January 3, 2019
UNC Lineberger leaders recently hosted the annual research symposium on geriatric oncology, which is the field of medicine that deals with diagnosis and treatment of cancer for adults 65 years and older.
January 2, 2019
UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center’s faculty were at the forefront of a many new efforts to fight, prevent and understand cancer in 2018. Projects launched or completed in the year included efforts to use the immune system to fight cancer, to better prevent cancer through screening, and to understand the disease at the most basic …
December 21, 2018
UNC Lineberger’s Joshua Zeidner, MD, reported preliminary data at the 60th American Society of Hematology Annual Meeting from a phase II clinical trial for administering a high-dose of the chemotherapy treatment cytarabine followed by an immune checkpoint inhibitor, pembrolizumab, in patients with acute myeloid leukemia that had relapsed or no longer responded to other treatment.
December 20, 2018
At the 60th American Society of Hematology Annual Meeting in San Diego on Dec. 3, Eben Lichtman, MD, presented preliminary findings from preclinical studies of CAR T-cells directed towards a potential target called B7-H3, which is found on the cell surface of certain types of AML.
December 20, 2018
The board, elected by ASCO’s member oncologists, is comprised of cancer physicians and clinical researchers who volunteer their time with ASCO. Basch is a medical oncologist and distinguished professor in the UNC School of Medicine Division of Hematology/Oncology and a professor in the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health. He also is director of …
December 13, 2018
There are many ways to show gratitude, but one patient took it to a new level, using her ties to the wedding industry and a tight-knit group of friends to hold an event to benefit ovarian cancer research and UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center. With the help of her friends and daughter Terri Yates, Cindy …
December 11, 2018
UNC Lineberger's Hazel Nichols, PhD, and collaborators from the Premenopausal Breast Cancer Collaborative Group identified elevated breast cancer risk after childbirth in women younger than 55.
December 7, 2018
The Carolina Breast Cancer Study, UNC Lineberger’s landmark population-based study of breast cancer risk, biology, and outcomes that focuses on young and African-American women in North Carolina, recently celebrated the 10-year anniversary of its third phase. The study’s leadership hosted events this fall in Concord, Greenville and Cary to bring together and recognize the contributions of …
December 3, 2018
The University of North Carolina System recently awarded UNC Lineberger’s Andrew Wang, MD, and Jonathan Serody, MD, a four year, $2.09 million Research Opportunities Initiative grant to support their research using pharmacoengineering approaches to develop more effective personalized cancer vaccines. The grant was one of 15 awarded to scientists across the UNC System, with the specific intent to support …
December 3, 2018
At the 60th American Society of Hematology Annual Meeting in San Diego on Monday, UNC Lineberger's Natalie Grover, MD, presented preliminary results from a clinical study of an investigational cellular immunotherapy for Hodgkin lymphoma and non-Hodgkin lymphoma expressing the CD30 protein marker.
