Mission accomplished: NASA doctor receives personalized leukemia treatment
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Summer 2013
Learn about treatments for rare cancers, services for patients of all ages, the regional care centers, the importance of lifestyle choices, an emphasis on education and much more.
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MD Anderson continues mission of discovery, caring
They arrived from different parts of the United States: Dotsy Elliott, Marvin Kimmel, Miriam Jauregui, Justin Ozuna, Mindy Morris, Harry Sheppard and Madeline Cashion.
MD Anderson strives to understand and address the different needs of patients from children to adolescents and young adults, seniors and those in the greater Houston community.
An impressive faculty of cancer prevention clinicians and epidemiologists, behavioral scientists and health disparities researchers continue to dissect and investigate methods of prevention to reduce the number of people who develop cancer.
One approach doesn't fit everyone when it comes to quitting smoking, but researchers and physicians are beginning to understand addiction and find ways to help smokers kick the habit.
Through the School of Health Professions and the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, a collaboration with The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, MD Anderson is investing in a future of strong scientific discovery and excellence in health care.
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Summer 2019
Dense breasts and cancer risk: What women need to know
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Fall 2018
Celebrating a breakthrough discovery
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Summer 2018
Leaving pain behind and looking ahead to life
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Spring 2018
The p53 pioneer
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Fall 2017
The hospital's heroes
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Summer 2017
A growing area of study
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Spring 2017
A dogged pursuit
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Fall 2016
Big data, big results
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Summer 2016
Building on success
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Spring 2016
Family planning
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Fall 2015
The cold virus versus cancer
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Summer 2015
Empowered Prevention
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Spring 2015
No patient left behind
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Fall 2014
The cancer vaccine
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Summer 2014
The game changer
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Spring 2014
Plans to knock out tobacco
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Fall 2013
Looking beyond the cancer cell
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Spring 2013
Moon shots program update
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Fall 2012
MD Anderson's Moon Shots Program
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Summer 2012
Where change begins
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Spring 2012
The Pilots of the OR
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Fall 2011
Changing the Stories We Tell
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Summer 2011
Through Whirlwind and Calm
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Spring 2011
Lungs That Function Not Taken for Granted
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Fall 2010
Branching Out to Conquer Cancer
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Summer 2010
Survivorship:
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Spring 2010
Pathology: