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 …
November 21, 2019
In Clinical Cancer Research, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research, Jen Jen Yeh, MD, and Naim Rashid, PhD, reported findings for how two subtypes of pancreatic cancer respond to treatments differently. Importantly, they found that one subtype of the disease showed poor responses to common therapies and also had worse survival outcomes.
November 19, 2019
UNC Lineberger’s William Wood, MD, MPH, associate professor of medicine at the UNC School of Medicine, co-authored an opinion column published in STAT, an online medical and life sciences news site. The column describes the value of collecting patient information outside of the clinic. That data is captured by a sensor used outside of the clinic …
October 21, 2019
The National Institutes of Health Fogarty International Center has awarded Matthew Painschab, MD, a five-year International Research Scientist Development Award to lead research into improving treatment for multicentric Castleman disease in Malawi. Working through the University of North Carolina Project-Malawi, a collaboration between UNC-Chapel Hill and the Malawi Ministry of Health, Painschab will lead a …
October 21, 2019
A dense web of tissue can surround pancreatic cancer tumors, impeding treatment and sometimes acting as a barrier to the tumor’s spread. Jen Jen Yeh, MD, and colleagues have published a paper in Nature Communications that demonstrates their novel approach to distinguishing cancerous tissue from the surrounding connective tissue and stromal cells as well as from immune cells in the tumor’s environment in order to drive personalized treatment strategies.
October 21, 2019
UNC Lineberger’s Joseph G. Ibrahim, PhD, Alumni Distinguished Professor in the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health Department of Biostatistics and director of the UNC Lineberger Biostatistics Core, and Jen Jen Yeh, MD, professor of pharmacology and surgery in the UNC School of Medicine, and vice chair for research in the Department of Surgery …
September 30, 2019
At the 15th annual Roy Williams Fast Break against Cancer, Chad Holbrook offered a compelling reason why to support UNC Lineberger and its mission: the health of his son Reece, who is a cancer survivor and a top prospect high school baseball player.
