survivorship Archives - UNC Lineberger

Mary Gillam, a pancreatic cancer survivor, speaks to a crowd about her treatment journey.

The care team at UNC Lineberger helped Mary Gillam beat the odds and become a pancreatic cancer survivor. “I truly could not have gotten through this without Chapel Hill’s support,” she said. “The whole team has been outstanding.”

Ethan Basch, MD, MSc, makes an impact on cancer care by using one of the best tools in his medical arsenal – cancer patients themselves. He is a leader in patient-reported outcomes research.

UNC Lineberger’s Comprehensive Cancer Support Program offers free wellness workshops to help adult cancer survivors transition from active treatment. Through Cancer Transitions, cancer survivors can learn about nutrition, exercise, coping with stress, and medical management from UNC Lineberger experts. Cancer Transitions is a program of the Cancer Support Community and LiveSTRONG. “After treatment ends, survivors …

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.

Left to right, Chris Draft, Deborah K. Mayer, PhD, RN, AOCN, FAAN, Loretta Muss, RN, BS, Kirsten Nyrop, PhD, and Chad Pecot, MD, will be speaking at UNC Lineberger's Cancer Survivors Day event on June 9.

UNC Lineberger's annual Cancer Survivors Day on Saturday, June 9, is free and will include a number of talks, including by Chris Draft, former NFL player, cancer advocate, and widower who lost his wife to lung cancer.

UNC Lineberger's Deborah K. Mayer, PhD, RN, AOCN, FAAN, will continue to work at UNC-Chapel Hill while providing counsel to the National Cancer Institute’s Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences on issues related to cancer survivorship.

The annual day celebrating cancer survivors and their caregivers will include interactive educational talks and discussions and is free and open to the public.

(L-R) Dr. Thomas Shea, Dr. Don Rosenstein, Symposium host Jean Sellers, Keynote speaker Dr. Kevin Oeffinger and UNC Lineberger's Director of Cancer Survivorship Deborah Mayer

North Carolina’s health care providers from across the state met in Chapel Hill on Friday, Oct. 30 for the 7th Annual Coping with Cancer Symposium hosted by UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, UNC Cancer Network and the Comprehensive Cancer Support Program.

Deborah K. Mayer was corresponding author of the editorial that appeared online Aug. 24 in the Journal of Clinical Oncology.

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Cancer Transitions workshops guide cancer survivors after treatment

NCI names Mayer interim director of cancer survivorship

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UNC Lineberger Cancer Survivors Day to focus on education, shared experiences

Mayer advising NCI on cancer survivorship issues and research

Superior Court Judge Carl Fox to speak at UNC Cancer Survivors Day on June 10

Managing the late effects of cancer treatment discussed at 7th annual Coping with Cancer Symposium

Mayer, Chen publish editorial on cancer survivorship studies