Could gold nanoparticles help treat cancer?
Gold nanoparticles are minuscule particles made of gold. From drug and gene delivery to photothermal and photodynamic therapies to screening and diagnostic tests to radiation therapy, X-ray imaging and CT scans, these small particles engineered from the precious metal serve a variety of functions in the biomedical field and hold the potential for future applications in medicine.
Konstantin Sokolov, Ph.D., professor of Imaging Physics...
Patient with vaginal cancer with DDR mutation benefits from clinical trial
In March 2019, Shelly Busby began experiencing unusual vaginal bleeding. Frightened and concerned, she went to her OB/GYN for an examination...
What to expect when you meet with an oncofertility specialist
For people who hope to have children of their own, a cancer diagnosis can derail those plans. However, thanks to oncofertility experts, who...
COVID-19 vaccines and mammograms: 7 things to know
Could getting a COVID-19 vaccine affect the results of your mammogram or other diagnostic imaging exams?
Physicians at MD Anderson are seeing an uptick in mammograms and other diagnostic imaging exams showing potential findings that can be confused with cancer in patients who’ve recently received one of the mRNA COVID-19 vaccines from Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna.
This is due to a common side effect of the COVID-19 vaccines...
Targeting the KRAS mutation for more effective cancer treatment
Since the discovery of KRAS gene mutations in 1983, researchers have worked to develop new therapies that target this protein when treating...
Nanomedicine: Small particles with huge possibilities for cancer care
Nanomedicine is a quickly emerging area of study that uses nanoparticles for drug delivery, diagnoses and in vivo imaging. While nanomedicine...