Wendell Yarbrough Archives

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Adding detection of immune cell protein SYNGR3 to current protocols could lead to a more reliable way of determining which patients with head and neck cancer need less intensive treatment.

Photo of Cindi Jolly with her husband and a self-portrait she painted.

Cindi Jolly uses her talents as a writer and painter to illustrate her journey with nasopharyngeal cancer, chronicling the ups and downs she faced from diagnosis to treatment and to survivorship.

UNC Lineberger, Yale Cancer Center and Fox Chase Comprehensive Cancer Center will use the grant to develop better treatments for head and neck squamous cell carcinoma.

Wendell Yarbrough, Natalia Isaeva, Gaorav Gupta, Bhisham Chera

Wendell Yarbrough, MD, MMHC, and colleagues will build upon research that demonstrated tumor and blood tests developed at UNC Lineberger could effectively determine if a patient's cancer had recurred.

Wendell Yarbrough, MD, MMHC, FACS, is a distinguished head and neck cancer surgeon and researcher studying potential new cancer therapies at UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center.

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Protein could help identify head and neck cancers that require less intensive treatment

Patient’s cancer experience sparks creativity

UNC Lineberger partners on 5-year, $11.7 million head and neck cancer NIH SPORE grant

UNC Lineberger researchers to use five year, $3.78 million grant to study tumor mutation and blood tests for HPV-related head and neck cancers

Doctor leads by example from bench to bedside