These drugs (bevacizumab and losartan) alone and in combination with anti-microbial agents, promoted anti-bacterial host responses and improved health outcomes in lab models with tuberculosis.
Researchers developed a two-part approach to increasing levels of cell-free DNA in the blood to improve the sensitivity of liquid biopsies.
Sophia C. Kamran, MD, a physician investigator in the Mass General Cancer Center and an assistant professor of Radiation Oncology at Harvard Medical School, is the first author of a recently published paper in Clinical Cancer Research, Genomic Tumor Correlates of Clinical Outcomes Following Organ-Sparing Chemoradiation Therapy for Bladder Cancer.
Among both men and women, non-smokers and smokers, lung cancer remains the leading cause of cancer-related death. n recognition of Lung Cancer Awareness Month, Massachusetts General Hospital physicians answer common questions related to lung cancer.
In multi-year study, Mass General Cancer Center researchers found increase in rates for liver cancer deaths among Hispanic men and rates for liver, pancreatic, and uterine cancer deaths among Hispanic women.
A colon cancer diagnosis was no match for airline pilot and member of the Air National Guard, Rick Mastalerz. Read Rick and Sally’s patient story here.
New research led by investigators at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) reveals how cancer cells suppress anti-cancer immune responses in the lymph nodes to survive and spread, or metastasize.
Researchers at MGH have led and continue to lead studies that are defining the best use of proton therapy, which is now being offered at 106 centers worldwide.
Read a Women’s History Month Q&A with Mass General Cancer Center women in oncology who share their career journeys and advice for the next generation.
This was the first study evaluating the impact of hypofractionated radiotherapy for early lung cancer and the impact of the dose per fraction.
The Massachusetts General Hospital Department of Radiation Oncology is a leader in developing and implementing some of the most innovative and effective radiation therapies in the world.
