UT MD Anderson and Texas Children’s Hospital announce $150 million gift from Kinder Foundation to launch Kinder Children’s Cancer Center
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and Texas Children’s Hospital today announced a $150 million gift from Kinder Foundation. The transformational gift creates Kinder Children’s Cancer Center, a joint venture of UT MD Anderson Cancer Center and Texas Children’s Hospital, with a single mission: to end childhood cancer.
The gift is one of the largest philanthropic donations made to an American pediatric hospital...
AACR: New CAR T cell therapy benefits patients with advanced thyroid cancers
Phase I trial demonstrates lasting responses and encouraging safety profile in two aggressive thyroid cancer subtypes, suggesting further progress...
AACR: HER2 targeted therapy shows promise in previously treated lung cancers
Zongertinib, a HER2-targeted therapy made by Boehringer Ingelheim, demonstrated promising results in HER2-mutant lung cancer.
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AACR: Topical gel relieves painful skin rash side effect caused by targeted therapy for colorectal cancer
Novel treatment allowed patients with colorectal cancer to successfully continue taking their cancer treatment with improved quality of life
Acne-like skin rash is a common side effect from colorectal cancer treatment, often causing patients to postpone their treatments
LUT014, a topical BRAF inhibitor made by Lutris Pharma, is the first agent to treat the cause of the rash without interfering with the treatment itself
Over two-thirds of...
AACR: First-in-class covalent Werner helicase inhibitor shows clinical proof-of-concept in Phase I trial
RO7589831, a new drug from Roche, is first in a new class of drugs called Werner helicase inhibitors
Drug works similarly to other DNA...
AACR: Olaparib and pembrolizumab combination shows early promise in molecularly selected, tumor-agnostic trial
Combining Lynparza (olaparib) and Keytruda (pembrolizumab) showed antitumor activity in multiple cancer types, particularly those with BRCA1...
AACR: Researchers share promising results from MD Anderson clinical trials
ABSTRACTS: CT012, CT132, CT265
Researchers from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center will present promising...
AACR: MD Anderson researchers share cancer breakthroughs
ABSTRACTS: 1186, 3746, 3763, 3776, 3824, 6367, 6384, 6396, 6424, 6427, 6436, 6438,
CHICAGO ― Researchers from The University of Texas...
AACR: Five MD Anderson researchers honored with 2025 Scientific Achievement Awards
Five scientists from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center will be recognized with Scientific Achievement Awards and honors at...
AACR: MD Anderson’s John Weinstein elected Fellow of the AACR Academy
CHICAGO ― John N. Weinstein, M.D., Ph.D., chair of Bioinformatics and Computational Biology and professor of Systems Biology...