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Why Mental Health is a Crucial—But Often Overlooked— Part of Cancer Care

By Brian Burns | August 11, 2026

Mental health can have a significant impact on your quality of life during cancer treatment and your treatment outcomes.

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Rare Tumor Case Highlights Potential for New Wave in Oncology

By Haley Bridger | July 24, 2026

A clinical trial testing a new therapy for cancer has given a 28-year-old patient a path towards a more normal life.

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Researchers Unplugged: Meet a Mass General Brigham Investigator Working to Make Radiation Therapy Safer and More Effective

By Marcela Quintanilla-Dieck | June 25, 2026

Carlos Huesa-Berral, PhD, is using computer modeling to increase the precision of radiation treatment and reduce side effects.

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How the Thymus, a Once Overlooked Organ, is Quietly Influencing Cancer Risk and Longevity

By Marcela Quintanilla-Dieck | April 29, 2026
An illustration of the human thymus

Two teams of researchers at Mass General Brigham are redefining the importance of the thymus in adult human health.

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A New Frontier for Focused Ultrasound: Prying Open the Blood-Brain Barrier to Improve Treatment for Brain Cancer Patients

By Haley Bridger | February 18, 2026
From left to right are Karl's son-in-law Perry, daughter Lily (married to Perry), son Ben, wife Lucy, and Karl Helfrich.

A combination of microbubbles and focused ultrasound treatment helped to open the blood brain barrier and improve the uptake of anti-cancer durgs.

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An International Research Effort Led by Mass General Brigham is Pioneering Breakthroughs in Rare Blood Cancers

By Katrina Fu | December 17, 2025
PETAL consortium group shot

The PETAL consortium is a first-of-its-kind global network of more than 100 investigators and 20 research sites.

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Meet Seven Mass General Brigham Researchers Working to Develop New Therapies and Treatments for Cancer  

By Marcela Quintanilla-Dieck | September 24, 2025

Learn more about their unique approaches to improving care for cancer patients.

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The Path To Creating the World’s Smallest Laser Light Show, and How Researchers Are Using It to Track Cancer Cells

By Nicoletta Valenzano, MPH | May 2, 2025

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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How a Personal Story Fueled a Researcher’s Passion to Pursue Breast Cancer Research

By Marcela Quintanilla-Dieck | October 18, 2024

Mass General researcher Matt Rosen, PhD, is all too familiar with the devastating effects of a late breast cancer diagnosis.

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World Cancer Research Day: How MGH Research Scholars are Helping to Move the Field Forward

By Brian Burns | September 24, 2024

The unrestricted funding provided by the MGH Research Scholar awards is enabling creative new approaches to cancer research.

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