Early Signs of Ovarian Cancer, and How to Help Reduce Your Risk
You can’t screen for it, and signs and symptoms are often subtle
Category: Cancer
The Gift of Sophie
Sophie Steiner, 15, lying in bed on the fifth floor of UNC Children’s Hospital, asked her parents for one last thing. None of them had any idea this one last thing would transform cancer support services for teens and young adults at the UNC Medical Center. But her request has done just that. Sophie had…
Cancer Patient Navigator: A Friend, Expert and Advocate
How patient navigators help you through every step of your cancer fight
Paying a Hefty Price for a Killer Tan
For one woman, a tanning bed habit in youth resulted in melanoma and eye cancer later in life
‘Tumor Boards’ Bring Many Experts to One Patient
Physicians meet at cancer conferences to strategize the best care for complex cancer cases.
Cancer Clinical Trials Don’t Have to Be a Last Resort
Learn how you can play a more active role in your treatment and help other patients, too.
Expert Help for Patients at Risk of Kidney Cancer
UNC’s von Hippel-Lindau Comprehensive Clinical Care Center treats familial syndromes with predispositions of kidney cancer.
Racial Differences in Breast Cancer Outcomes Are About More Than Bi...
Black women and white women have different breast cancer outcomes -- and it's not all about biology. UNC researchers want the answers.
How Mohs Surgery Is Changing the Way Skin Cancer Is Treated
This specialized technique can be performed in a doctor’s office rather than an operating room
Meet Your Cancer Care Team
This support system of health professionals will help you every step of the way.
Living Life to the Fullest with Metastatic Breast Cancer
Women with this incurable disease can still respond positively to treatment.