Congratulations to radiation oncology resident and physician-scientist Dr. Joe Caster on his recent selection as a 2016 John William Pope Clinical Fellow. Three fellowship awardees, chosen annually based on nominations and voting by oncology-related department chairs and division chiefs, are … Continued
Residents Joe Caster, MD and Kyle Wang, MD participated
The Department of Radiation Oncology was well-represented at the annual American Society for Clinical Oncology (ASCO) meeting June 3-7, 2016 in Chicago. A total of twelve abstracts were accepted for presentation, with more than half authored or co-authored by our … Continued
Chief Resident Dr. Aaron Falchook is one of three recipients of the 2015 Pope Clinical Fellows Award, a prestigious honor recognizing excellence in cancer-related research by aspiring physician-scientists. This UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center award is given annually, with each … Continued
Congratulations to physics division director Dr. Sha Chang for being featured in UNC Endeavors magazine, the official research and creative activity magazine of UNC-Chapel Hill. Her work, in collaboration with Dr. Otto Zhou, David Godschalk Distinguished Professor of Physics and … Continued
Goal: use of combined modality therapy in the treatment of diseases of the GI tract, and assessing possible biological indicators of treatment response.
Goal: use a team approach to review cases before treatment begins, rather than after treatment decisions have been made.
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
Comparative study will focus on minority, underserved populations.
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.