Tag: Research – Clinical/Clinical Trials

Dr. Bhisham Chera Dr. Bhisham Chera’s manuscript, “Increasing Incidence of Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Oral Tongue in Young White Females, ages 18-44,” has been accepted for publication in the Journal of Clinical Oncology.

A team of UNC researchers developed nanoparticle carriers to successfully deliver therapeutic doses of a cancer drug that had previously failed clinical development due to pharmacologic challenges.

For research to reduce treatment discomfort for patients receiving radiotherapy for gynecological cancers.

Comparative study will focus on minority, underserved populations.

Dr. Jim Apisarnthanarax, a recent resident radiation oncologist, was awarded First Place for best clinical/translational poster at the 2008 UNC Lineberger Annual Scientific Retreat. Dr. Donita Brady, a recent doctoral recipient from Dr. Adrienne Cox’s lab, was awarded First Place for best basic science poster at the 2008 UNC Lineberger...

One of only five honorees.

Nathan Sheets, M.D. was recently selected to receive a 2012 ASCO Conquer Cancer Foundation Merit Award.

Phase II Trial for Stage III and IVa Head and Neck Cancer

A formal public award announcement will be at the June RTOG meeting

Dr. Wang Dr. Andrew Wang’s National Academies Keck Futures Initiative (NAKFI) Imaging Science grant application “Development of nanoparticle-based multiplex multimodality imagining agents for the specific and sensitive detection of cancer” was recently funded. NAFKI was created in response to the … Continued