The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

MD Anderson Cancer Center is one of 14 institutions within the University of Texas system. It is perennially ranked number one among cancer treatment facilities in the United States and is equally esteemed for its robust research programs. With its main campus in Houston, MD Anderson also has satellite campuses and clinics in various U.S. cities.

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Avec un peu d’aide, les cellules immunitaires peuvent devenir de puissantes destructrices de tumeurs. Steve Gschmeissner/Science Photo Library/Getty Images

Les vaccins à ARNm anti‑Covid 19 vont‑ils révolutionner le traitement du cancer ?

Adam Grippin, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and Christiano Marconi, University of Florida

Des recherches récentes indiquent que les vaccins contre le Covid-19 à base d’ARN messager pourraient améliorer les immunothérapies, en particulier chez les patients dont les tumeurs ne répondent pas bien à ces traitements.
Com um pouco de ajuda, as células imunes podem se tornar potentes destruidoras de tumores, e nova pesquisa indica que a vacina de mRNA contra a COVID-19 pode ajudar elas a reconhecer tumores que escapam da detecção pelas imunoterapias atuais Steve Gschmeissner/Science Photo Library via Getty Images

Vacinas de mRNA contra a COVID‑19 podem deflagrar a próxima revolução no tratamento do câncer

Adam Grippin, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and Christiano Marconi, University of Florida

Os pesquisadores descobriram que as vacinas contra a COVID-19 baseadas em mRNA poderiam ajudar pacientes cujos tumores não respondem bem à imunoterapia tradicional.
With a little help, your immune cells can be potent tumor killers. Steve Gschmeissner/Science Photo Library via Getty Images

COVID‑19 mRNA vaccines could unlock the next revolution in cancer treatment – new research

Adam Grippin, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and Christiano Marconi, University of Florida

The researchers found that mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccines could potentially help patients whose tumors don’t respond well to traditional immunotherapy.
A woman holds her stomach in agony from ulcerative colitis. Emily Frost / Shutterstock.com

Stool transplantation shows promise treating cancer therapy side effect

Yinghong Wang, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Cancer immunotherapy is a revolutionary treatment for many but it can cause nasty side effects like inflammation of the colon that can derail treatment. Could the solution be a fecal transplant?
Singers from the New York City Gay Men’s Choir sing Dec. 1, 2015 at the Apollo Theater in New York for World AIDS Day. A new health foe has emerged among gay and bisexual men. AP Photo/Seth Wenig

How the anal cancer epidemic in gay and bi HIV‑positive men can be prevented

Ashish A. Deshmukh, University of Florida; Elizabeth Chiao, Baylor College of Medicine ; Jag Chhatwal, Harvard University, and Scott B. Cantor, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

A new study shows that anal cancer, caused by the virus HPV, can be successfully fought in HIV-positive men by timely treatment and HPV vaccination of lesions that may ultimately lead to cancer.
Women with breast cancer face many treatment decisions on the path to survivorship. One question has been: Can they have fewer doses of radiation and still keep their risks for recurrence low?

Why treating breast cancer with less may be more

Ashish A. Deshmukh, University of Florida and Anna Likhacheva, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Women with breast cancer often have six weeks of radiation therapy after surgery to remove the cancer. A recent study suggests that shortening that time is not only effective but also cost-saving.

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