Tag: Outcomes
Lafata awarded $750,000 grant to study virtual cancer visits and equity and disparities issues
Jennifer Elston Lafata, PhD, will conduct research in partnership with the Henry Ford Health System in Detroit and in collaboration with community, patient and family advisors.
Cancer patients, clinicians find value in electronic real-time symptom reporting
Led by Ethan Basch, MD, MSc, and colleagues, the study evaluated using electronic patient-reported outcomes among adults receiving outpatient treatment for advanced and metastatic cancers.
A call for more comprehensive smoking cessation programs for cancer patients who smoke
Adam Goldstein, MD, MPH, Trevor Jolly, MBBS, and Kimberly Shoenbill, MD, PhD, published an editorial in JAMA that states the case for more intensive smoking cessation programs for cancer patients.
Study looks for links to poor lymphedema outcomes
Yemi Ogunleye, MD, SM, and colleagues from UNC published findings from a study that analyzed hospitalizations due to lymphedema with the goal to identify factors associated with poor outcomes.
UNC Lineberger partners with NC Health and Human Services and American Cancer Society to increase colorectal cancer screening in vulnerable populations
The North Carolina Partnerships to Increase Colorectal Cancer Screening (NC PICCS) will use the five-year grant to increase colorectal cancer screening and provide follow-up services for program-eligible people.
Marci K. Campbell Dissertation Award presented to O’Leary
Meghan O’Leary, MA, is the recipient of the 2020 Marci K. Campbell Dissertation Award, which recognizes excellence in dissertation research focused on cancer and population sciences.
Five-year survival improves for certain cancers in adolescent and young adults
Researchers identified substantial improvements in five-year survival rates for adolescents and young adults (AYA) diagnosed with certain cancers.
Workshop offers insight, support after cancer treatment ends
When a person being treated for cancer transitions from the active to post-treatment phase of care, the disruption to what had become routine and familiar can create feelings of uncertainty and anxiety. Recognizing the array of challenges a person may face following treatment, UNC Lineberger is offering a free workshop to help cancer survivors and … Continued
Muss leads study published in Journal of Clinical Oncology
UNC Lineberger’s Hyman B. Muss, MD, the Mary Jones Hudson Distinguished Professor in the UNC School of Medicine Division of Hematology/Oncology and director of UNC Lineberger’s geriatric oncology program, led a study published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology that found that older patients with early breast cancer had lower rate of recurrence when treated … Continued