February 9, 2021
Dr. Rumey Ishizawar, Medical Director of the UNC Rheumatology Clinic, founded the multi-disciplinary UNC Immuno-Oncology Group (IOG) in 2017 to optimize clinical management of cancer patients who develop immune related adverse events (irAEs).
February 3, 2021
Gynecologic Cancers: A Team Approach to Women’s Health Care. Please join the UNC Lineberger Cancer Network for the NC Community College lecture with Daniel Clarke-Pearson, MD, and Lyn Filip, RN, BSN, OCN. More information and registration at unccn.org/02172021
January 28, 2021
Linda Kelly, a 66-year-old mother of four daughters, was diagnosed with breast cancer 20 years ago and received treatment that included a mastectomy and radiation. The medical intervention saved her life but led to some later complications that forced her to seek additional care. COVID-19 almost brought a complete stop to Linda's medical care but after meeting with doctors at UNC, they immediately admitted her and started her on the road to recovery.
October 15, 2020
Expertscape, an online database that assesses and ranks the expertise and contributions of physicians and medical institutions worldwide, ranked Lisa Carey, MD, as one of the top 10 breast cancer experts in the country. Based at the UNC Medical Center, Dr. Carey is the only physician ranked in North Carolina.
October 1, 2020
New research by scientists at UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center and colleagues shows the potential for targeting a specific circular RNA, known as CDR1as, to attack lung squamous cell cancer. The UNC work was led by Chad Pecot, MD, and Emily Harrison, PhD.
September 23, 2020
One in seven black women with breast cancer had delays in starting treatment, and black women also had extended duration of treatment, according to a study led by UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center researchers Melissa Troester, PhD, and Marc Emerson, PhD.
September 21, 2020
A team of researchers from the UNC School of Medicine Department of Family Medicine and Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center have received new funding to develop and test messaging to co-users of alcohol and tobacco products on the risk of associated cancers.
September 21, 2020
UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center’s Carolina Cancer Screening Initiative and the Cancer Prevention and Control Research Network are partnering with the NC DHHS Cancer Prevention and Control Branch to increase colorectal cancer screening through evidence-based interventions and other strategies in partnership with NC Federally Qualified Health Centers and the American Cancer Society. At Lineberger, this effort is led by Dan Reuland, MD, MPH.
August 27, 2020
UNC researchers are partnering with colleagues at four institutions in Africa to study HIV-associated malignancies. Led by Blossom Damania, PhD, the research team received a five-year, $6-million grant from the National Cancer Institute.
August 20, 2020
Thomas C. Shea, MD, who recently retired after nearly three decades of service to the North Carolina Cancer Hospital, has always been driven by the need to serve others.
August 10, 2020
Cathy Anderson, a graduate student in the UNC Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, has been awarded the NCI Predoctoral to Postdoctoral Fellow Transition Award for research conducted as part of the McGinty lab.
August 6, 2020
M. Patricia Rivera, MD, ATSF, professor of pulmonary and critical care medicine in the UNC Department of Medicine, has received a four-year, $1.5 million NIH R01 grant to study “Comorbidity and Functional Status in a Population Undergoing Lung Cancer Screening” with Louise Henderson, PhD, in the UNC Department of Radiology.