UT Southwestern Researchers Find Evidence a Cancer Drug May Be Extended to Many More Patients
A new molecular mechanism discovered by UT Southwestern researchers indicates that drugs currently used to treat less than 10 percent of breast cancer patients could have broader effectiveness in treating all cancers where the drugs are used, including ovarian and prostate cancers.
Dr. Choy Discusses Therapy for Oligometastatic Lung Cancer
Hak Choy, MD, Nancy B. & Jake L. Hamon Distinguished Chair in Therapeutic Oncology Research, Department of Radiation Oncology, UT Southwestern Medical Center, discuses therapy for patients with oligometastatic lung cancer.
Dr. Hammers on Combination of Vaccines and Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors in RCC
May 5th 2017Hans J. Hammers, MD, PhD, associate professor, Internal Medicine, UT Southwestern Medical Center, discusses the combination of vaccines and immune checkpoint inhibitors in the treatment of patients with renal cell carcinoma.
Stereotactic Radiation Potential Emerges in Prostate Cancer
September 28th 2016Stereotactic ablative radiosurgery, which is administered in far fewer but larger doses than conventional radiotherapy, has the potential to benefit a substantial proportion of patients with low-, intermediate-, and potentially even high-risk prostate cancers.
Dr. Udit Verma on Regorafenib in Patients With mCRC
April 13th 2016Udit Verma, MD, associate professor of Internal Medicine in Hematology/Oncology, UT Southwestern Medical Center, discusses a subgroup analysis of the CONSIGN study, which examined regorafenib (Stivarga) in patients with metastatic colorectal cancer.
Dr. Minna on Chemotherapy and Radiation Therapy for Lung Cancer
November 2nd 2015John Minna, MD, Max L. Thomas Distinguished Chair in Molecular Pulmonary Oncology, Sarah M. and Charles E. Seay Distinguished Chair in Cancer Research, Hamon Center for Therapeutic Oncology, Internal Medicine, Pharmacology, UT Southwestern Medical Center, discusses the roles that both chemotherapy and radiation therapy will continue to have in the treatment of lung cancer.