Taking Steps to Address Cancer: Enhance Value, Reduce Costs

BY MD Anderson

Last year, MD Anderson President John Mendelsohn, M.D., proposed 10 steps that can be taken to ensure cancer deaths decrease more rapidly, the ranks of survivors swell, and an even greater number of cancers are prevented in the first place.

This is the last in a series of posts on key actions outlined by Mendelsohn:

10. Enhance the value of cancer care and reduce costs.
New therapies and medical instruments and devices...

Arizona Welcomes Banner MD Anderson Cancer Center

BY MD Anderson

In MD Anderson's quest to eliminate cancer in Texas, the nation and the world, creating relationships beyond 1515 Holcombe that extend...

The Caregiver Chronicles: Angels Surround Us

BY Judy Overton

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Taking Steps Against Cancer: Access to Care

BY MD Anderson

Last year, MD Anderson President John Mendelsohn, M.D., proposed 10 steps that can be taken to ensure cancer deaths decrease more rapidly,...

Hope in an Infertile World

BY Claudia Hopper

Every time I feel the kicks or look down and see my growing belly, I have to remind myself that it's not a dream. The life growing inside...

Taking the Next Steps

BY Val Marshall

Val Marshall's cancer journey began in May 2009 when her son Addison was diagnosed with acute lymphocytic leukemia. A visit to the family...

A Channel of Blessings

BY Kenneth Woo

It was almost 19 years ago when I first got the news. At a local hospital, I was diagnosed with Hodgkin's disease, a type of lymphatic cancer...

Taking Steps to Address Cancer: Drug and Device Development

BY MD Anderson

Last year, MD Anderson President John Mendelsohn, M.D., proposed 10 steps that can be taken to ensure cancer deaths decrease more rapidly,...

Taking Steps to Address Cancer: Research Funding

BY MD Anderson

Last year, MD Anderson President John Mendelsohn, M.D., proposed 10 steps that can be taken to ensure cancer deaths decrease more rapidly,...