UTSW: Emergency room visits by cancer patients can often be avoided

UT Southwestern brings radiation oncology to $177M campus in Fort Worth Medical District

To meet the growing demands for cancer treatment in Tarrant County and surrounding areas, UT Southwestern Medical Center is expanding its cancer services in the Fort Worth Medical District with construction of a two-story radiation oncology campus that will house the city’s first MRI-guided precision radiation treatment.

December 06, 2024

Vol.50 No.45

Clinical Roundup

Kidney cancers rely on mitochondrial metabolism to metastasize, UTSW study shows

Research from Children’s Medical Center Research Institute at UT Southwestern shows that metastatic kidney cancers rely heavily on mitochondrial metabolism. These findings are contrary to how tumors operate while still in the kidney.

September 06, 2024

Vol.50 No.33

Clinical Roundup

UTSW study reveals widespread disparities in immunotherapy use for patients with advanced kidney and bladder cancers

A study led by researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center reveals significant disparities across the country in the use of immunotherapy for patients with advanced kidney and bladder cancers.

September 06, 2024

Vol.50 No.33

Clinical Roundup

Liver cancer growth tied to tryptophan intake in mice

Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have discovered that a diet free of the amino acid tryptophan can effectively halt the growth of liver cancer in mice. Their findings, published in Nature Communications, offer new insights for dietary-based cancer treatments and highlight the critical role of the tryptophan metabolite indole 3-pyruvate (I3P) in liver tumor development.

August 02, 2024

Vol.50 No.31

Clinical Roundup

Modifying, deleting, or degrading protein ZFP574 reduces division of malignant B cells in lab

Targeting a protein called ZFP574 suppressed leukemia in a mouse model of the disease, UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers showed in a new study. Their findings, published in PNAS, could lead to new treatments for leukemias and lymphomas in cancer patients.

August 02, 2024

Vol.50 No.31

Clinical Roundup

Noncoding RNA molecule plays surprising role in senescence

A team led by UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers has discovered a new way that cells regulate senescence, an irreversible end to cell division.

July 19, 2024

Vol.50 No.29

UTSW: Emergency room visits by cancer patients can often be avoided

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