November 29, 2019
Cancer journey not the only marathon for survivor
Midway through treatment for head and neck cancer, Jeff Cobb had a question for his doctors at UNC Lineberger. “Can I run a marathon?”
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November 21, 2019
Pancreatic cancer tumor classification could optimize treatment choices
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 1, 2019
E-cigarette flavors decrease perception of harm among youth
UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center researchers found in a review of research that non-menthol flavors attract youth and adults to use e-cigarettes and the use of flavored e-cigarettes contributes to multiple pathways linked to higher e-cigarette use among youth.
October 10, 2019
N.C. Cancer Hospital: A decade of hope and healing
This fall marks 10 years since the opening of the North Carolina Cancer Hospital, a state-of-the-art cancer center built by the people of North Carolina for the people. The state’s investment was designed to substantially improve cancer care in North Carolina, and impact the state’s economy and position as a national leader in cancer care and research.
September 30, 2019
Holbrook calls for support to give kids like his son a ‘fighting chance’
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.
September 20, 2019
Scientists implicate genes behind faulty DNA repair in breast cancer
While mutations in BRCA genes are well known to increase breast cancer risk, researchers from the University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center have uncovered a different series of genes they believe might be contributing to breast cancer through a lesser-known mechanism. Mutations in BRCA cause cells to lose the ability to repair errors …
September 17, 2019
Hyundai Hope On Wheels awards Smitherman $200,000 grant to support cancer outcomes research in children, adolescents and young adults
Andrew Smitherman, MD, MSc, was awarded a two-year, $200,000 Hyundai Young Investigator Grant to investigate approaches to identify pediatric, adolescent and young adult cancer patients most at risk for late stage treatment side-effects.
September 5, 2019
Opportunities unanticipated: The path that led Y. Claire Yang to study social relationships and cancer risk, outcomes
Researchers know our social lives are important to our health, with a lack of relationships linked to heart disease, depression and risk of infection. And, as Y. Claire Yang, PhD, has found, how cancer patients view their social relationships could be a matter of life and death.
August 14, 2019
Lorelei rings the bell
Seven-year-old Lorelei Partin celebrated completing her chemotherapy treatment for acute lymphoblastic leukemia by ringing the ceremonial bell in the N.C. Cancer Hospital’s pediatric hematology-oncology clinic.
August 7, 2019
Charles M. Perou, PhD: From studying one gene, to studying thousands in breast cancer
Before he set out to understand how tens of thousands of genes are behaving in breast cancer, Charles M. Perou, PhD, spent five years hunting one gene. That experience started his journey to becoming a world-renowned expert in genomics.