Prostate Cancer Screening Deserves a Passing Grade
A federal task force that gave prostate cancer screening a D grade -- as in don't screen men who have no symptoms of the disease -- should bump that rating to a C, an MD Anderson scientist argues this week in a commentary in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
A grade C more closely fits available clinical evidence and will encourage clinicians to engage men in informed decision-making, a process that the D grade is...
Researchers Find Barriers to Multiple Myeloma Drugs and Keys to Unlock Them
MD Anderson researchers have identified molecular factors that erode the effectiveness of two important drugs for multiple...
Acute Myeloid Leukemia Patients Respond to New Combination
Adding a third drug to frontline combination therapy for acute myeloid leukemia resulted in an 85% complete remission...
Targeted Drugs Emerging for Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia
A promising new class of drugs may shift treatment of the most common form of adult leukemia from combination chemotherapies to a more customized approach.
One such B cell receptor inhibitor, called PCI-32765, continues to show improved effectiveness in an ongoing clinical trial with relatively mild side effects compared to existing treatment.
Susan O'Brien, M.D., professor in MD Anderson's Department of Leukemia, will...
Exciting Advances in Inflammatory Breast Cancer at SABCS
Inflammatory breast cancer (IBC) is one of the most aggressive subtypes of breast cancer. The MD Anderson Morgan Welch Inflammatory...
Oncologist Joins Media at San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium
Attending the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium for the past two years as a member of press is always a very pleasing and rewarding experience...
Combination Drug Therapy Promising for Advanced Breast Cancer
In an MD Anderson-led study presented at the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium today, researchers presented new data about a combination...