lineberger's Lisa A. Carey, MD, will be responsible for helping guide Komen’s $956 million research program – second only to the U.S. government in funding of breast cancer research.
March 7, 2018
To halt breast cancer’s spread, scientists block amino acid found in asparagus
UNC Lineberger researchers, including Charles M. Perou, PhD, and Lisa A. Carey, MD, were part of a preclinical study that found blocking the production of asparagine with a drug called L-asparaginase in mice with aggressive triple negative breast tumors, and putting them on a low-asparagine diet, reduced the breast tumor’s ability to spread.
March 5, 2018
UNC Lineberger researchers identify genetic ‘seeds’ of metastatic breast cancer
In the Journal of Clinical Investigation, UNC Lineberger researchers Lisa A. Carey, MD, Charles M. Perou, PhD, and Carey Anders, MD, Marni Siegel and colleagues published their analysis of the genetic differences they discovered in patients’ primary breast cancers and their metastatic cancers.
February 5, 2018
Health indicators for newborns of breast cancer survivors may vary by cancer type
In a study published in the International Journal of Cancer, researchers led by UNC Lineberger's Hazel Nichols, PhD, analyzed health indicators for children born to young breast cancer survivors in North Carolina.