Cutting-edge MRI-guided radiation therapy provides real-time view of tumors
An innovative new technology is now providing radiation oncologists at MD Anderson Cancer Center a real-time view of tumors while they use cancer-killing radiation beams.
These live images help keep the radiation beam directly on target throughout every treatment, allowing for a degree of precision and monitoring capabilities that were not previously possible.
The technology, known as the...
Merging an MRI with a linear accelerator allows greater precision in cancer treatment
When people breathe, there’s movement inside their bodies.
Organs, tissues and even cancer patients’ tumors move around all the time...
Hydrocodone prescriptions decreasing, study shows
The effectiveness of opioids in treating cancer pain has been well established over the years. But today’s opioid epidemic that began slowly in the late 1990s has led to changes in state and federal regulations about how and when opioid drugs are prescribed.
“Opioids are essential to controlling cancer patients’ pain,” said Ali Haider, M.D., assistant professor of Palliative, Rehabilitation and Integrative Medicine. “More than...
For carriers of Lynch syndrome, an elevated cancer risk runs in the family
When Craig Bunk began experiencing severe abdominal pain, blood loss and fatigue, his family doctor thought a stomach ulcer was to blame....
Treatment puts the freeze on breast cancer
When Jo Ann West learned she had early-stage breast cancer, her doctor suggested an inventive new treatment that involves no major surgery...
After a stem cell transplant, professor returns to the classroom
Chemistry professor Bindu Chakravarty rarely missed a day teaching at Houston Community College. So when she called in sick one morning, it...
Patients go from hepatitis C to hepatitis free
Jan Barbo likely got hepatitis C from a blood transfusion. Almost 50 years ago, she suffered an ectopic pregnancy when a fertilized egg attached...
With the help of Pink Ribbon Red Ribbon, fighting cancer in Africa
A program designed to reduce cervical- and breast-cancer deaths among women in developing countries is celebrating its fifth anniversary this...
How lasers are attacking 'inoperable' brain and spine tumors
When Allison Easley awoke one morning with soreness under her right armpit, she thought she’d pulled a muscle. But the pain soon became worse...