2006 News Releases

View news releases from 2006.

Allergy Drug Slows Pancreatic Tumor Growth in Preclinical Studies - 12/19/2006
Genomic Tests Improve Prediction of Breast Cancer Response to Chemotherapy, Hormonal Therap - 12/14/2006
Decline in Breast Cancer Cases Likely Linked to Reduced Use of Hormone Replacement - 12/14/2006
M. D. Anderson Phase I / II Study Reports First Clinical Activity in T315I-Positive CML, ALL and JAK-2-Positive MPD with MK-0457 (VX-680), a Multi-Kinase Inhibitor - 12/11/2006
Consortium of International Hospitals Receives $11 Million to Conduct World's Largest Study of Genetic Brain Tumors - 12/04/2006
Targeting Leukemic Stem Cells By Bcl-2 Inhibition - 11/17/2006
"Trojan Horse" Agent Halts Bone Metastasis in Mice - 11/15/2006
Study Finds Race Affects African-American Survival of Breast Cancer - 10/26/2006
Researcher at M. D. Anderson Cancer Center Receives $250,000 Carcinoid Tumor Research Grant - 10/24/2006
M. D. Anderson Establishes Clinic, Research Program for Inflammatory Breast Cancer - 10/20/2006
M. D. Anderson's Brain Tumor Bank Joins Federal Program to Map Changes in Malignant Brain Tumors - 10/06/2006
Impaired Gene Helps Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Resist Drug - 10/03/2006
Three Molecular Triggers Threaten Leukemia Patients - 10/03/2006
New Path from Estrogen to Survival in Breast Cancer Cells Described - 09/25/2006
Collaboration Key to Cancer Findings - 09/15/2006
M. D. Anderson, Baylor College of Medicine, Launch Research Effort Targeting Asthma and Allergic Diseases - 09/14/2006
Unlocking Colon Cancer with Key of Prevention - 08/30/2006
M. D. Anderson Teaches the Art of Aromatherapy to Soothe and Heal - 08/29/2006
Fatty spheres loaded with siRNA shrink ovarian cancer tumors in preclinical trial - 08/15/2006
Study Finds Cardiac Toxicity Rates High With Herceptin Use; Can be Reversed With Treatment - 08/14/2006
New Hope in Cancer Vaccines Emerges as Novel Therapies are Developed and Tested - 08/04/2006
Researchers Identify Gene as Protector of DNA, Enemy of Tumors - 08/03/2006
Preclinical Study Shows Chronic Stress Agitates Ovarian Cancer; Reducing Stress Slows Tumor Growth - 07/23/2006
An Exercise of the Will - 07/17/2006
Researchers Find Molecular "Brake" to Cell Death; Discovery Could Yield New Target for Future Therapies - 06/29/2006
Obesity in Prostate Cancer Patients Predicts Cancer Recurrence and Progression After Radiation Treatment - 06/26/2006
Buckyballs Boost Antibody's Chemotherapy Payload - 06/21/2006
Gleevec's Younger Sibling, Nilotinib, Appears to Help CML Patients Who Do Not Respond to Gleevec - 06/14/2006
Drug Attacks Prostate Cancer in Mouse Model by Destroying Its Blood Supply - 06/06/2006
Participating in Yoga During Treatment for Breast Cancer Improves Quality of Life - 06/04/2006
Early Results Find Activity In Drug That Turns on Tumor "Death" Receptors - 06/03/2006
Targeted Virus Compels Cancer Cells to Eat Themselves - 05/02/2006
Choice of Chemotherapy Before Liver Metastasis Surgery Matters for Some Patients - 04/28/2006
Study Finds Novel Vaccine Curbs Brain Tumor Growth, Increases Survival - 04/25/2006
New Hybrid Virus Provides Targeted Molecular Imaging of Cancer - 04/21/2006
Initial Results of the Study of Tamoxifen and Raloxifene (STAR) Released: Osteoporosis Drug Raloxifene Shown to be as Effective as Tamoxifen in Preventing Invasive Breast Cancer - 04/18/2006
Benefit of Chemotherapy in Breast Cancer Depends on Estrogen-Receptor Status - 04/11/2006
Assessment Model Gauges Lung Cancer Risk Based on Medical History and Genetics - 04/05/2006
Lack of Response to Herceptin May be Reversed with Addition of a PI3K Inhibitor - 04/04/2006
Research Suggests that Immune Response Protects Against Brain Tumor Development - 04/02/2006
Study Demonstrates that Lung Cancer Susceptibility Runs in Families - 04/02/2006
Sometimes No Treatment is the Right Option for Low-Risk Prostate Cancer - 03/23/2006
Drug that Switches on Genes Improves Myelodysplastic Syndrome Treatment - 03/13/2006
International Award Honors M. D. Anderson President for Pioneering Research - 02/27/2006
Viral, Gold Nanoparticles Can Assemble Themselves to Potentially Find and Treat Disease - 01/23/2006
Prophylactic Surgeries Prevent Two Gynecological Cancers in Women with Lynch Syndrome - 01/19/2006
Tool Developed to Silence Genes in Specific Tissues Using RNAi - 01/18/2006
Point-of-care Test Proves More Effective For Recurrent Bladder Cancer Than Conventional Lab Test - 01/17/2006
Annual Chaplaincy Event to Honor KPRC's Linda Lorelle, Dr. John Mendelsohn - 01/11/2006
New Generation Clinical Trials Could Save Time and Money, Improve Patient Care - 01/05/2006