Her discovery expanded our knowledge of cancer genetics
Shortly after arriving at MD Anderson in 1987 as a junior faculty member, Guillermina Lozano, Ph.D., attended several seminars hosted by the center’s biochemistry department.
The biochemists giving the presentations were studying the role of transcription factors – proteins that regulate how genes express themselves. Lozano, a geneticist working to understand p53, a gene known to suppress tumor development, suddenly wondered if...
Partnerships to reduce young people’s exposure to UV radiation
Reducing the incidence of melanoma through primary and secondary prevention is among one of the shared goals and key partnership strategies...
Training dermatologists to detect melanoma at its earliest stages
Each May, Skin Cancer Awareness Month serves as a reminder of how individuals can work to lower their risk of skin cancer – the most common...
Making re-irradiation an option for recurrent head and neck cancer
Patients with recurrent or second primary head and neck cancer who previously received radiation therapy to the head and neck region – especially those with unresectable tumors – have typically had a dismal prognosis and limited treatment options.
Although radiation therapy offers high rates of local disease control, re-irradiating the region is usually avoided for fear of damaging previously irradiated healthy tissue, including...
Honing in on why triple-negative breast cancer can survive chemo
Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) is an aggressive form of the disease that doesn’t rely on the hormones estrogen and progesterone or the...
Quit-smoking toolkit targets residents of public housing
By July 31, all U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) housing will be required to be smokefree, in accordance to rule put...