Researchers and clinicians at MD Anderson continue to lead the way in making new discoveries and leading groundbreaking studies that advance cancer research and bring new treatment options for patients and their families. Here are 11 of the most impactful cancer research advances from MD Anderson in Fiscal Year 2024.

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center’s Research Highlights showcases the latest breakthroughs in cancer care, research and prevention. These advances are made possible through seamless collaboration between MD Anderson’s world-leading clinicians and scientists, bringing discoveries from the lab to the clinic and back.

Can wearing underwire bras cause breast cancer? What about using antiperspirants containing aluminum or eating foods made from soybeans? Therese Bevers, M.D., medical director of MD Anderson’s Lyda Hill Cancer Prevention Center, takes on these and three other myths you shouldn’t believe.

Maybe you’ve heard that following an alkaline diet can treat or prevent diseases such as cancer or help you lose weight. But are those claims fact, fiction or somewhere in between? Dietitian Maria Petzel weighs in.

Physician-scientist Guang Lei, M.D., first developed a passion for finding ways to help cancer patients while he was a resident physician In China. Today, that passion drives him in his lab at MD Anderson, where he studies ferroptosis.