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Cancer researchers at UNC's Lineberger Cancer Research Center are helping to cripple the cancer disease.
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Alicia White, a doctoral student in the curriculum of Genetics and Molecular Biology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, is researching the genetic defects that may commence a cell's progression to cancer.
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The N.C. Department of Environment, Health, and Natural Resources implemented in 1982 a program to evaluate cancer clusters, an increased cancer rate in a small area or within a short time period. An overview of current evaluating procedures is included
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2910
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Funded in 1992 by the National Cancer Institute, SPORE (Specialized Program of Research Excellence) is a cooperative, multidisciplinary program at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill that investigates breast cancer.
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24877
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Carol Dickinson and Tim Aldrich use information provided by North Carolina Hospitals and the North Carolina Central Cancer Registry to determine the accuracy of both cancer incidence and tumor registries.
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25693
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Eastern North Carolina has a higher rate of deaths from breast cancer than the national average due to folklore, fear, and misunderstanding of the disease. But a long-term project at East Carolina University is seeking to change this through an interdisciplinary study of the issues that lead women to delay screening and treatment.
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25709
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The Leo W. Jenkins Cancer Center, jointly supported by ECU’s Brody School of Medicine and Pitt County Memorial Hospital, has become the site for testing a new field of photodynamic therapy.
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25718
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UNC encourages physicians to consider conducting trials at their clinics. Clinical trials are necessary to advance research and treatment, but recruiting patients is difficult if they think a drug is being tested on them. For liver-cancer patient Don Yarborough, participating in a trial was crucial. If the treatment does not help him, he said, maybe the research would help someone else.
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25835
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Drs. Gordon Downie and Rosa Cuenca are working with Dr. Ron Allison, a radiation oncologist and chairman of the Department of Radiation Oncology at East Carolina’s Brody School of Medicine on a unique and innovate cancer treatment: photodynamic therapy, which uses light rays to target cancerous cells. The Photodynamic Therapy Center is housed at the Leo W. Jenkins Cancer Center, supported by Brody and Pitt County Memorial Hospital.
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29213
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Sophisticated telecommunication systems are known to be good for business, but now they are being used to help doctors treat cancer faster and more accurately across North Carolina. VISTAnet is an experimental, high speed telecommunication systems that links universities, industries, and state consortiums in the battle against cancer.
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29465
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This study examined current differences in North Carolina between African-American and white women in cervical cancer incidence, stage at diagnosis, treatment, and mortality. Results suggest the need for increased preventative cervical cancer screening for African-American women, so that cancer cases can be detected at an earlier stage.
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29510
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Cancer survival rates have not been tracked by the North Carolina Central Cancer Registry, largely due to the insufficient resources necessary to actively follow up with patients after diagnosis. This study compared survival rates for North Carolina patients followed via passive methods to survival rates reported by the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Program, which actively follows patients after diagnosis.
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29654
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The University of North Carolina School of Medicine and Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center have been afforded $65 million of state funds over the next two years. Through the University Cancer Research Fund, UNC will provide the top cancer research and treatment operations in the country.
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29655
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In 2006, cancer was North Carolina's leading cause of death, but the state is not sitting idly by. Cancer centers in the state are leading comprehensive research and conducting clinical trials at universities and cancer centers from the coast to the mountains.
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31336
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A family establishes a film festival at their home in remembrance of son they lost to cancer. Their efforts later evolved into a non-profit organization that raises money for cancer research.
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