Category: Cancer Prevention and Control
HPDP researchers receive a $3 million grant to study community pharmacy distribution model for colorectal cancer preventative testing
March 7, 2024A team of HPDP researchers, in collaboration with researchers at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, has received a five-year, $3 million R01 grant from the National Cancer Institute to study the impact of … Read more
CPCRN publishes special supplement to mark 20th anniversary
December 7, 2023The Cancer Prevention and Control Research Network (CPCRN) has published a supplemental issue of Cancer Causes and Control to mark the Network’s 20th anniversary. The supplement is separated into five … Read more
2022 Year Recap
December 22, 2022With 2022 coming to an end, we want to reflect on the incredible work HPDP researchers, Community Advisors, and staff have done in the past year. From celebrating milestones in environmental justice, … Read more
HPDP research fellow Thompson receives $500,000 CDC grant to study ovarian cancer diagnosis
September 15, 2022A University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) research team has received a two-year, $500,000 grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to better understand healthcare-rela … Read more
Case study shares example of closing health care disparities through antiracist organizing
July 21, 2022“Imagine a world where racial disparities in healthcare could be virtually eliminated. Actually, there is no need to imagine — it has already happened at a health care center in Greensboro, North Caro … Read more
Study estimates costs of treating and living with metastatic breast cancer will more than double between 2015 and 2030, due to increase in cases among younger women
July 15, 2021A study from the UNC Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention (HPDP) estimates that annual costs associated with metastatic breast cancer among U.S. women will total $152.4 billion in 2030, … Read more
Research Fellow Profile: Samuel Cykert, MD
December 11, 2020Samuel Cykert, MD is a research fellow at HPDP and Professor of Medicine in the Division of General Internal Medicine and Clinical Epidemiology at UNC-Chapel Hill. What questions are you trying to an … Read more
Investigators with the Cancer Prevention and Control Research Network at HPDP to contribute to cancer screening improvement tool
December 10, 2020Cancer screening saves lives. But many people don’t receive screening that could save their lives or don’t receive the right screening at the right time. A team of cancer prevention researchers at the … Read more
Study finds excess medical costs associated with metastatic breast cancer, especially among younger women
May 20, 2020A study at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has found that metastatic breast cancer is associated with substantial excess health care costs for patients. Using statistical modeling base … Read more
UNC-led ACCURE trial remedies racial disparities in treatment for early-stage lung and breast cancer patients
May 20, 2020Adapted from the UNC Health Care and UNC School of Medicine newsroom. Results from a study published in The Journal of the National Medical Association show that a pragmatic system-based intervention … Read more