October 10, 2019
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
July 30, 2019
UNC Hospitals – and its North Carolina Cancer Hospital, the clinical home of UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center – was ranked as the top cancer center in North Carolina and 27th nationally in the U.S. News & World Report 2019-20 Best Hospitals survey.
June 28, 2019
David Hesmer is a volunteer in a UNC Lineberger lab, helping to further the study of glioblastoma, something he knows a lot about: he was treated for glioblastoma at the N.C. Cancer Hospital.
June 24, 2019
Bill and Nancy Graham of Winston-Salem, North Carolina, have donated $1 million to support breast cancer research and care at the UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center. The Grahams established the Bill and Nancy Graham Breast Cancer Research Fund to provide the cancer center’s leadership with unrestricted funding, which enables them to make investments where the …
