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Research advances toward more effective, long-lasting and side effect-free cancer treatments

March 26, 2026 Breast Cancer, cancer treatment, cold tumor, glioblastoma, hot tumor, lung cancer, melanoma, Prostate Cancer, Research, SRC-3, Tregs

The Baylor team is building the case for SRC-3 as a promising therapeutic target for next-generation cancer immunotherapy.

From The Labs

Baylor College of Medicine resident co-authors groundbreaking cancer paper in Nature

November 25, 2025 Baylor resident, cancer survival, COVID-19 mRNA vaccine, Dermatology, immune checkpoint inhibitors, Immunotherapy, lung cancer, melanoma, Research

From the Labs sat with Dr. Rishabh Lohray, a first-year dermatology resident, to learn about his experiences as a member of the research team and a little about him.

Momentum

Lung cancer: Symptoms, treatment options and more

November 20, 2025 lung cancer, lungs, Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, The Lung Institute at Baylor Medicine

Dr. Shanda Blackmon explains lung cancer, including symptoms to be aware of, how it is contracted and the treatment options available.

From The Labs

How MAGE-A4 helps tumors evade immune responses crucial for their elimination

February 20, 2025 immune response evasion, lung cancer, MAGE-A4, non-small cell lung cancer, plasma cells, PTEN, Research

The next step could include human clinical trials to test potential therapeutic avenues to restore the ability to fight the tumor.

Dr. Ramiro Fernandez, Dr. Shanda Blackmon, Dr. Shawn Groth and Dr. R. Taylor Ripley.

The Stitch

Advancing lung cancer care: expert insights on screening and treatment options

November 6, 2024 lung cancer, The Lung Institute at Baylor Medicine, thoracic surgery

Thoracic surgeons share their insights on lung cancer, including causes, symptoms, latest treatments and the importance of screening.

The Stitch

What is pulmonary segmentectomy?

May 15, 2024 lung cancer, Lung surgery, Pulmonary Segmentectomy, The Lung Institute at Baylor Medicine

Dr. Shanda Blackmon discusses pulmonary segmentectomy, a surgery used to treat lung cancer by removing a segment (or segments) of the lung.

Two slides showing breast cancer cells as blue or green dots on a blue background.

From The Labs

A potential strategy to control MAPK4-dependent cancer growth

August 8, 2023 AKT, cancer growth, lung cancer, MAPK4, PDK1, Prostate Cancer, Research, triple-negative breast cancer

This study has advanced our understanding of the molecular mechanisms underlying the tumor-promoting activity of MAPK4.

From The Labs

Carbon ultrafine particles accelerate lung cancer progression

November 29, 2022 carbon ultrafine particles, cigarette smoke, lung cancer, Metastasis, Research, smoking

Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine discover how airborne ultrafine particles in smoke can change a host’s defense against lung cancer.

The Stitch

New research is changing the way surgeons treat lung cancer

November 2, 2022 Dr. Ramiro Fernandez, lobectomy, lung cancer, Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, segmentectomy, thoracic surgery

New research is completely changing the way surgeons operate on patients with lung cancer. Dr. Ramiro Fernandez explains how this will help patients.

Lung cancer, illustrated here as round masses inside the lungs, the second most common cancer in both men and women.

From The Labs

Genome-wide study reveals new susceptibility genetic variants for lung cancer

August 9, 2022 genome-wide study, lung cancer, Research, risk factors

This study revealed five new susceptibility genes, 10 new variant associations from known risk genes and further validated in different populations another 24 associations.

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