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Resilience Through COVID-19: Caring for cancer patients during a pandemic

February 10, 2021February 10, 2021 Momentum 0 Comments Cancer, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center, Nicole Blanton, Resilience Through COVID-19

Dr. Mothaffar Rimawi shares how the Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center continues to treat patients during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Research focuses on improving paradigm of cancer caregiving

December 11, 2020December 11, 2020 Momentum 0 Comments Cancer, Caregivers, Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center, Nicole Blanton, Research

What is the role of the caregiver? Dr. Hoda Badr discusses her research and shares advice for families.

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Cancer and cannabis: What patients need to know

September 9, 2020 Momentum 0 Comments Cancer, Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center, Healthcare, Molly Chiu

Dr. Charu Agrawal, a palliative care specialist at the Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center, shares suggestions for cancer patients who are interested in cannabis.

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Mesothelioma and COVID-19: Don’t skip screening and treatment

August 26, 2020August 26, 2020 Momentum 0 Comments Cancer, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center, Healthcare, Mesothelioma, Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery

Dr. R. Taylor Ripley urges patients to continue health screenings for mesothelioma and other diseases during COVID-19.

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Living with, through and beyond colorectal cancer

June 25, 2020June 25, 2020 Momentum 0 Comments Allison Rosen, Cancer, Colorectal Cancer, Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center

I came to Baylor College of Medicine in 2005 and worked diligently in a cancer research lab, a job I was passionate about. However, it

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Do patients really need opioid painkillers after colorectal surgery?

May 13, 2020June 8, 2020 Momentum 0 Comments Colorectal Cancer, Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center, Debbie Sugarbaker, Healthcare, Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, opioids

Although the opioid epidemic in the United States is currently overshadowed by the urgency of the COVID-19 pandemic, the danger of highly addictive opioid medications

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Understanding fatty liver disease key to liver cancer prevention

February 25, 2020 Momentum 0 Comments Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center, Gastroenterology, Healthcare, liver cancer, liver disease, Nicole Blanton

As the number of Americans who are living with chronic liver disease continues to rise, researchers and clinicians are not only studying more effective treatments,

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Reconstruction procedure gives breast cancer survivor new outlook

February 21, 2020June 8, 2020 Momentum 0 Comments Breast Cancer, breast reconstruction, Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center, Lester and Sue Smith Breast Center, Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery

Ten years ago, when Judy Howell was fundraising for the Lester and Sue Smith Breast Center at Baylor College of Medicine, she had no idea

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Doctors team up with students to improve cervical cancer treatment

February 13, 2020February 13, 2020 Momentum 0 Comments Cancer, cervical cancer, Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center, Molly Chiu, Radiation Oncology

For women with advanced cases of cervical cancer, radiation therapy is generally the only curative treatment. The treatment of cervical cancer is unique, in that,

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HPV and cervical cancer: Vaccination leads to prevention

January 29, 2020January 29, 2020 Momentum 0 Comments Cancer, cervical cancer, Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center, gynecologic cancer, Healthcare, Nicole Blanton

Close to 80 million Americans are infected with human papillomavirus (HPV), making it the most common sexually transmitted infection in the United States. While HPV

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From The Labs Image of the Month From the Labs features an image of the laboratory worm, Caenorhabditis elegans. Image credit: Dr. Tao Chen/Wang lab.

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