Scientists discover melanoma-driving genetic changes caused by sun damage
New approach sorts cancer "driver" mutations from abundant but irrelevant "passengers"
MD Anderson News Release 07/19/12
It's been a burning question in melanoma research: Tumor cells are full of ultraviolet (UV)-induced genetic damage caused by sunlight exposure, but which mutations drive this cancer?
None have been conclusively tied to melanoma. The sheer abundance of these passenger mutations has...
UT MD Anderson named nation's top hospital for cancer in U.S. News & World Report survey
MD Anderson News Release 07/16/12
For the sixth consecutive year, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center has been named...
MD Anderson and the Polish Center of Translational Chemistry, Biology and Medicine become Sister Institutions
MD Anderson News Release 07/03/12
Yesterday, July 2, 2012, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center signed a Sister Institution...
Nursing Leader Named Fellow in American Academy of Nurse Practitioners
MD Anderson News Release 07/02/12
Joyce E. Dains, Dr.P.H., R.N., J.D., director of The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center's Advanced Practice Nursing (APN) Program, was inducted recently into the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners (AANP) as a fellow.
Dains also is associate professor in the Department of Nursing and manager of Professional Education for Prevention and Early Detection (PEPED) at MD Anderson...