What We’re Talking About Now: SUPPORT
At Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, conversation about the concept of “support” continues on, mostly focusing on perspectives on the challenges that giving and receiving […]
Advances at Mass General Cancer Center: Circulating Tumors Transition from State to State
Daniel A. Haber, MD, PhD Director, Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center Why do different cells within a cancer behave differently and what makes some cancer […]
What We’re Talking About Now: COMMUNITY
The conversation about what “community” means to us continues, and, as Jennifer wrote in a recent perspective piece, having a community around every person affected […]
What We’re Talking About Now: OPTIMISTIC
Our conversation on Optimistic continues on at Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center. This topic has provoked perspectives and comments with several similarities. For one thing, lots […]
A Conversation About Pancreatic Cancer with Carlos Fernandez-del Castillo, MD
Carlos Fernandez-del Castillo, MD, is director of the Pancreas and Biliary Surgery Program and clinical co-director of the Tucker Gosnell Center for Gastrointestinal Cancers at […]
What We’re Talking About Now: FEAR
Each month, the Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center Community shares their thoughts on various topics related to cancer. This time, focusing on fear, we hear […]
Redheads Carry Melanoma Risk Independent of Sun Exposure
David E. Fisher, MD, PhD Chief, Dermatology Service, Massachusetts General Hospital Director, Melanoma Program, Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center Director, Cutaneous Biology Research Center, Massachusetts […]
Is Proton Beam Therapy the Best Answer for Prostate Cancer Patients?
CONTRIBUTOR Jason A. Efstathiou, MD, DPhil Assistant Professor of Radiation Oncology, Department of Radiation Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital
What We’re Talking About Now: FAMILY
Conversations among our community at Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center have suggested that family can be an extremely broad term. At its center are immediate […]
The Meaningful Benefits of Early Palliative Care for Advanced Cancer
CONTRIBUTOR: Jennifer S. Temel, MD Clinical Director, Center for Thoracic Cancers, Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center Palliative care focuses on a patient’s comfort and symptoms, […]