Oncology Archives

As prostate cancer continues to affect men across North Carolina, advances in detection and targeted treatment are changing how physicians approach localized and metastatic forms of the disease.

UNC researchers will use AI to speed development of personalized cancer vaccines and share findings with cancer researchers and oncologists worldwide.

New prognostic model uses routine clinical data to flag declining health and support timelier, patient-centered care.

UNC Lineberger’s Advanced Cellular Therapeutics Facility is helping to improve personalized CAR T-cell therapy for patients in North Carolina and around the world.

The Mathers Foundation, a highly selective national funder of innovative basic biomedical research, is supporting Thaxton’s work on a discovery that has the potential to transform human health.

Researchers will develop and implement new strategies to address common barriers to care and reach patients due for cancer screenings for breast, colorectal, lung, and/or cervical cancers.

Researchers are investigating a new way to tackle bone cancer while minimizing toxicity typically associated with chemotherapy.

The newly developed cells address a significant limitation present in existing treatment approaches and may offer a promising solution for acute myeloid leukemia.

UNC School of Medicine’s Yara Abdou, MD, is among the third cohort of physician researchers to receive the Robert A. Winn Excellence in Clinical Trials: Clinical Investigator Leadership Award.

The tool is a one-stop resource for downloadable, shareable, and aggregated health data, which will help researchers, policymakers and healthcare providers better respond to concerning cancer trends and health needs throughout the state.

The research, led by Nobel laureate and biochemist Aziz Sancar, MD, PhD, could revolutionize treatments for glioblastoma, an aggressive and deadly form of brain cancer.

Researchers found that inhibiting a problematic protein in the body helps immunotherapies and CAR T-cell therapy to better fight off melanoma.

Category: Oncology

Beyond the PSA Test: New Approaches to Prostate Cancer Care at UNC

UNC Lineberger Secures $40M from OpenAI Foundation to Make Cancer Vaccines More Effective

UNC Study Develops Data-Driven Tool to Help Oncologists Identify High-Risk Periods for Metastatic Breast Cancer Patients

Building Better CAR T-Cells for Cancer Treatment

Thaxton Awarded Prestigious Grant for T-Cell Metabolism Research

UNC Lineberger and OHSU Receive $4 Million to Address Barriers to Cancer Screening Across North Carolina, Oregon

UNC Biochemists Discover New Method to Combat Pediatric Bone Cancer

UNC Researchers Create More Effective, Less Toxic Immunotherapy to Combat Blood Cancer

UNC School of Medicine Oncologist Named Recipient of Winn Clinical Investigator Leadership Award

“Data for Everyone”: A New Cancer Dashboard Launches at UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center

UNC Researchers Show Combination Therapy Effective for Brain Cancer

UNC Researchers Unlock New Way to Help Fight Skin Cancer