MedStar Health Blog

Research at MedStar Health Research Institute and throughout the U.S. is revealing novel strategies to advance treatment of triple-negative breast cancer, which is one of the most complex and elusive...

Prostate cancer is one of the most common cancers in men, with approximately one in eight men receiving a diagnosis at some point in their lives. Fortunately, early diagnosis and a broad range of eff...

Enrollment is underway at MedStar Washington Hospital Center for this global, multi-center, placebo-controlled phase III randomized study to evaluate the safety and efficacy of the new PIK3CA kinase ...

First Lady Dr. Jill Biden recently had Mohs surgery to remove a skin lesion above her right eye. Mohs surgery is performed about 850,000 times a year in the U.S. The precise care surgeons can deliver...

Proton therapy is a modern cancer treatment using advanced technology to more safely and effectively destroy tumors benign and malignant (cancerous) tumors. Also called proton beam therapy, this cance...

More than 42,000 people received a solid organ transplant in 2022, according to the United Network for Organ Sharing. And while a new, healthy organ brings hope for improved health, transplant pa...