April 17, 2024
Tag: Neuro-oncology Clinical Program
![Illustration of the brain tumor called a glioblastoma.](https://unclineberger.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/867/2024/01/Glioblastoma-UNC-Health-Talk-feature-600x400.png)
January 26, 2024
How medical advances are improving glioblastoma care
Neuro-oncologist Soma Sengupta, MD, PhD, discusses glioblastoma symptoms, standard treatment and clinical trials.
![Cancer patient Hanna with doctors Dominique Higgins and Yasmeen Rauf in the lobby of the cancer hospital.](https://unclineberger.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/867/2023/11/glioma-brain-tumor-feature-600x400.jpeg)
November 28, 2023
What you need to know about glioma brain tumors
UNC Lineberger's Dominique Higgins, MD, PhD, a neurosurgical oncologist, shares what gliomas are and how they’re treated.
![Cancer patient Hanna with doctors Dominique Higgins and Yasmeen Rauf in the lobby of the cancer hospital.](https://unclineberger.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/867/2023/11/Hanna-patient-story-Higgins-Rauf-feature-600x400.jpeg)
August 4, 2023
Ukrainian refugee seeks brain tumor treatment at UNC Health
Hanna was diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor, which required a highly skilled and experienced neurosurgeon and is an area of expertise for neurosurgical oncologist Dominique Higgins, MD, PhD.
![Brain slices under a microscope.](https://unclineberger.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/867/2023/01/Hingtgen-brain-slice-feature-600x400.jpg)
January 25, 2023
Devising a smarter way to treat brain tumors
Shawn Hingtgen, PhD, and his lab team have developed a method they call a “slice platform” that may help clinicians choose the best treatment for their brain tumor patients.
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June 28, 2019
Grateful patient works with lab team to find cancer therapies
David Hesmer is a volunteer in a UNC Lineberger lab, helping to further the study of glioblastoma, something he knows a lot about: he was treated for glioblastoma at the N.C. Cancer Hospital.