The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center | Strategic Alliance Partners

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston ranks as one of the world's most respected centers focused on cancer patient care, research, education and prevention. The institution’s sole mission is to end cancer for patients and their families around the world, and, in 1971, it became one of the nation’s first National Cancer Institute (NCI)-designated comprehensive cancer centers. MD Anderson is No. 1 for cancer in U.S. News & World Report’s “Best Hospitals” rankings and has been named one of the nation’s top two hospitals for cancer since the rankings began in 1990.

Through integrated and comprehensive programs, MD Anderson advances transformative discovery, prevention, translational and clinical research. We aim to provide a deeper understanding of all cancer types, including rare cancers not often studied or treated elsewhere, to ultimately lead to meaningful benefits for patients and society. In fiscal year 2024, MD Anderson invested $1.3 billion in research efforts. MD Anderson also is home to world’s largest oncology clinical trials program, with more than 1,500 ongoing trials in FY24, and 27 drugs tested at MD Anderson received FDA approval in FY24.

Through partnership with our patients, our scientists and clinicians seamlessly collaborate to develop breakthroughs that transform the field. Discoveries from our labs are swiftly translated into new therapies in the clinic, and insights from the clinic inform our laboratory work in real time. At every step, a rapidly growing team of data scientists provide insights, processes and tools that better inform and accelerate studies. Our culture of collaboration provides early-career researchers accessible mentorship and hands-on training from some of the most brilliant minds in the world across the spectrum of cancer research and care.

Latest from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center


Pacritinib Provides Spleen, Symptom Reduction Regardless of Blood Counts, Association Between SVR and OS in Myelofibrosis

June 16, 2023

Treatment with the JAK2 inhibitor pacritinib demonstrated comparable improvements in spleen and symptom response regardless of baseline platelet counts and hemoglobin levels, according to findings from the pivotal phase 3 PERSIST-1 and PERSIST-2 trials.

Neoadjuvant Zanidatamab Shows Early Efficacy, Tolerability in Early-Stage, Node-Negative, HER2+ Breast Cancer

June 14, 2023

Neoadjuvant zanidatamab monotherapy successfully reduced the incidence of residual disease and was well tolerated in treatment-naïve women with node negative, stage I HER2-positive breast cancer, potentially allowing patients to achieve pathologic complete responses in the absence of chemotherapy.

Zilurgisertib With or Without Ruxolitinib Shows Early Tolerability, Activity in Anemic Myelofibrosis

June 12, 2023

Administration of the selective ALK-2 inhibitor zilurgisertib alone or in combination with ruxolitinib was safe, well tolerated, and showed preliminary signals of clinical activity in patients with primary or secondary myelofibrosis and disease-related anemia.

Dr Jabbour on the Efficacy of Ponatinib in Newly Diagnosed Ph+ ALL

June 09, 2023

Elias Jabbour, MD, discusses efficacy data from the phase 3 PhALLCON trial of ponatinib plus reduced-intensity chemotherapy vs imatinib plus reduced-intensity chemotherapy in newly diagnosed patients with Philadelphia chromosome–positive acute lymphoblastic leukemia.

ZUMA-7 Primary OS Analysis Supports Use of Axi-cel As Second-line SOC in R/R LBCL

June 06, 2023

Second-line treatment with axicabtagene ciloleucel significantly improved overall survival compared with high-dose therapy plus autologous stem cell transplant in patients with early relapsed or refractory large B-cell lymphoma.

Fruquintinib/BSC Demonstrates OS/PFS Benefit in Refractory mCRC, Irrespective of Prior Treatment

June 05, 2023

Treatment with fruquintinib plus best supportive care led to improved overall survival and progression-free survival vs placebo plus best supportive care in patients with refractory metastatic colorectal cancer, irrespective of number of prior lines of therapy or type of prior treatment.

Gaining Ground in Gynecologic and Hematologic Cancers at ASCO 2023: Drs Herrera, Westin, and Jabbour

June 05, 2023

OncLive® will be LIVE with OncLive® News Network: On Location at the 2023 ASCO Annual Meeting. Each day, we will broadcast a series of interviews with top thought leaders, to learn their thoughts and reactions to data presented across hematologic oncology during the conference.

Dr Raghav on Trastuzumab Deruxtecan in HER2+ mCRC

June 04, 2023

Kanwal P. S. Raghav, MBBS, MD, discusses primary findings from the phase 2 DESTINY-CRC02 trial (NCT04744831) of fam-trastuzumab deruxtecan-nxki (Enhertu) in patients with metastatic colorectal cancer with HER2 amplification or overexpression.