Cancer
The 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…
Read MoreHow a Personal Story Fueled a Researcher’s Passion to Pursue Breast Cancer Research
Mass General researcher Matt Rosen, PhD, is all too familiar with the devastating effects of a late breast cancer diagnosis.
Read MoreWorld Cancer Research Day: How MGH Research Scholars are Helping to Move the Field Forward
The unrestricted funding provided by the MGH Research Scholar awards is enabling creative new approaches to cancer research.
Read MoreTracking Differences in “Time to Surgery” for Breast Cancer Patients Could Reduce Disparities and Improve Outcomes
A recent study both validated time to surgery as a standardized metric for breast cancer care and identified a worrying difference in time to surgery between Black and white patients.
Read MoreThrough the Magnifying Glass: The Faden Lab
How Daniel Faden, MD, and his team are working on developing and applying blood based cancer diagnostic tools.
Read MoreThe Astonishing Team Effort that Led to the First Trial of CAR T Cells for Glioblastoma at Mass General Brigham
It took contributions from almost 100 people to translate promising lab findings into a first-in-human treatment for glioblastoma.
Read MoreThrough the Magnifying Glass: The Boland Lab
Genevieve Boland, MD, PhD, a physician-investigator in the Cancer Center at Mass General, is researching skin cancer and related diseases.
Read MoreThrough the Magnifying Glass: The Demehri Lab
A close-up look at the Demehri Lab and how they are working to understand the immune system’s role in early cancer development.
Read MoreDreAMLand App Seeks to Help Patients Cope with the Trauma of an Acute Myeloid Leukemia Diagnosis
A Mass General oncologist has designed an iPad app to help patients navigate the challenges of acute myeloid leukemia treatment.
Read MoreBreast Cancer Awareness Month: Q&A featuring Manisha Bahl, MD, MPH
Dr. Bahl is using artificial intelligence (AI) and deep learning (DL) to improve the detection, diagnosis, and treatment of breast cancer.
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