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Lisa A. Carey, MD, FASCO, co-chaired two sessions and presented a talk at the European Society for Medical Oncology’s Breast Cancer Virtual Congress.

Ralph S. Baric, PhD, has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences, one of the highest distinctions for a scientist in the United States.

Lawrence Marks, MD, and colleagues published a comprehensive review highlighting the optimal ways that focused, high-dose radiation can be delivered to various types of tumors while sparing normal tissue and mitigating long-term side effects.

The Triangle Business Journal honored Ralph Baric, PhD, Lauren Lux, MSW, LCSW, and Andrew Smitherman, MD, MSc, MPH, during the 2021 Health Care Heroes award ceremony.

A pilot program from the Mary Anne Long Patient and Family Resource Center helped several hundred cancer patients during the first seven months of the pandemic using virtual resources.

Six rising seniors at the UNC School of Nursing were named 2021 UNC Lineberger-Sylvia Lauterborn and Warren Trent Piver Oncology Nursing Fellows.

Soon after her first round of chemotherapy in March 2020, Brighid Willis, her family and care team had to pivot quickly due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Thomas Alexander, MD, MPH, and colleagues published findings from a study that found pairing venetoclax with low-dose navitoclax and chemotherapy had promising efficacy in patients with difficult to treat leukemia and lymphoma.

The editorial, published in JAMA, comes after the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force’s newly released recommendation to expand eligibility for annual lung cancer screening with low-dose computed tomography.