January 9, 2015
Ebix, Inc., today announced that the annual Ebix Charity Challenge, will be held in Greensboro, North Carolina on February 7, 2015. All proceeds from the 5th Annual Ebix Charity Challenge will benefit the UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, where America No. 1 John Isner’s mother, Karen, was successfully treated during her two battles with colon cancer.
March 19, 2014
A non-invasive test that includes detection of the genetic abnormalities related to cancer could significantly improve the effectiveness of colon cancer screening, according to research published by a team of scientists including David Ransohoff, MD, professor of medicine at the UNC School of Medicine and UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center member.
October 14, 2013
A local 5K run and walk, Get Your Rear in Gear, raises money to support colon cancer screening programs.
August 14, 2012
Hy Muss, MD, and Debra Bynum, MD, co-authored an editorial in the July 20, 2012 issue of the Journal of Clinical Oncology.
April 13, 2012
Chapel Hill - A family of proteins is yielding new information about how it contributes to the development of gastrointestinal disease and cancer. A team of UNC scientists reports that in pre-clinical models, the absence of a protein called NLRP12 significantly increases susceptibility to colitis-associated colon cancer.
January 18, 2012
In 2008 UNC and Harvard University’s Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston were selected by the U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality to carry out accelerated practical studies examining the comparative effectiveness of cancer treatments. The collaboration is called the Cancer Developing Evidence to Inform Decisions about Effectiveness (DEcIDE) Comparative Effectiveness Consortium.
September 15, 2011
UNC Lineberger patient Morgan Throckmorton was diagnosed with colon cancer in 2009 when she was 24 years old. She is now part of a UNC-led trial to test a new drug, Regorafinib.
August 8, 2011
Richard Goldberg, MD, physician-in-chief of the N.C. Cancer Hospital, talks with Kristy Villa, one of the hosts of Lifetime Television’s “The Balancing Act" about colon cancer.
March 28, 2011
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center will lead a clinical trial to test a new option for colorectal cancer patients whose cancer has not responded to first line therapies. Almost 40 percent of patients whose cancers test positive for mutant K-RAS or BRAF genes see their cancers continue to progress on the …
February 21, 2011
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – A new finding by a UNC scientist and Australian colleagues demonstrates that the rising cost of cancer care is compelling Westernized countries to quickly adopt screening programs. Michael Pignone, MD, MPH, is co-author of a study published in the February 21, 2011 Medical Journal of Australia about colon cancer screening in …
