For some patients with non-small lung cancer, chemotherapy isn’t the
most effective treatment option. But based on a tumor’s molecular
profile or biomarker testing results, lung cancer treatment can be
customized to target the tumor’s unique cellular
characteristics.
We talked with Anne Tsao, M.D., to
understand what non-small cell lung cancer patients should know about
molecular profiling, including what tests they may need...

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At night before they drift off to sleep, pediatric patients at MD Anderson Children’s Cancer Hospital can snuggle up in bed with a laptop or tablet and listen to the soothing sounds of Laura Rodriguez reading them a bedtime story.
Rodriguez, who leads the early childhood education program at the hospital’s accredited K-12 school, uses Zoom to read favorites such as “Bedtime for Peppa Pig,” “Llama, Lama Red Pajama,” and “Goodnight...

I’m originally from Maine, but I’ve known for a long time that MD Anderson is the gold standard of cancer care. So, when I was diagnosed with...
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