Cancer
From Patient Care to Discovery in Rare Blood Cancer: Three Stories from the PETAL Consortium
Learn how Mass General Brigham is advancing care for rare blood cancer through specialized expertise and research.
Read MoreResearchers Unplugged: Meet the Researcher Tracking Prostate Cancer’s Escape Routes
As a postdoctoral research fellow in the Miyamoto Lab at Mass General Brigham, Buse Cevatemre Yildirim, PhD, studies tumor cells that circulate in the bloodstream to understand why advanced prostate cancer can become resistant to treatment. In this Researchers Unplugged Q&A, she shares her passion for cancer research, creative scientific storytelling, and life outside the lab.
Read MoreWhy Mental Health is a Crucial—But Often Overlooked— Part of Cancer Care
Mental health can have a significant impact on your quality of life during cancer treatment and your treatment outcomes.
Read MoreRare Tumor Case Highlights Potential for New Wave in Oncology
A clinical trial testing a new therapy for cancer has given a 28-year-old patient a path towards a more normal life.
Read MoreResearchers Unplugged: Meet a Mass General Brigham Investigator Working to Make Radiation Therapy Safer and More Effective
Carlos Huesa-Berral, PhD, is using computer modeling to increase the precision of radiation treatment and reduce side effects.
Read MoreHow the Thymus, a Once Overlooked Organ, is Quietly Influencing Cancer Risk and Longevity
Two teams of researchers at Mass General Brigham are redefining the importance of the thymus in adult human health.
Read MoreA New Frontier for Focused Ultrasound: Prying Open the Blood-Brain Barrier to Improve Treatment for Brain Cancer Patients
A combination of microbubbles and focused ultrasound treatment helped to open the blood brain barrier and improve the uptake of anti-cancer durgs.
Read MoreAn International Research Effort Led by Mass General Brigham is Pioneering Breakthroughs in Rare Blood Cancers
The PETAL consortium is a first-of-its-kind global network of more than 100 investigators and 20 research sites.
Read MoreMeet Seven Mass General Brigham Researchers Working to Develop New Therapies and Treatments for Cancer
Learn more about their unique approaches to improving care for cancer patients.
Read MoreThe Path To Creating the World’s Smallest Laser Light Show, and How Researchers Are Using It to Track Cancer Cells
If you are a fan of sci-fi like myself, believe in aliens like my boss does, or are a cat parent that likes to get in some cat-ercise, lasers are probably a big part of your life (or at least your cat’s). But besides the occasional blaster or laser pointer, you may not think there…
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