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We are very proud of our own Dr. Adrienne Cox, professor of radiation oncology and pharmacology and head of Radiation Oncology’s Division of Cancer Biology, for her receipt of a prestigious UNC Mentor Award for Lifetime Achievement. This award is given to those who have devoted a significant part of...

World Cancer Day takes place each year on February 4 to raise awareness of cancer and to encourage its prevention, detection, and treatment.  #WorldCancerDay  #IAmAndIWill In honor of this important occasion, here are some tips on how to not get cancer in the first place (click on the image for...

  Third year radiation oncology resident Dr. Ankit Agarwal and assistant professor of radiation oncology Dr. Trevor Royce co-authored a high profile publication in the prestigious journal JAMA Oncology that was posted online on January 16, 2020. They compared costs associated with a standard course of radiation therapy for prostate...

Congratulations to radiation oncology second-year resident Dr. Shivani Sud for her receipt of not one, but two, UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center development grants in support of her research on the treatment of cervical cancer. The first award, “Application of circulating HPV DNA testing to management of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia”...

Match Day – the annual event during which senior medical students learn where they will be doing their internship and residency training in their chosen specialty – was held on Friday, March 15, 2019.  The UNC Department of Radiation Oncology is excited to announce that we matched two outstanding medical...

UNC Radiation Oncology supports the World Cancer Day effort, held each year on February 4. World Cancer Day raises awareness and seeks to empower all of us worldwide to show support, raise our voices, take personal action and press our governments to do more to fight cancer. The World Cancer...

UNC radiation oncologists Drs. Bhisham Chera and Gaorav Gupta presented early results of a clinical trial at this week’s American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) annual meeting in San Antonio, TX evaluating a blood test for HPV-linked oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma, a cancer of the back of the throat. Their...

Congratulations to fourth year radiation oncology resident Dr. Kevin Pearlstein for his receipt of a prestigious 2018 Cefalo house officer award. Cefalo awardees are selected annually by a committee of physicians, nurses, and other clinical and administrative staff, and honor medical residents who exemplify dedication to patients, their families and caregivers,...

The Department of Radiation Oncology’s first “combined” graduation ceremony, held on June 22, 2018, with diplomas and awards presented to our graduating radiation oncology and medical physics residents, and our graduating radiation therapy and medical dosimetry students. (Historically, the one-year therapy and dosimetry programs were not “aligned” programmatically – as...

More frequent screening following treatment does not improve long-term patient outcomes