M. D. Anderson researchers discover key protein in psoriasis
HOUSTON - Researchers at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center simultaneously have resolved a controversy over the cause of psoriasis and developed the first mouse model that fully mimics the human disorder. What's more, the scientists have demonstrated they can block the signals that lead to psoriasis in their mouse model with a topical skin treatment that can prevent new outbreak...M. D. Anderson receives SPORE grant for melanoma research
HOUSTON - The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center has been awarded by the National Cancer Institute its ninth SPORE grant - the first such grant ever awarded exclusively for melanoma research.... ...The five-year, $11.5 million Specialized Programs of Research Excellence (SPORE) grant acknowledges M. D. Anderson's leading translational research program. With the addition of the new...Iressa news backgrounder: Testing of smart drug expands at M. D. Anderson Cancer Center
It is a drug suffused in promise, a next-generation therapy that has shown glimmers of powerful potential. Iressa is the kind of treatment that oncologists dream of - a pill that can be swallowed once a day, a non-toxic therapy that causes few side effects. For 10 percent of patients who have tried it, people who have no other options left for them, Iressa seems to make the difference between lif...M. D. Anderson, African-American churches team up for prostate cancer prevention study
HOUSTON - The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center is teaming with more than 40 Houston-area African-American churches to encourage men in their congregations to participate in a prostate cancer prevention study, the Selenium and Vitamin E Cancer Prevention Trial (SELECT).... ...SELECT Sunday - a nationwide effort to increase the number of African-American men enrolled in SELECT - wil...M. D. Anderson expands peer counseling program for African-American breast cancer survivors
HOUSTON Researchers at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center are reaching out to African-American women across the United States in an effort to improve their sexual quality of life after surviving breast cancer. ...... With the Sisters Peer Counseling in Reproductive Health after Treatment (SPIRIT) program carried out in partnership with Sisters Network® Inc., one of the na...$15 million grant spurs cancer collaboration; M. D. Anderson, University of Puerto Rico
HOUSTON -- A $15 million award sponsored by the National Cancer Institute and the Minority Institution Cancer Center Partnership, will fund a collaborative research program between The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center and The University of Puerto Rico Cancer Center.... ..."Research is a vital component in M. D. Anderson's mission to eliminate cancer throughout the world," said Ma...M. D. Anderson breast cancer prevention study reaches three-year mark
HOUSTON- If one step began the journey of a thousand miles, Mary Watson-Ellyson hopes the pill she's taken daily for the last three years possibly has started her on the road to breast cancer prevention--and peace of mind for women everywhere.... ...In 1999, Watson-Ellyson was the first woman to enroll in the Study of Tamoxifen and Raloxifene (STAR) at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Canc...