Your eNews: Promising breast cancer research

Friend, read how your support is Making Cancer History®

Friend, read how your support is Making Cancer History^®

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As a member of The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center family, you are in our thoughts, as always. We remain 100% focused on improving and saving the lives of our patients. We face challenges every day. With friends like you, we will emerge stronger and even more committed to Making Cancer History^®. May is Women’s Health Month, and this issue of Impact focuses on breast cancer. I hope you find it inspiring — and that you and your family are well.

Peter WT Pisters, M.D.
President

For the first time, there's hope that a drug can slow the progression of advanced breast cancer and lengthen survival of younger women with the disease. “I think there’s a lot of optimism, now that we have pushed the survival boundary, that we can go further,” says Debu Tripathy, M.D., who authored a recent study on the drug.

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BREAKTHROUGH BEAT

We’re making exciting progress in the diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer.

Read about six new advances in breast cancer research

REASONS TO CHEER

Our health care heroes rang bells and cheered in celebration as Mary Hernandez, one of our patients who was COVID-19 positive, was discharged after almost 30 days in the hospital.

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YOUR HEALTH

Your chances of developing breast cancer may be higher if you have a family history of the disease or other factors.

What’s your risk for breast cancer?

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