Sheets honored by the cancer center for IMRT publication
April 19, 2010
One of only five honorees.
Tag: Research – Clinical/Clinical Trials
Sheets Wins ASCO Merit Award
April 19, 2010
Nathan Sheets, M.D. was recently selected to receive a 2012 ASCO Conquer Cancer Foundation Merit Award.
Tepper paper: IMRT and cisplatin study published in IJROBP
April 19, 2010
Phase II Trial for Stage III and IVa Head and Neck Cancer
Chen awarded grant to study heart/prostate risk factors
April 19, 2010
A formal public award announcement will be at the June RTOG meeting
Wang Awarded Imaging Science Grant
April 19, 2010
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
Wang paper: Extended Hydrogel Microparticle Circulation Time published in PNAS
April 19, 2010
Dr. Andrew Wang Congratulations Andrew Wang, M.D. and Joseph M. DeSimone, Ph.D. on the publication of the manuscript “Using mechanobiological mimicry of red blood cells to extend circulation times of hydrogel microparticles” in the online Early Edition of the Proceedings … Continued
Chen receives a UNC Health-E-NC grant
April 19, 2010
To improve survivorship services for patients with breast, colorectal, lung and prostate cancer.
Chen paper: IMRT better than Protons/CRT
April 19, 2010
In comparing IMRT, Proton and conformal therapies, they conclude that IMRT is better than conventional conformal radiation therapy (CRT) for reducing certain side effects and preventing cancer recurrence.
Chera/Rosenman/Fried paper: Pre-treatment PET and chemoradiotherapy
April 19, 2010
Paper accept in Head & Neck
Chera: Squamous Cell Carcinoma paper in JCO
April 19, 2010
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.