June 24, 2021
Tag: research
May 3, 2021
Review outlines approaches to effectively deliver radiation therapy to tumors while sparing healthy tissue
Lawrence Marks, MD, and colleagues published a comprehensive review highlighting the optimal ways that focused, high-dose radiation can be delivered to various types of tumors while sparing normal tissue and mitigating long-term side effects.
April 14, 2021
Novel resource center navigation program helps cancer patients during pandemic
A pilot program from the Mary Anne Long Patient and Family Resource Center helped several hundred cancer patients during the first seven months of the pandemic using virtual resources.
April 6, 2021
Tiny bubbles: Taking on cancer at a microscopic level
Paul Dayton, PhD, explores using ultrasound and microbubbles in cancer research, and using ultrasound to develop targeted therapies.
March 21, 2021
Early phase study finds combination therapy effective against difficult to treat leukemia and lymphoma
Thomas Alexander, MD, MPH, and colleagues published findings from a study that found pairing venetoclax with low-dose navitoclax and chemotherapy had promising efficacy in patients with difficult to treat leukemia and lymphoma.
February 25, 2021
American Indian, Alaska Native women less likely to start and complete hormone therapy for breast cancer
The study by Marc Emerson, PhD, MPH, et al. is believed to be the first to look at the hormone therapy regimens of American Indian and Alaska Native women with breast cancer.
December 14, 2020
Hoadley leverages team science to generate critical breast cancer insights
For UNC Lineberger’s Katherine Hoadley, PhD, the best way to make progress and major scientific breakthroughs is by working as a team.
November 11, 2020
‘BAH-code’ reader senses gene-silencing tag in cells
Greg Wang, PhD, and colleagues have identified an evolutionarily conserved pathway responsible for “closing down” gene activity in the mammalian cell.
October 12, 2020
Therapy using immune system cells preserves vision in mice implanted with rare eye cancer
Zongchao Han, MD, PhD, Barbara Savoldo, MD, PhD, and colleagues report in Nature Cancer they used a combination of CAR-Ts and interleukin (IL)-15 to treat retinoblastoma in a mouse model.
October 9, 2020
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.