MD Anderson Center

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Learn more at: http://www.mdanderson.org/patients_public/about_cancer/

M. D. Anderson Cancer Center provides a basic education on cancer.

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The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center announces the launch of the Moon Shots Program, an unprecedented effort to dramatically accelerate the pace of converting scientific discoveries into clinical advances that reduce cancer deaths. The program, initially targeting eight cancers, will bring together sizable multidisciplinary groups of MD Anderson researchers and clinicians to mount comprehensive attacks on acute myeloid leukemia/myelodysplastic syndrome, chronic lymphocytic leukemia, melanoma, lung cancer, prostate cancer, and triple-negative breast and ovarian cancers -- two cancers linked at the molecular level. The Moon Shots Program takes its inspiration from President John Kennedy's famous 1962 speech, made 50 years ago this month at Rice University, just a mile from the main MD Anderson campus. "We choose to go to the moon in this decade ... because that challenge is one that we are willing to accept, one we are unwilling to postpone, and one which we intend to win," Kennedy said. "Generations later, the Moon Shots Program signals our confidence

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Download from iTunes: http://itunes.apple.com/us/itunes-u/moon-shots-program/id562898551# Inspired by America's drive a generation ago to put a man on the moon, MD Anderson's Moon Shots Program is a highly-concentrated effort to rapidly and dramatically decrease suffering and death in several major cancers, including acute myelogenous leukemia (AML) and myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS); chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL); lung; melanoma; prostate and two cancers linked at the molecular level: triple-negative breast and ovarian. Focused teams are building on new technology and scientific knowledge that has rapidly expanded in recent years. What is learned with the first moon shot cancers will advance knowledge for all others. Ronald DePinho, M.D., president of The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, shares more about this program that's unprecedented in scope and ambition for a single institution.

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The Learning Center at MD Anderson is a consumer health library that offers free access to pamphlets, books, databases and medical journals featuring current and reliable medical information to help answer your questions.

The staff will guide you through the research process and help you find information you need to make informed decisions. Common research topics include treatment options, drug information, clinical trials and treatment side effects.
The Learning Center also offers an email reference service and is happy to answer questions and comments at asktlcstaff@mdanderson.org.

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The MD Anderson Cancer Center Moon Shots program leverages knowledge to drive better patient outcomes. They selected Oracle Health Sciences solutions for their analytics and personalized medicine initiatives designed to make cancer history.

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Karen Cocker, an MD Anderson patient, discusses how she found the Houston Ground Angels and what their services mean to her.

The Houston Ground Angels is a network of volunteers who donate their time to help provide free healthcare access to patients in need of transportation to and from their required healthcare facilities.

For more information on the Houston Ground Angels or to request their services, visit them online at www.houstongroundangels.org.

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This video is part of the MD Anderson eTour, a visual snapshot of MD Anderson's campus, services and people. To take the eTour, visit http://www.mdanderson.org/locations/etour/index.html.

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Learn more at http://www.mdanderson.org/departments/CIMER/

Roy talks about his cancer journey extending beyond the physical and needs for treatment of his mental and spiritual well being. He talks about how participating in complementary therapies at M D Anderson were as important to his treatment as the traditional treatment methods.

Complementary, alternative medicine and integrative medicine are therapies of proven or unproven efficacy that have been used to promote wellness, to manage symptoms associated with cancer and its treatment or to treat cancer.

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