Mission accomplished: NASA doctor receives personalized leukemia treatment

Spring 2016
“Being diagnosed with cancer and told that it may rule out parenthood can be devastating for people who haven’t yet started or completed their families,” says Terri Woodard, M.D., assistant professor of Gynecologic Oncology and Reproductive Medicine. Woodard directs MD Anderson’s Oncofertility Clinic.

Preserving fertility in the face of cancer
At the Oncofertility Clinic, oncology and reproductive medicine intersect to help cancer patients preserve fertility before treatment.
MD Anderson surgeons are adopting a program pioneered
by their peers in Europe that makes life easier for patients
before, during and...
A new study is seeking new drugs to combat triple-negative breast cancer, an aggressive form of the
disease that doesn’t rely on the...
As a pediatric cancer clinician and researcher, Patrick
Zweidler-McKay has devoted his career to treating children
with particularly...
Thanks to teamwork and quick thinking, valuable cancer research was saved when wildfires threatened the Smithville campus last October.
An oncologist and a surgeon from different hospitals work together to treat primary cardiac sarcomas, aka heart tumors.
From the AIDS epidemic to fighting T cell lymphomas and
skin cancer, much of Madeleine Duvic’s work has dealt with these white blood...
Physicians and scientists are treating cancer by using their knowledge of the cellular functions shared by it and other diseases.
Cord blood and half-match options provide patients with a whole lot of hope.
Cancer prevention experts weigh in on how to decrease
your risk for cancer by avoiding carcinogens on a daily
basis.
MD Anderson researchers have recently published studies that point to a connection between cancer and our diets and eating habits.
Cancer immunotherapy leaders at MD Anderson will work with experts at five other cancer centers in a new alliance funded by the...
Researchers with MD Anderson’s Colorectal Cancer Moon Shot are sharpening the focus of a genetic tool designed to classify colorectal...
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