Now that the Medicare re-enrollment period has arrived (Oct. 15-Dec. 7), senior Americans are exposed to ubiquitous advertisements, phone calls, and other mechanisms to convince them to enroll in Medicare Advantage rather than traditional Medicare plans.
Lauren Averett Byers, professor of thoracic/head & neck medical oncology at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, received the 2025 Edith and Peter O’Donnell Award in Medicine from the Texas Academy of Medicine, Engineering, Science and Technology. The award recognizes her fundamental discoveries and contributions to identifying novel therapeutic strategies for small cell lung cancer, which have paved the way for personalized treatments, even in the most highly recalcitrant cancers.
