When Nancy Pinkston’s melanoma crept back, taking up residence in lymph nodes under her right arm, she and her oncologist in Dallas discussed her options.
Surgery is standard of care for her stage III melanoma. About 70% of patients who have surgery for that stage end up having a relapse.
“My oncologist knew about a clinical trial at MD Anderson that might be a good fit,” Nancy says. “She knew Dr. Hussein Tawbi and contacted...
Five years ago, patients with late-stage melanoma that had spread to other organs had no good treatment options.
A pair of treatment...
When a massive clinical trial about lung cancer screening shows a benefit to current and former smokers, why can it take so long to become...
For Mike Harris, life is good.
"I'm alive today
because of a clinical trial," he says of a Phase I study he
entered at MD Anderson four years ago for his myelofibrosis, a rare
blood cancer that had no standard treatment at the time.
Last year, he and wife Sandy celebrated their 45th wedding
anniversary. They live in Kingwood, north of Houston, near their son's
family, and enjoy strong connections to their two...
People with higher levels of folate in their red blood cells were more likely to have two cancer-preventing genes shut down by methylation...