July 23, 2023
Tag: Radiation Oncology
March 1, 2023
NEJM Not Otherwise Specified: The Muffin Question
November 10, 2020
OncLive: Radiation Oncology Leaders Bristle Over New Medicare Payment Model
August 19, 2019
Department of Radiation Oncology earns prestigious national accreditation
The American Society for Radiology Oncology has awarded its highest level of accreditation to the UNC Medical Center’s Department of Radiation Oncology. UNC is the only academic medical center to earn the honor in North Carolina. McCreary Cancer Center at Caldwell UNC Health Care also has obtained the accreditation. The ASTRO Accreditation Program for Excellence …
June 21, 2019
Reforming pharmacy benefit manager practices may lead to drug cost savings
Efforts to control health care costs in the United States often focus on the listed prescription drug prices, but a perspective published by the Journal of the American Medical Association suggests that unregulated pharmacy benefit manager practices also may contribute to escalating expenses. Researchers from the University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, Northwestern …
April 23, 2019
Chen elected to the American Society for Clinical Investigation
UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center member Ronald Chen, MD, MPH, associate professor in the Department of Radiation Oncology, was elected as a member of the American Society for Clinical Investigation, one of the nation’s oldest and most respected medical honor societies. He was formally inducted into the society during the joint meeting of the Association …
April 25, 2018
UNC researchers identify promising delivery method for immunotherapy combination
UNC Lineberger researchers led by Andrew Z. Wang, MD, have published findings in the journal Advanced Materials that could offer a promising new nanotechnology-based delivery method for an immunotherapy combination.
February 6, 2018
UNC Lineberger researcher launches startup to improve radiation treatment in developing world
UNC Lineberger's Sha Chang, PhD, was named to the latest class of KickStart Venture Services' Commercialization Award winners. She plans to use the funding to launch test site implementation of the startup's solution for improving radiation treatment precision for cancer.
June 26, 2017
Using ‘sticky’ nanoparticles, researchers develop new strategy to boost body’s cancer defenses
In the journal Nature Nanotechnology, UNC Lineberger researchers led by Andrew Wang, MD, report on strides made in the development of a strategy to improve the immune system's detection of cancer proteins by using “sticky” nanoparticles.