Have you been diagnosed with pleural fluid, and have been referred for a pleural fluid drainage? If so, you may be able to participate in a research registry to help us learn more about lung cancer.

Have you been diagnosed with Advanced Prostate Cancer? If so, you may be able to take part in an International Registry for Men.

Have you ever been diagnosed with metastatic triple negative breast cancer and received 2 or less lines of chemotherapy for your metastatic disease? If so you may be eligible for a trial to evaluate different treatment combination with avelumab for your metastatic breast cancer.

Have you recently been diagnosed with breast cancer but have not yet started treatment (other than surgery)? You may be able to take part in the UNC CogMAP study. In this study, we want to learn more about cognitive and brain function before and after cancer treatment. This will help us to better understand risk factors for experiencing cognitive difficulties during and after treatment.

Participants are asked to come into the lab for a 1.5-hour session. During this session they will complete questionnaires and tasks. Questionnaires will ask about physical and mental health, life experiences, emotions, and cognitive associations. Tasks are designed to measure participants' sensitivity to heartbeat and stomach sensations, as well as socioemotional functioning.

Metabolism is the process your body uses to make energy. The main purpose of this study is to observe the impact of metabolic processes on cognition and behavior.

Fuel for Thought: How do sugar and fat affect each other in the brain? Do you ever wonder what happens in your brain when you eat dessert? And why sugary and fatty foods are so appealing? If so, you may eligible to participate in a research study to understand the impact of sugar and fat on the brain!

Have you been diagnosed with extremity soft tissue sarcoma and are scheduled to have standard of care radiotherapy (XRT) followed by surgery to treat your cancer? XRT is effective in managing extremity soft tissue sarcoma, however, it is associated with risks, such as damage to healthy tissue, and complications in post-surgery wound healing.

Did you know that over 250 million persons are affected by Osteoarthritis? It is the leading cause of disability among adults and has no cure. Prevention of OA is preferable to treatment and females are affected at nearly twice the rate as males. If you are a female, at least 50 years of age, overweight, with no or occasional knee pain, you may be able to participate in a research study to find out if a diet and exercise program or a health education program prevent knee OA.

Did you have head or neck cancer? Have you completed radiation in the past 3 years or more and now have dry mouth? You may be able to take part in a research study to help us learn if a gene therapy can help people with dry mouth due to radiation therapy.