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University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center researchers have uncovered county-level factors linked to higher colorectal cancer mortality rates in a cluster of counties in northeastern North Carolina. In the journal Cancer Epidemiology, researchers report 10 counties in northeastern North Carolina are part of a cluster of counties with higher rates of colorectal cancer …

UNC Lineberger awarded grants to 14 scientists and research teams in the fall grant awards cycle. Applications for the next round of funding will be due March 15.

University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center scientist Antonio “Tony” Amelio, PhD, is not necessarily looking for the “smoking gun” of cancer biology, or one single cause of cancer. Instead, he’s looking into how a family of newly described proteins involved in the cellular stress response can cause a complex ripple effect of changes …

Eben Lichtman, MD, and Gianpietro Dotti, MD

At the 60th American Society of Hematology Annual Meeting in San Diego on Dec. 3, Eben Lichtman, MD, presented preliminary findings from preclinical studies of CAR T-cells directed towards a potential target called B7-H3, which is found on the cell surface of certain types of AML.

Natalie Grover, MD, and Barbara Savoldo, MD

At the 60th American Society of Hematology Annual Meeting in San Diego on Monday, UNC Lineberger's Natalie Grover, MD, presented preliminary results from a clinical study of an investigational cellular immunotherapy for Hodgkin lymphoma and non-Hodgkin lymphoma expressing the CD30 protein marker.

Charles M. Perou, Melissa Troester, and Heather D. Couture

Using technology similar to the type that powers facial recognition on a smartphone, Charles M. Perou, PhD, Melissa Troester, PhD, and Heather D. Couture have trained a computer to analyze breast cancer images and then classify the tumors with high accuracy.

Researchers led by UNC Lineberger's Jennifer Smith, PhD, MPH, published the results of mailing at-home, HPV self-collection kits to 193 low-income women in North Carolina who were overdue for screening according to national guidelines.

UNC Lineberger's Bhishamjit S. Chera, MD, and Gaorav Gupta, MD, PhD.

UNC Lineberger's Bhishamjit S. Chera, MD, will present preliminary findings at the 60th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Radiation Oncology on Tuesday from a study that evaluated a blood test for HPV-linked oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma, which is a cancer of the back of the throat. The findings demonstrated the test could be an effective and less costly alternative for monitoring for cancer recurrence after radiation treatment.

Daniel Reuland, MD, MPH, and colleagues published in JAMA Internal Medicine a review of data from 73 randomized clinical trials that tested different ways of increasing screening for colorectal cancer.

Daniel Reuland, MD, MPH, and colleagues published a review of data from 73 randomized clinical trials that tested different ways of increasing screening for colorectal cancer. Their analysis identified three approaches as being the most effective.

UNC Lineberger's Stephen Hursting, PhD, MPH, has published a review of studies investigating biological links between obesity and gastrointestinal cancers as well as studies on how weight-related interventions may help reverse this connection.

Stephen Hursting, PhD, MPH, and colleagues reviewed findings from research looking at the biological links between obesity and certain gastrointestinal cancers, as well as published studies on how diet, exercise, weight loss surgery, and other weight-related interventions may help reverse this connection.

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Researchers identify cluster of N.C. counties with higher colorectal cancer death rates

UNC Lineberger awards $1.35M for cancer research

Researchers publish milestone review on the role of cell signaling proteins in cancer

Researchers identify experimental immunotherapy approach to target acute myeloid leukemia

Study shows promise for fighting relapsed blood cancer with CAR-T immunotherapy, chemotherapy

Scientists train a computer to classify breast cancer tumors

Mailed HPV tests can help find women at-risk for cervical cancer, study finds

HPV blood test shows promise for tracking head and neck cancer after treatment

Scientists zero in on ways to boost colorectal cancer screening

Breaking the link between obesity, gastrointestinal cancers