May 11, 2020
Mantener a los pacientes de UNC Cancer Care seguros durante la crisis de COVID-19
Programas y más ofrecidos a los pacientes y sus cuidadores durante la pandemia COVID-19.
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May 4, 2020
Test could simplify cervical cancer screenings
An upcoming pilot study led by Gaorav Gupta, MD, PhD, and Shivani Sud, MD, may provide a less invasive option for monitoring patients at risk for cervical cancer.
April 28, 2020
Researchers identify protein involved in reactivation of virus linked to cancer
Researchers led by Blossom Damania, PhD, reported that Kaposi sarcoma-associated herpesvirus uses a protein produced by its human host to come out of hiding and reactivate.
April 21, 2020
Study reveals communication gap between women, doctors about breast cancer treatment symptoms
Kirsten Nyrop, PhD, Hyman Muss, MD, and colleagues compared how women with breast cancer rated the severity of 17 of their own symptoms with physician ratings of chemotherapy toxicity.
April 20, 2020
New York is only state to reduce income-based disparities in smoking, study finds
A study led by Sarah D. Mills, PhD, MPH, and Kurt Ribisl, PhD, found that only one state has reduced income-based disparities in tobacco use despite goals set by the federal government and most states.
April 20, 2020
Basch co-authors cancer treatment guidance in JAMA
Ethan Basch, MD, MSc, and co-authors described a framework for physicians making cancer care decisions amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
April 9, 2020
Study: Teens had access to little cigars, cigarillos online
Researchers led by Rebecca Williams, PhD, MHS, reported teens were able to buy little cigars and cigarillos online as part of an experiment testing vendors’ age verification practices.
April 7, 2020
Yeh, Lipner lead study in JCI Insight
Jen Jen Yeh, MD, and Matthew Lipner reported in the journal JCI Insight they have discovered a potential treatment strategy to reduce resistance to a chemotherapy combination used to treat pancreatic cancer.
April 6, 2020
Milowsky, Osterman published in the journal Cancer
Matthew Milowsky, MD, co-wrote an editorial on efforts to optimize a new precision medicine approach for treating metastatic urothelial carcinoma.
April 6, 2020
Sanoff co-authors viewpoint in JAMA Oncology
The viewpoint detailed strategies for expanding the concept of precision oncology beyond tailored drug delivery to include other aspects of health care.