University Cancer Research Fund
The University Cancer Research Fund (UCRF) is a nation-leading investment to stimulate cancer research and reduce North Carolina’s leading cause of death. The Fund builds upon the exceptional research base at UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, the state’s only public, NCI-designated comprehensive cancer center.
UCRF’s Goal
To create a nation-leading cancer research effort and to reduce North Carolina’s cancer burden. UCRF is accomplishing these goals through:
- Discovery to better understand the causes and course of cancer;
- Innovation to create new and better ways to prevent, diagnose and treat cancer; and by stimulating
- Delivery of improved cancer care, screening and prevention across the state.
Latest News
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New vulnerability found in lung squamous cancer may facilitate drug targeting at the cellular level
New research by Chad Pecot, MD, and colleagues shows the potential for targeting a specific circular RNA, known as CDR1as, to attack lung squamous cell cancer.
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Study: Black women with breast cancer experience delayed, longer treatment than whites
One in seven black women with breast cancer had delays in starting treatment according to a study led by UNC Lineberger researchers Melissa Troester, PhD, and Marc Emerson, PhD.
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Excellent research results for CAR-T therapy against Hodgkin lymphoma
CAR-T immunotherapy has been used to treat Hodgkin lymphoma with remarkable success for the first time, according to the results of an early phase clinical trial.
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Breast cancer treatment costs highest among young women with metastatic cancer
Research led by Stephanie Wheeler, PhD, MPH, and Justin Trogdon, PhD, revealed the largest expected costs for treating metastatic breast cancer were among women age 18-44.
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Study reveals communication gap between women, doctors about breast cancer treatment symptoms
Kirsten Nyrop, PhD, Hyman Muss, MD, and colleagues compared how women with breast cancer rated the severity of 17 of their own symptoms with physician ratings of chemotherapy toxicity.