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MD Anderson’s blog features stories from survivors and caregivers, and our experts’ insights on cancer treatment, research breakthroughs, healthy living and more.

Exploring pancreatic cancer vaccines: What’s next?

BY Christina Sumners

November 21, 2024

When most people think of a vaccine, they think of the prevention of a disease. For pancreatic cancer vaccines, though, it’s a little...

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Newest research in sarcoma

BY Christina Sumners

May 30, 2024

Sarcomas are a broad group of cancers that originate from connective tissues, such as the blood or lymph vessels, gastrointestinal...

What’s new in KRAS mutation research?

BY Christina Sumners

April 04, 2024

Cancer cells often develop genetic mutations that initiate and sustain the growth of tumors. The most frequently mutated of these...

Can leukemia be treated with a pill?

BY Christina Sumners

December 11, 2023

Leukemia treatments have been constantly improving from the days when patients had to come to the hospital or clinic for intravenous...

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A next-generation treatment for bile duct cancer

BY Christina Sumners

October 22, 2023

For patients with cholangiocarcinoma, or bile duct cancer, the first line of treatment often includes standard cancer treatments, such...

Dr. Ecaterina Dumbrava stands in a hallway

Clinical trial of new AhR inhibitor shows cancer might be...

BY Christina Sumners

June 04, 2023

The human immune system is constantly attacking damaged cells that might turn into cancer, thus protecting us from these cells growing...

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Your questions about BCMA and multiple myeloma, answered

BY Christina Sumners

June 03, 2023

You may have heard someone with multiple myeloma mention the possibility of BCMA-targeted therapy and wondered what BCMA means and why...

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What’s new in CAR T cell therapy? Solid tumor advances

BY Christina Sumners

April 17, 2023

Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell therapy has been an amazing advance for treating blood cancers like leukemia, lymphoma and...

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