David Miyamoto, MD, PhD, a researcher in the field of early cancer detection, examines a blood sample.

Channeling the Future of Early Cancer Detection...

Published 2 weeks ago by Kay Cahill in Cancer Center, Mass General Magazine, Medical Research

In labs across Mass General, researchers are guiding patient blood samples through the tiny channels of an innovative device that could open doors to faster, easier cancer detection.

Raina McMahan is in her fourth year as a recovery coach at Mass General.

Recovery Coach Helps Others Find Health and Hope...

Published 2 weeks ago by Kay Cahill in Community Health, Mass General Magazine, Substance Use Disorders

Raina McMahan leads a team of Mass General recovery coaches who tap their personal experience with substance use disorder to guide others toward recovery.

Searching for new therapies, Priscilla Brastianos, MD, and Daniel Cahill, MD, PhD, analyze their patients’ tissue samples to find targets to treat cancers that have spread to the brain for the Brain Metastasis Program.

Brain Metastasis Program Helps Forge New Era...

Published 2 months ago by Kay Cahill in Cancer Center, Medical Research, Patient Care

Physicians and researchers at the Mass General Cancer Center are using innovative therapies and new approaches to extend the lives of patients with cancer that has spread to the brain.

Marcela Maus, MD, PhD, director of the Mass General Cancer Center’s Cellular Immunotherapy Program.

A New Generation of Brain Cancer Therapy Emerges...

Published 4 months ago by Kay Cahill in Cancer Center, Medical Research

Landing a one-two punch with immunotherapy, researchers treat the deadly brain cancer, glioblastoma, in the laboratory to pave the way for human trials.

Alessio Fasano, MD (left), director of the Center for Celiac Research and Treatment, joins Joyce and Hugh McCormick to mark the couple’s commitment to celiac disease research.

Committed Donors Advocate for Celiac Disease Solution...

Published 7 months ago by Kay Cahill in Children, Donor Recognition, Medical Research

A long alliance with a Mass General researcher inspires the McCormick family to boost its support for transformational research on celiac disease.

Caitlin and Rich Hill, with their son Brice, are happy to support the work of David Sweetser, MD, PhD (center, wearing tie), who helped solve their family’s genetic mystery.

Season of Hope...

Published 10 months ago by Kay Cahill in Children, Donor Recognition, Medical Research

Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Rich Hill and his wife Caitlin are challenging baseball fans to help them raise $1 million in 2019 to support Mass General research into rare and undiagnosed diseases like the one that touched their family.

Physician Sees Health Effects of Climate Change...

Published 10 months ago by Kay Cahill in Health Policy, Medical Research

Emergency physician Renee Salas, MD, MPH, MS, says doctors are already seeing the health effects of climate change among their patients.

The PACT Program helps parents with cancer like Jen Norton (pictured with her children, Greta and Anders, and her husband, Steve) navigate the difficult waters of family life with their diagnosis.

PACT Helps Parents with Cancer Talk with Children...

Published 11 months ago by Kay Cahill in Cancer Center, Children, Patient Care

The PACT Program helps parents cope with the trauma of a cancer diagnosis and the uncertainty about what to tell their children.

Members of the Mass General community gathered in 2018 to promote gun safety.

Health Policy Advocates on the March for Patients...

Published 1 year ago by Kay Cahill in Health Policy, Mass General Magazine

At Mass General, many physicians, nurses, researchers and health workers believe protecting patients should involve more than treating illness and injury.

After surviving severe, disfiguring burns, Joy Greene understands that beauty is more than skin deep.

A Different Kind of Beauty...

Published 2 years ago by Kay Cahill in Community Fundraising, Mass General Magazine, Patient Care

Grateful for her own hard-won recovery, Joy Greene devotes herself to helping other burn survivors and supporting burn research.

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