Cancerwise

One of the most significant challenges for treating brain cancers is the blood-brain barrier, which protects the brain but also prevents certain drugs and therapies from getting through to where they are needed.

UT MD Anderson researchers are exploring methods to better deliver medications across the blood-brain barrier to treat patients with cancers of the brain and nervous system.

Here’s what to know about the blood-brain...

Until Groundhog Day 2018, I’d been living a healthy and normal life in Austin with my wife, Amy, and our two young children. Then one day, I woke up with a really bad headache and wound up in the emergency room with suspected meningitis. A few days later, I learned the true culprit: a type of brain tumor called astrocytoma. That diagnosis turned my whole world upside-down.  

I chose UT MD Anderson for my astrocytoma treatment...