December 11, 2018
Tag: Cancer Epidemiology Research Program
December 11, 2018
CNN: Increased breast cancer risk might last decades after childbirth, study says
December 11, 2018
Reuters Health: Delivering a baby increases – then lowers – risk of breast cancer: study
December 11, 2018
CBS This Morning: Breast cancer risk may increase for women after childbirth
![Charles M. Perou, Melissa Troester, and Heather D. Couture](https://unclineberger.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/867/2018/11/peroutro-ester-couture-600x400.jpg)
November 19, 2018
Scientists train a computer to classify breast cancer tumors
Using technology similar to the type that powers facial recognition on a smartphone, Charles M. Perou, PhD, Melissa Troester, PhD, and Heather D. Couture have trained a computer to analyze breast cancer images and then classify the tumors with high accuracy.
November 16, 2018
Medpage Today: At-Home Cervical Swab Kit Offers Valid Results
November 14, 2018
Medscape: Mailed HPV Tests Help Identify Women at Risk for Cervical Cancer
![Jennifer S. Smith, PhD](https://unclineberger.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/867/2018/11/mailed-hpv-tests-can-help-find-women-at-risk-image2-600x400.jpeg)
November 7, 2018
Mailed HPV tests can help find women at-risk for cervical cancer, study finds
Researchers led by UNC Lineberger's Jennifer Smith, PhD, MPH, published the results of mailing at-home, HPV self-collection kits to 193 low-income women in North Carolina who were overdue for screening according to national guidelines.
![UNC Lineberger's Barbara K. Rimer, DrPH, is chair of the President’s Cancer Panel, which released a report that both cited progress and raised concerns regarding HPV vaccination rates in the US.](https://unclineberger.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/867/2018/11/federal-cancer-panel-reports-hpv-vaccination-rates-image2.jpeg)
November 2, 2018
Federal Cancer Panel reports HPV vaccination rates remain too low to achieve full potential for cancer prevention
The President’s Cancer Panel report raises concerns about the government’s Healthy People 2020 goal of 80 percent of age-eligible adolescents being vaccinated against HPV infection.
![UNC Lineberger's Stephen Hursting, PhD, MPH, has published a review of studies investigating biological links between obesity and gastrointestinal cancers as well as studies on how weight-related interventions may help reverse this connection.](https://unclineberger.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/867/2018/11/breaking-the-obesity-gastrointestinal-cancer-link-image2-600x400.jpeg)
September 26, 2018
Breaking the link between obesity, gastrointestinal cancers
Stephen Hursting, PhD, MPH, and colleagues reviewed findings from research looking at the biological links between obesity and certain gastrointestinal cancers, as well as published studies on how diet, exercise, weight loss surgery, and other weight-related interventions may help reverse this connection.