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 - 8-30-06
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