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Thyroid cancer awareness: Know your risk

September 27, 2017 Cancer, Dr. James Suliburk, endocrinology, Nicole Blanton, Surgery, thyroid cancer, thyroid disease

Thyroid cancer is the eighth most common cancer in the United States – however, it is one of the most treatable. More than 98 percent

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Online tool helps empower pediatric cancer survivors

September 19, 2017 Allison Mickey, Cancer, Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center, Dr. David Poplack, pediatrics, Texas Children's Hospital Cancer Center

For more than two decades, Dr. David Poplack, director of the Texas Children’s Cancer Center, and professor of pediatrics-hematology and oncology at Baylor College of Medicine,

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Tips to care for medical conditions after a storm

September 6, 2017 Alzheimer's Disease, Autism, Cancer, Dana Benson, Hurricane Harvey

People living with Alzheimer’s disease, autism spectrum disorder and other diseases such as cancer who have been impacted by Hurricane Harvey may be facing challenges

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Are you at risk for lung cancer?

August 1, 2017 Allison Mickey, Cancer, Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center, lung cancer

Aug. 1 is World Lung Cancer Day, and while lung cancer is most commonly associated with smokers and tobacco users, there are other factors that

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Men’s health awareness: Take action today

June 12, 2017 Cancer, heart disease, Infertility, Men's Health, Nicole Blanton, Nutrition and Wellness

June 12 kicks off National Men’s Health Week, a reminder to take action and encourage friends and loved ones to be aware of men’s health

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Cancer Socks 5K tackles transportation for cancer patients

May 24, 2017 Allison Mickey, Cancer, Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center, Dr. Michelle Ludwig, Tackles 4 Cancer

For many cancer patients, the difficult road begins with access to reliable transportation to make it to their appointments and receive treatment. In the vast

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ABL1 gene plays a role in cancer and in a developmental disorder

April 18, 2017 ABL1 gene, Cancer, Cardiovascular Disease, Genetics, genomic data, Human genetics, Marfan syndrome, Philadelphia chromosome

The human gene ABL1 is well-known for its association with cancer. In this case, a piece of chromosome 9 containing the ABL1 gene and a

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Thriving, not just surviving: Why defeating cancer inspired me to help others

March 29, 2017 Allison Rosen, Cancer, Colorectal Cancer, Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center

On June 7, 2012, I was diagnosed with colon cancer. Life as I knew it changed forever. The irony was that I had worked in

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'Listening' to single cells may uncover cancer origins

March 20, 2017 Cancer, cancer cells, gene expression, MATQ-seq, pancreatic cancer, single cell analysis

Listening to a single voice in a crowd can be difficult. In a similar way, determining gene expression in single cells has posed quite a challenge.

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Image of the Month: Lighting up blood vessels in a tumor

March 1, 2017 blood vessels, Cancer, cancer treatment, fluorescent quantum dots, radio frequency fields

When a mouse breast tumor is exposed to radio frequency (RF) electric fields the interaction between RF electric fields and the cancer tissue causes tumor vessels to