September 4, 2014
Changing the face of clinical trials
UNC Lineberger secures three major NCI grants to advance the nation’s clinical trials program.
Tag: clinical trials
May 28, 2014
2013-2014 University Cancer Research Fund Annual Report now available
The UCRF, a $42 million, state-appropriated fund established in 2007, continues to have a significant impact on cancer research in North Carolina.
May 23, 2014
UNC Lineberger to offer sequencing expertise to NCI clinical trials networks
Personalized medicine holds great promise for delivering targeted treatments to patients based on their unique genetic characteristics. Through a $3.5 million, five-year grant from the National Cancer Institute (NCI), UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center will provide high-throughput RNA and DNA sequencing and regulatory assistance to partner institutions in the NCI’s new National Clinical Trials Network (NCTN).
May 2, 2014
UNC Lineberger teams with Duke, WUSTL to speed drug development
A partnership formed by UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, the Duke Cancer Institute and the Siteman Cancer Center at Washington University in St. Louis will become part of a national network working to accelerate the pace of cancer drug development.
April 14, 2014
Andrew Tucker: Building a Better Image
Andrew Tucker, PhD, used his graduate experience at UNC to help build a new kind of mammographic imaging machine now in use in a clinical trial at the North Carolina Cancer Hospital.
April 8, 2014
UNC Lineberger to be involved in first research challenge using Project Data Sphere Initiative, a new data sharing platform launched by CEO Roundtable on Cancer
UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center has contributed to the development of the first national “research challenge” involving the newly launched Project Data Sphere, LLC (PDS), an independent not-for-profit initiative of the CEO Roundtable on Cancer’s Life Sciences Consortium (LSC).
December 5, 2013
Approaches to pain assessment in cancer clinical trials
Director of the Cancer Outcomes Research Program at the University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center and colleagues at the FDA guide drug developers on how to include meaningful pain endpoints when designing cancer trials.
November 11, 2013
Cyberknife treatment provides a promising option for patients with early prostate cancer
Stereotactic body radiation therapy is an effective treatment option that is cost-effective and convenient for patients.
October 23, 2013
Cancer survivor launches CureCancerStarter.org
Cure Cancer Starter is a nonprofit site taking the Kickstarter approach to raising funds for much-needed research and clinical trials in the fight against cancer.