Every day on her way to her lab, Sammy Ferri-Borgogno, Ph.D., passed through the oncology waiting room. Seeing the faces, observing the interactions between the family members, she saw how cancer was impacting them. She was only a student at the time, but she wanted to help.
She decided to study cancer cells and what causes them to multiply and what causes them to retreat.
Using state-of-the-art technology to deliver breakthroughs...Helene Andrews-Polymenis finds hope in cancer research.
Like many cancer survivors, she often feels some anxiety when she thinks about...
The relationship between what we eat and drink and our cancer risk is complex. It’s been the subject of research for decades.
“Nutrition...
At MD Anderson, our care teams work hand in hand with scientists who bring the best treatments available today to our clinics while dreaming and developing the next wave of cancer therapies. Our Texas Medical Center Campus is home to hundreds of labs and thousands of scientists with expertise in different fields – all united by our singular goal to end cancer.
We asked four researchers – Lauren Colbert, M.D., Emil Schueler...
Enrolling in a clinical trial is one way to access cancer treatment that may not yet be broadly available while helping future cancer patients...
On a Saturday in late February, Hussein Abbas, M.D., Ph.D., celebrated becoming a U.S. citizen. It was nearly two decades in the making and...
Sangeeta Goswami, M.D., Ph.D., always has been a “people person.” Her love of her patients and her colleagues has fueled her work in both...
NUT carcinoma is a rare cancer that starts in the lungs or sinuses. Less than 200 cases are diagnosed in the U.S. each year. But it might...
Rebekah Thibodeaux didn’t expect to see her daughter 13-year-old daughter, Lane, back in the saddle so soon. When Lane was diagnosed with...
Mazen Nadim wasn’t interested in robotic surgery to remove his adrenal tumor at first. No scar, no deal, the 15-year-old insisted. After all...