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Preliminary results from a University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center study found that just 15 percent of a group of men in North Carolina with early-stage prostate cancer who choose active surveillance instead of treatment followed the recommended monitoring guidelines. The findings, which were presented today at the American Society of Clinical Oncology …

University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center researchers have uncovered the mechanism that explains how an investigational cancer therapeutic might be working – a finding that they believe could be important for the design of potential new therapies. In the journal ACS Chemical Biology, researchers explain how the investigational compound ONC201 may be working …

Jonathan Serody, MD, explains in a two-minute video the action behind chimeric antigen T-cell, or CAR-T, immunotherapy and how UNC Lineberger is designing, developing and delivering CAR-T therapies to treat cancers that fail to respond to standard treatments.

After a two-year journey, Lorelei rings the bell at the UNC Pediatric Hematology Oncology clinic, signaling an end to her treatments for acute lymphoblastic leukemia.

Can scientists wake up sleeping tumor suppressor molecules in cancer cells? What are the genetic features of cancer cells that contribute to some forms of prostate cancer developing resistance to multiple lines of treatment? Those were some of the topics covered at UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center’s 43rd Annual Scientific Symposium at the William & …

UNC Lineberger’s Get Real and Heel is a free exercise program for cancer survivors that offers a dedicated workout space staffed by trainers who develop individualized plans to help people manage cancer treatment-related symptoms and improve their chances of survivorship while increasing their quality of life.

UNC Lineberger’s Angela B. Smith, MD, MS, FACS, has been named director of Urologic Oncology in the UNC Department of Urology and co-director of the Multidisciplinary Genitourinary Oncology Service at the N.C. Cancer Hospital, UNC Lineberger’s clinical home.

The National Cancer Institute has awarded a grant for more than $2.2 million across five years to UNC Lineberger’s Yuliya Pylayeva-Gupta, PhD, to support her research into the immune response in pancreatic cancer, one of the deadliest cancers.

New studies led by University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center researchers explore biological mechanisms behind obesity and its link with cancer. Research findings presented at the American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting 2019 explore possible reasons for obesity-related resistance to breast cancer treatment and possible strategies to overcome obesity-related immune suppression in …

SCHALL, the facility dog, with a pediatric patient

A weary look crosses the face of a teenage girl; her jaw tightens, and her body tenses. Another day, another needle stick — a typical appointment for a pediatric cancer patient. But then, the tapping of nails on a shiny floor brings a different expression — a smile — for SCHALL, the rehabilitative facility dog …

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Men with early-stage prostate cancer who choose active surveillance often don’t follow monitoring guidelines

Scientists uncover mechanism of action for promising cancer compound

UNC Lineberger designs, develops and delivers CAR-T therapy to attack cancers

A caring cancer community: mom, daughter support other pediatric patients

UNC Lineberger’s research symposium draws more than 500 registrants

Cancer patients, doctors find healing, health in exercise

Smith named director of urologic oncology, co-director of the Multidisciplinary Genitourinary Oncology Service

NCI awards $2.2M to Pylayeva-Gupta to investigate immune responses in pancreatic cancer

Studies explore mechanisms behind obesity-cancer link

Four paws, two handlers, one great comfort: SCHALL