Former MD Anderson President Dr. Charles A. LeMaistre Passes Away at 92
Charles Aubrey “Mickey” LeMaistre, M.D., past president of The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and a pioneering crusader against the harmful effects of tobacco use and catalyst of the field of cancer prevention, died today in Houston. He was 92. LeMaistre came to MD Anderson as president in 1978 after serving seven years as chancellor of The University of Texas System.
“Mickey was one of the great icons of 20th century...
MD Anderson welcomes FDA proposed rule to limit carcinogen levels in smokeless tobacco
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center fully supports the proposed rule released today by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration...
‘Collateral’ lethality may offer new therapeutic approach for cancers of the pancreas, stomach and colon
Cancer cells often delete genes that normally suppress tumor formation. These deletions also may extend to neighboring genes, an event known...
MD Anderson and nation’s cancer centers jointly endorse updated HPV vaccine recommendations
As national vaccination rates for the human papillomavirus (HPV) remain low, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center has again united with the 68 other National Cancer Institute (NCI)-designated cancer centers in issuing a joint statement endorsing the recently revised vaccination recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
The new CDC guidelines recommend 11- to 12-year-old boys and girls...
MD Anderson and EMD Serono enter three-year strategic collaboration to accelerate development of investigational oncology/immuno-oncology compounds
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and EMD Serono, the healthcare business of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany in the U.S. and...