A dogged pursuit
Summer 2015
The Summer 2015 issue of Conquest features stories about preventive action being taken by women who’ve inherited elevated cancer risks, the importance of palliative care, the Moon Shots Program’s research platforms and much more.
Like most parents, Jenna Arnold is doing all she can to ensure that
she’ll live a long life to see her son, Jack, grow up and pursue his
dreams. Women such as Arnold, who carry BRCA gene mutations, are
participating in a first-in-the-nation MD Anderson clinical trial to
reduce their risk of cancer while leaving menopause for later.
MD Anderson researchers believe they may have found a way to detect
pancreatic cancer at an early stage, before it has spread to other
organs and becomes too difficult to treat.
To prevent skin cancer — the most common type of the disease — it’s
important to be informed about the sun’s harmful effects and diligent
about using sunscreen correctly.
For some time, cancer researchers have considered alpha-amanitin, the
toxin derived from “death cap” mushrooms, as a possible cancer treatment.
Doctors from MD Anderson and Houston Methodist Hospital have performed
what is believed to be the world’s first partial skull and scalp
transplant on a man whose treatment for a rare cancer of the scalp
muscle left him with a deep head wound that wouldn’t heal.
Palliative care and hospice care aren’t synonymous. Palliative care is a
branch of medicine that helps patients deal with the physical side
effects and emotional stress that come with cancer treatment and
diagnosis. Meet the team that improves quality of life for patients.
To better understand the Moon Shots Program, we offer a look at the 10
platforms that drive the research.
When they aren’t fighting cancer, these faculty and staff members are
expressing themselves
The MD Anderson Cancer Network® allows the institution to collaborate
with healthcare providers to provide MD Anderson’s model of
multidisciplinary care to patients in the communities where they live.
Ten years after San Antonio businessman Red McCombs and his wife,
Charline, made a transformative $30 million gift to MD Anderson, their
generosity is showing a big impact.
Mentors’ guidance is invaluable for young scientists and clinicians
Bree Sandlin’s inner strength and inner voice helped her conquer Stage
III triple-negative breast cancer and Mount Kilimanjaro.
The FDA-approved lenvatinib is helping thyroid cancer patients who don’t
respond to standard treatment
Previous Issues
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Fall 2016
Big data, big results
Summer 2016
Building on success
Spring 2016
Family planning
Fall 2015
The cold virus versus cancer
Spring 2015
No patient left behind
Fall 2014
The cancer vaccine
Summer 2014
The game changer
Spring 2014
Plans to knock out tobacco
Fall 2013
Looking beyond the cancer cell
Summer 2013
A magnificent seven
Spring 2013
Moon shots program update
Fall 2012
MD Anderson's Moon Shots Program
Summer 2012
Where change begins
Spring 2012
The Pilots of the OR
Fall 2011
Changing the Stories We Tell
Summer 2011
Through Whirlwind and Calm
Spring 2011
Lungs That Function Not Taken for Granted
Fall 2010
Branching Out to Conquer Cancer
Summer 2010
Survivorship:
Spring 2010
Pathology: