UNC Lineberger hosts National Cancer Moonshot regional summit

Members from North Carolina’s three National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer centers, together with care providers, researchers, advocates and patients from the state, met in Chapel Hill to be part of a national discussion on how to speed the pace of cancer discovery and clinical advances.

Care providers, researchers, advocates and patients from North Carolina came together in Chapel Hill Wednesday to participate in a national discussion on how to speed the pace of cancer discovery and the development of new treatments.

UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, Duke Cancer Institute and Wake Forest Baptist’s Comprehensive Cancer Center – the state’s three National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer centers – hosted the event as part of the National Cancer Moonshot Initiative’s national summit. In all, regional summits were held in 50 states, Washington D.C., Puerto Rico and Guam... read more