
Robert Ferris, MD, PhD
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cancer center director/oncology health system executive, cancer immunologist, head and neck surgeon, proud husband and father, views are my own
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09-01-2019 21:32:18
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Exciting work by Dr Pecot and team with highly translational application! UNC Lineberger

Thanks for highlighting our work UNC Lineberger UNC Department of Medicine The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society 🙏


Exciting multi-center trial with practice changing implications! Great team science led by Dr Carey and colleagues! UNC Lineberger

🎥 A powerful documentary (WRAL Documentary) explores the rise in young adults being diagnosed with cancer in North Carolina — and what’s being done about it. "I've seen folks in their 20s with these types of cancers,” says Ashwin Somasundaram, MD, a UNC Health oncologist. Watch

“It is my enemy.” It's ours too. V Foundation for Cancer Research grantee, Chad Pecot, MD, shares his ambition towards achieving Victory Over Cancer®.

Dr. Shetal Patel (UNC Lineberger) presented data on zelenectide pevedotin in NECTIN4-amplified NSCLC: in the Duravelo-1 trial, 2/5 efficacy-evaluable patients with amplification responded (duration 5.5 & 9.3 mo). Phase 2 Duravelo-4 study is now enrolling.




Congratulations Drs Massie and Superdock! And great appreciation to the Pope family generously supporting their work UNC Lineberger

Joshua Zeidner (Joshua Zeidner MD), MD, and colleagues report in Journal of Clinical Oncology that a combination therapy that adds a recently approved drug to the current standard of care for newly diagnosed acute myeloid leukemia showed high rates of complete remission in an early-phase clinical trial.






New #JITC position article and guidelines: SITC vision: Opportunities for deeper understanding of mechanisms of anti-tumor activity, toxicity, and resistance to optimize cancer immunotherapy bit.ly/4nqheW3 Robert Ferris, MD, PhD MarleenKokLab Evan Lipson Marco Ruella Mark Yarchoan


