June 2013 | Oncology Live®

Holland's Research Focuses on Needs of Older Patients

July 25, 2013

When Jimmie C. Holland, MD, conducts research, geriatric cancer patients are often her focus. Holland has studied telephone intervention as a way to monitor stress in patients aged 65 and older. She discussed the effort with OncologyLive.

UNC Research Leader Sees Multiple Roles, Many Questions in NF-κB Activity

July 17, 2013

Albert S. Baldwin, Jr, PhD, focuses on understanding the regulation and biological functions of NF-κB and its role in disease, particularly in cancer, in a laboratory he heads at the UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center.

Big Moment for Nanotech: Oncology Therapeutics Poised for a Leap

July 02, 2013

The translation of scientific advances in nanotechnology into cancer therapies, in vitro assays, and imaging tools is poised for takeoff, amid fresh excitement among investors and a mushrooming of findings from leading research institutions.

The Inflammation Link: NF-κB Remains a Difficult but Intriguing Target

June 28, 2013

The complex regulation of NF-κB activation has presented significant challenges for the development of anticancer agents, but researchers are now beginning to better understand and embrace this complexity to drive development of a variety of novel NF-κB-targeting strategies.

Abiraterone Slows mCRPC Before Chemotherapy

June 21, 2013

Progression-free survival doubled in men with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer with no chemotherapy exposure who were treated with abiraterone acetate plus prednisone versus prednisone alone.