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2024
December 2024
offered his expertise for an article in magazine regarding results of the for low-risk DCIS patients.
October 2024
contributed to an article for magazine on questions to ask your doctor following a breast cancer diagnosis.
September 2024
(ARPA-H) has awarded , and collaborators up to $18 million over five years to develop an affordable digital pathology system for resected tumors to be used in low-resource hospitals worldwide. The collaboration includes researchers from MD Anderson and Rice University.
July 2024
Kerollos Wanis, M.D., Ph.D., and collaborators published results in from their study showing long-term effectiveness of breast-conserving therapy in BRCA-associated breast cancer.
March 2024
, delivered the on Friday, March 22, at the 2024 SSO Annual Meeting held in Atlanta, Georgia. Her lecture was titled, "Empowering Surgeons: A Call for Leadership, Mentorship and Collaboration in the Field of Surgical Oncology."
2023
November 2023
contributed to a series of articles on breast surgeries for HealthCentral. She details the issues surrounding the , the , the and the decision between having a .
November 2023
explores the options for cancer survivors wanting to breast- or chestfeed for Cancerwise.
July 2023
shared her expertise with on issues surrounding the decision to have a single, rather than a double mastectomy.
March 2023
discussed early promising results in his study on early-stage triple-negative or HER2-positive breast cancer patients with Cancer Today.
February 2023
Helen Johnson, M.D., her collaborators and the published an in JAMA Surgery exploring solutions for making the training of surgeons more family-friendly.
2022
November 2022
, and his exceptional responders clinical trial has shown promising early results. Coverage has included articles in , and over 300 media outlets worldwide.
October 2022
, and , have each received a . The award supports independent clinical research that seeks to improve the medical care of cancer patients or to prevent the development of cancer in populations at risk.
October 2022
, shared her expertise with on best practices to minimize breast cancer risk.
June 2022
Congratulations to ., on being named President of the . The Radium Society was founded in 1916 and is the oldest society devoted to the study and treatment of cancer. Dr. Hunt will serve a one-year term in this role.
April 2022
The has named , as President-elect for the 2022-2023 governance year.
January 2022
has been awarded a grant. The goal of the program is to advance health equity through research and mentoring. The program also seeks to increase the number of clinical trial research sites in communities with diverse and underserved patient populations.
2021
November 2021
, and ., each scored in the top 1% of physicians nationally ranked by patients for their delivery of care in 2021.
October 2021
shares her expertise on what people should know about breast cancer at each stage of life for magazine.
September 2021
Breast Surgical Oncology would like to welcome two new members of faculty: (L-R) Taiwo Adesoye, M.D., Assistant Professor and Solange Cox, M.D., Assistant Professor. Both are graduates of Breast Surgical Oncology's fellowship program.
April 2021
?and the Keyomarsi/Hunt laboratory received Adverse Event Bridge Funding to complete vital breast cancer research interrupted by COVID-19.??
2020
December 2020
stresses the importance of self-exams and screenings in a about a deputy sheriff's cancer-free surprise party.
November 2020
was named the Center for Disease Control's national chair of the Advisory Committee for Young Women with Breast Cancer. The committee develops initiatives to increase knowledge of breast health and breast cancer among women, especially for those under age 40 and those at high-risk for developing breast cancer.
July 2020
The launched the Cancer Surgery Standards Program to standardize specific techniques for cancer surgery and bring uniformity to the way professionals document and communicate operative data. Vice Chair , is leading this initiative with Matthew Katz, M.D., from Surgical Oncology to improve the quality of surgical care for all cancer patients.
May 2020
Breast Surgical Oncology fellow and mother of two young children Lyndsey Kilgore, M.D., had her skills put to the test when she and her family contracted COVID-19 disease. She shared her story with Cancerwise and local NBC affiliate .?
February 2020
In a study of circulating tumor cells in stage IV melanoma patients, , and his team found liquid biopsy as a possible predictor of patients at high risk for disease progression.
2019
December 2019
and Hannah Bomar, MSPAS, PA-C, are featured in Cancerwise this month.
November 2019
is now a . The honor indicates that her education, training, professional qualifications, surgical competence and ethical conduct have passed a strict evaluation and are consistent with the high standards of the ACS.
September 2019
shares her expertise in U.S. News and World Report's
August 2019
provided an interview for the Cancer Network on the role of surgery in treating metastatic breast cancer.
August 2019
is featured in the institutional publication Connections this month. In her role as Executive Medical Director, Perioperative Services, she was instrumental in preparing our surgical areas for the recent government inspections.
July 2019
Mentor and Matthew Piotrowksi, M.D., presented a poster at the annual American College of Surgeons Quality and Safety Conference. The project highlighted the importance of standardization in lumpectomy specimen labeling and minimum 3-side orientation to minimize discordance rates.
May 2019
is featured in Cancerwise this month.
HER2-positive breast cancer survivor: I believe in MD Anderson.
May 2019
received two awards at the 2019 American Society of Breast Cancer Surgeons Annual Meeting: the Scientific Impact Award and the George Peters Award for the Best Presentation by a Breast Fellow. The project, mentored by is titled, "Patient selection for clinical trials eliminating surgery in HER2-positive breast cancer treated with neoadjuvant systemic therapy."
April 2019
is featured in this month's Cancerwise.
5 things newly diagnosed breast cancer patients should know.
2018
August 2018
, and a multi-institutional team of researchers were nearly six million dollars by the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas for their project titled, "Rational combination treatment options to reverse resistance in hormone receptor-positive breast cancer refractory to standard therapy."
August 2018
is featured in Cancerwise this month.
Inflammatory breast cancer survivor: Why I give back to MD Anderson.
December 2018
MD Anderson's Study Section Review Committee for Clinical, Translational and Population-based Research awarded , a 2-year research grant for her project titled, "Pilot study evaluating the feasibility of robotic-assisted nipple-sparing mastectomy."
2017
December 2017
was named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in recognition of her contributions to basic, translational and clinical research.
Dr. Hunt was honored for "practice-changing breast cancer research involving sentinel lymph node biopsy, breast conservation, novel surgical staging systems, contralateral mastectomy, skin-sparing mastectomy, and quality outcome measures."
October 2017
is recognized for her contributions in the October 2017 Cancer Frontline publication titled:
Research training programs to address cancer disparities among minorities.
September 2017
is featured in Cancerwise this month.
Two-time breast cancer survivor is grateful for treatment innovations.
2016
April 2016
was recognized for developing a new breast cancer staging system that incorporates tumor biology as a critical prognostic indicator.
A new staging system for breast cancer.
The work was published in JAMA Oncology as . (PMID:26986538).
2015
December 2015
?was recognized for her work in leading breast cancer research in the December 2015 issue of Cancer Frontline.?