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
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.
November 26, 2018
Deborah K. Mayer, PhD, RN, AOCN, FAAN, will serve as interim director of cancer survivorship at the National Cancer Institute while maintaining her appointments and responsibilities at UNC, which includes overseeing a clinical practice working with breast cancer survivors.
November 19, 2018
Using technology similar to the type that powers facial recognition on a smartphone, Charles M. Perou, PhD, Melissa Troester, PhD, and Heather D. Couture have trained a computer to analyze breast cancer images and then classify the tumors with high accuracy.
November 14, 2018
Dale Ramsden, PhD, and his colleagues published a major study in the journal Science revealing surprising findings about the way major breaks in our DNA are repaired.