Study shows Enhanced Recovery After Surgery lowers pain and opioid use for lung cancer patients
MD Anderson surgeons have found a way to reduce pain and opioid use for lung cancer patients undergoing a lung resection. A recent study led by David Rice, M.B. BCh, professor of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, and published in the Annals of Surgery, showed that using an Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) pathway employing a long-acting local anesthetic (liposomal bupivacaine)...
Twelve MD Anderson researchers honored with 2020 AACR Team Science Awards
The American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) is recognizing the founding members of The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) ...
Brain metastases recruit suppressive immune cells via novel pathway to facilitate their growth
MD Anderson researchers have discovered that metastatic cancer cells in the brain upregulate expression of the EZH2 gene to activate a previously...
Cancer-associated fibroblasts fuel breast cancer growth
Researchers at MD Anderson have discovered that cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAF) help fuel the growth of breast tumors. Their findings were published in Cell Reports on June 2, and an image from their study was featured on the cover of the journal issue.
Raghu Kalluri, M.D., Ph.D., professor and chair of Cancer Biology and senior author for this study, explains, “Tumors are made of many more non-cancer cells than cancer cells...
