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Technique paving way for new cervical cancer treatment

January 9, 2019 Allison Mickey, Cancer, cervical cancer, Dr. Alexander Hanania, Healthcare, Radiation Oncology

Every year, 11,000 women in the United States are diagnosed with cervical cancer. Treatment – which often includes surgery, chemotherapy or radiation – can be

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Baylor residents shine bright at radiation oncology conference

November 7, 2018 Allison Mickey, Cancer, lung cancer, Radiation Oncology, Research

Dr. Shraddha Dalwadi has a strong personal connection to her research in health disparities and access to cancer care. “I grew up in an immigrant

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Above and beyond: Breast cancer treatment for the whole person

November 1, 2018 Allison Mickey, Breast Cancer, Cancer, Courtney Vastine, Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center, Dr. Matthew Ellis, Healthcare, triple-negative breast cancer

Stephanie D. Miller knew breast cancer ran in her family, and with her dense breast tissue, she was religious about getting her annual mammogram. She

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Understanding the importance of metastatic breast cancer research

October 17, 2018 Allison Mickey, Breast Cancer, Lester and Sue Smith Breast Center, Metastatic breast cancer, Research

You’ve likely seen a lot of information about the importance of breast cancer screenings and prevention this month. However, until recently, little was known about

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Hormone therapy trial leads to hope in breast cancer fight

October 1, 2018 Allison Mickey, Breast Cancer, Cancer, Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center, Lester and Sue Smith Breast Center

After years of having a lump in her breast examined through an annual mammogram and receiving benign results, Maria’s doctor told her she should get

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Grace under fire: Fighting breast cancer with courage, community support

September 19, 2018 Allison Mickey, Breast Cancer, Cancer, Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center, Dr. Julie Nangia

When Marion Gordey was diagnosed with invasive carcinoma lobular breast cancer in January 2018, she was determined to receive the best care possible. But Marion

From The Labs

Crucial support to study rare diseases: hemostasis and thrombosis

June 14, 2018 Allison Mickey, blood clotting, hemostasis, Mary Rhodes Gibson Foundation, Research, thrombosis, von Willebrand factor

Disorders of hemostasis and thrombosis are serious blood conditions leading to excessive bleeding or clotting, respectively. Although our understanding of these conditions has advanced significantly

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Getting to the bottom of gastrointestinal trends

June 12, 2018 Allison Mickey, colonoscopy, Dr. Yamini Natarajan, Gastroenterology, Healthcare

Diet trends change seemingly every day, and recently there‘s been some buzz about administering enemas or colonics to help cleanse the body and shed a

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Unprecedented initiative will sequence genomes of all known species

June 7, 2018 Allison Mickey, Earth BioGenome project, Human Genome Sequencing Center, Research

In what is perhaps the most ambitious biological proposal since the initial Human Genome Project, an international group of researchers, including a team from Baylor

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Surviving bladder cancer: One year later and going strong

May 18, 2018 Allison Mickey, bladder cancer, Cancer, Dr. Seth Lerner, Healthcare

At age 75, Tim Smith was living an active life, busy running a wine import business in Houston with his wife, and traveling all over

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