News & Accolades
The KeyHunt Lab in the News & Media
Saba Kamaliasl (left), Research Assistant II, and Sepideh Mohammadhosseinpour (right), Postdoctoral Fellow, examine data in the KeyHunt Lab at MD Anderson.
2024 in the News & Media
June 2024
Dr. Kelly K. Hunt contributed to Health Central for an article titled "What Is a Nipple-Sparing Mastectomy?".
May 2024
Dr. Kelly K. Hunt contributed to Health Central for three articles titled "What Is a Modified Radical Mastectomy?", "Double (Bilateral) Mastectomy: Surgery Details, Recovery, and More" and "Lumpectomy vs. Mastectomy: Which to Choose?".
March 2024
Dr. Hunt is featured in Cancerwise this month!
Atypical ductal hyperplasia: What it is and how it's treated
February 2024
Kelly K. Hunt, M.D., and Khandan Keyomarsi, Ph.D., were awarded a $5.99 million grant from the Department of Defense Breast Cancer Research Program for their project: “Advancing our Understanding of Metastatic Breast Cancer Through Development of a Comprehensive Research Platform.”
2023 in the News & Media
December 2023
Dr. Kelly K. Hunt was featured in an OncLive article titled "Revisit the Top 5 OncLive On Air Episodes of 2023."
March 2023
The Keyomarsi-Hunt lab has published an article titled, "Sequential Targeting of Retinoblastoma and DNA Synthesis Pathways Is a Therapeutic Strategy for Sarcomas That Can be Monitored in Real Time," in Cancer Research.
March 2023
Kelly K. Hunt, M.D., has been named President of the Society of Surgical Oncology.
2021 in the News & Media
April 2021
Kelly Hunt, M.D., and the Keyomarsi/Hunt laboratory received Adverse Event Bridge Funding to complete vital breast cancer research interrupted by COVID-19.
Bridge funding supports researchers amid COVID-19
2020 in the News & Media
July 2020
The American College of Surgeons launched the Cancer Surgery Standards Program to standardize specific techniques for cancer surgery and bring uniformity to the way professionals document and communicate operative data. Vice Chair Kelly Hunt, M.D., is leading this initiative with Matthew Katz, M.D., from Surgical Oncology to improve the quality of surgical care for all cancer patients.
May 2020
Congrats to Sofia Mastoraki, TRIUMPH Postdoctoral Fellow in KeyHunt Lab for receiving the BEN F. LOVE FELLOWSHIP IN INNOVATIVE CANCER THERAPIES, Recognition of Research Excellence Award, for contributions to cancer research and education.
May 2020
Congrats to Tuyen Duong Thanh Nguyen, Postdoctoral Fellow in KeyHunt Lab for receiving the DANIEL BENEDICT GAZAN FELLOWSHIP IN SARCOMA RESEARCH AWARD, Recognition of Research Excellence.
2019 in the News & Media
September 2019
Dr. Kelly K. Hunt contributed to U.S. News & World Report for a story titled "A Patient's Guide to Surgery."
May 2019
Congrats to Nicole M. Kettner, Ph.D., TRIUMPH Postdoctoral Fellow in the KeyHunt Laboratory for winning the 2019 Ben F. Love Fellowship in Innovative Cancer Therapies at the MD Anderson Trainee Research Day.
Nicole is pictured with other awardees and Dr. Diane Bodurka, Vice President for Education at MD Anderson Cancer Center.
May 2019
Congrats to Amriti
Lulla, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Fellow in the KeyHunt
Laboratory for receiving a 2019 Sheskey Family Fellowship in Breast
Cancer Research at the MD Anderson Trainee Research Day.
Amriti is pictured with Dr. Diane Bodurka, Vice President for Education at MD Anderson Cancer Center.
May 2019
Congrats to Kari Brewer Savannah, Ph.D., Program Manager of the CPRIT Research Training Program, for her 2019 Department of Experimental Radiation Oncology Employee Performance Award.
May 2019
Congrats to Tuyen Bui, Research Investigator in the KeyHunt Lab for his 2019 Department of Experimental Radiation Oncology Employee Performance Award.
May 2019
Dr. Hunt is featured in Cancerwise this month!
HER2-positive breast cancer survivor: I believe in MD Anderson.
April 2019
Dr. Hunt is featured in this month's Cancerwise!
5 things newly diagnosed breast cancer patients should know.
2018 in the News & Media
August 2018
Dr. Hunt is featured in Cancerwise this month!
Inflammatory breast cancer survivor: Why I give back to MD Anderson.
2017 in the News & Media
December 2017
Dr. Hunt was named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in recognition of her contributions to basic, translational, and clinical research.
Dr. Hunt was honored for "practice-changing breast cancer research involving sentinel lymph node biopsy, breast conservation, novel surgical staging systems, contralateral mastectomy, skin-sparing mastectomy, and quality outcome measures."
October 2017
Dr. Hunt is recognized for her contributions in the October 2017 Cancer Frontline publication titled:
Research training programs to address cancer disparities among minorities.
September 2017
Dr. Hunt is featured in Cancerwise this month!
Two-time breast cancer survivor is grateful for treatment innovations.
July 2017
Dr. Keyomarsi was recognized for her research to identify biomarkers to predict response to breast cancer treatment.
April 2017
Dr. Hunt is featured this month in Cancerwise!
March 2017
Dr. Keyomarsi was recognized for her research on the use of cyclin E staining for detecting breast cancer survival. The article appeared in the 2017 March edition of Cancer Frontline's March 2017.
2016 in the News & Media
April 2016
Dr. Hunt was recognized for developing a new breast cancer staging system that incorporates tumor biology as a critical prognostic indicator.
A new staging system for breast cancer.
The work was published in JAMA Oncology as The Neo-Bioscore Update for Staging Breast Cancer Treated with Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy: Incorporation of Prognostic Biological Factors Into Staging After Treatment. (PMID:26986538).
2015 in the News & Media
December 2015
Dr. Hunt was recognized for her work in leading breast cancer research in the December 2015 issue of Cancer Frontline.