June 13, 2017
UNC Lineberger research featured at ASCO Annual Meeting
Research presented by UNC Lineberger members was featured in plenary and other major sessions of the meeting this year, and was picked up by multiple media outlets.
June 13, 2017
Research presented by UNC Lineberger members was featured in plenary and other major sessions of the meeting this year, and was picked up by multiple media outlets.
June 13, 2017
At the 2017 American Society of Clinical Oncology Annual Meeting in Chicago, UNC Lineberger researchers led by Hyman B. Muss, MD, presented preliminary findings from several studies focused on older adults with cancer.
June 5, 2017
UNC Lineberger researchers led by Ronald C. Chen, MD, MPH, surveyed 1,171 men diagnosed with prostate cancer in North Carolina, finding that while both white and black men were concerned about curing their cancer and the quality-of-life impacts of treatment, more black men considered other social and personal factors -- such as recovery time and cost -- to be very important in their treatment decision-making.
June 4, 2017
A study presented by Ethan Basch, MD, MSc, at the American Society of Clinical Oncology is the first to find a survival benefit for patient reported outcomes.
June 1, 2017
In preliminary findings presented at the American Society of Clinical Oncology Annual Meeting 2017, researchers show that when physicians had to choose between multiple, on-patent drugs for metastatic kidney cancer and chronic myeloid leukemia, they were more likely to prescribe drugs from companies they had received general payments from.
May 22, 2017
UNC Lineberger's Ashley Leak Bryant, PhD, RN-BC, an assistant professor in the UNC School of Nursing, was awarded the Oncology Nursing Society's Victoria Mock New Investigator Award.
May 15, 2017
UNC Lineberger researchers led by Dan Reuland, MD, MPH, report in JAMA Internal Medicine that providing one-on-one support and customized tools for decision-making increased screening rates for patients at two community health centers in North Carolina and New Mexico.
March 23, 2017
UNC Lineberger's Hazel Nichols, PhD, Chelsea Anderson, MPH, and their colleagues report that women diagnosed and treated for cancer during their childbearing years more commonly gave birth prematurely, and to babies whose weights were below normal. Cancer survivors also had a slightly higher rate of cesarean section deliveries.
March 23, 2017
Through the N.C. Cancer Survivorship Provider Action Network (NC-CSPAN), cancer survivors and their loved ones can participate in a free, four-week educational program on nutrition, exercise, coping with stress and medical care. The program seeks to engage survivors to smooth the transition from active treatment.
March 21, 2017
In the Journal of the American Medical Association, a study led by UNC Lineberger member Ronald C. Chen, MD, MPH, examines quality-of-life outcomes for modern treatment choices most prostate cancer patients will face, including active surveillance, radical prostatectomy, external beam radiation treatment, and brachytherapy.