Melanoma survivor grateful for personalized cancer vaccine clinical trial
Tony Hout first noticed a sore on the top of his ear after he got a bad sunburn while watching his son play soccer in the summer of 2023. It kept scabbing over and bleeding. ¡°I thought it was just taking a long time to heal,¡± he recalls.
Fast-forward to March 2024: his ear became swollen, red and painful during a family lake trip. A visit to urgent care led him to a dermatologist, who biopsied the sore and a spot on his chest....
What are cancer biomarkers, and how do they guide treatment?
Cancer care is no longer one-size-fits-all. Today, doctors can tailor treatment based on the specific characteristics of each patient¡¯s tumor...
Understanding VEXAS Syndrome: Why this often-missed condition affects men over 50
VEXAS syndrome is a clonal blood disorder that can trigger widespread inflammation throughout the body and mostly affects men over age 50....
Inflammatory breast cancer survivor names son after MD Anderson
When 27-year-old Savannah Curry from Missouri found a lump in her breast, cancer was the last thing on her mind. She had no family history of breast cancer and thought she was too young to be worried about cancer.
Soon after discovering the lump, Savannah learned she was pregnant with her second child. At an appointment with her OB/GYN, she mentioned the lump and was told to schedule a mammogram. The local clinic couldn¡¯t get her...
How MD Anderson¡¯s global oncology commitment is improving cancer care worldwide
MD Anderson has a clear mission: to end cancer. However, our efforts go far beyond our campuses in the Greater Houston area. To make the biggest...
What¡¯s new in treating hepatocellular carcinoma, the most common liver cancer?
Liver cancer is one of the most quickly increasing types of cancer in the United States due to a poor lifestyle causing obesity, diabetes,...
How are biomarkers used to treat cancer?
In the past, patients with a particular cancer type all received the same treatment, but research has shown that tumors have unique features...
Genetic testing for cancer risk: Insight for health care providers
Between 5% and 10% of all cancers are hereditary, which means that changes in specific genes are passed from one generation to another. People...
How 3D printing is helping breast cancer patients
When Cherie Sanders¡¯ doctor in Amarillo diagnosed her with breast cancer, he described her tumor as ¡°5 centimeters by 2.5 centimeters¡± and...
After fertility struggles, breast cancer survivor becomes mom of three
Five years after they got married, high school sweethearts Aly and Josh Taylor felt ready to grow their family. Aly had read that sore breasts...