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What research is done in Houston?

Papers authored at Houston's institutions — The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Baylor College of Medicine, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston — with the Prism stance layer.

Summary

Houston's institutions are a medical research engine: MD Anderson contributes 6939 papers and Baylor College of Medicine 5980 in the available record. Breast cancer leads opportunity areas with 309, with women's and children's health also prominent.

WATCH Watch whether strong cancer work translates into broader gains across women's and children's health.
Research outlook for Houston

What the papers — written in the city and about it — point to, split by the Prism stance layer: work that reads promising versus work that flags problems or urges caution.

Opportunities the research points to
Breast Cancer · 309Women's Health · 212Children's Health · 190Cancer · 188Healthcare · 174Tumor · 164Acute Myeloid Leukemia · 160Neuroscience · 120Machine Learning · 108Mental Health · 105Men's Health · 98Clinical Trials · 83
Concerns the research raises
Healthcare · 206Children's Health · 195Women's Health · 144Breast Cancer · 94COVID-19 · 94Cancer · 94Mental Health · 91Patients' Health · 84Clinical Trials · 74Patient Care · 72Patient Health · 62Research · 46

counts = papers carrying the theme · concerns merge cautionary, critical and problem-identifying work

Institutions
Orientation
Output by year (sample)
2026: 59720172026597
Opportunities (promising + breakthrough)
Breast Cancer · 309Women's Health · 212Children's Health · 190Cancer · 188Healthcare · 174Tumor · 164Acute Myeloid Leukemia · 160Neuroscience · 120Machine Learning · 108Mental Health · 105Men's Health · 98Clinical Trials · 83
Cautions (cautionary + critical)
Children's Health · 60Breast Cancer · 51Healthcare · 50Women's Health · 43Patients' Health · 38Mental Health · 35Patient Health · 29COVID-19 · 29Men's Health · 27Cancer · 23Clinical Trials · 22Patient Care · 22
Problems flagged
Healthcare · 152Children's Health · 135Women's Health · 97Cancer · 71COVID-19 · 65Mental Health · 54Clinical Trials · 52Patient Care · 50Research · 46Patients' Health · 46Breast Cancer · 43Patient Health · 33
Top research topics
Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics · 576Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers · 557CAR-T cell therapy research · 523Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment · 454Acute Myeloid Leukemia Research · 448Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Research · 377Epigenetics and DNA Methylation · 332RNA modifications and cancer · 321Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment · 319Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research · 286Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations · 278Immunotherapy and Immune Responses · 249
Most-cited work
PaperYearCitedOrientation
The biology <b>,</b> function <b>,</b> and biomedical applications of exosomes20209903Promising
Antiinflammatory Therapy with Canakinumab for Atherosclerotic Disease20178809Promising
Tisagenlecleucel in Adult Relapsed or Refractory Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma20183936Promising
The 5th edition of the World Health Organization Classification of Haematolymphoid Tumours: Lymphoid Neoplasms20223466Descriptive
WebGestalt 2019: gene set analysis toolkit with revamped UIs and APIs20193445Breakthrough
De novo assembly of the <i>Aedes aegypti</i> genome using Hi-C yields chromosome-length scaffolds20172887Breakthrough
Detection and localization of surgically resectable cancers with a multi-analyte blood test20182723Breakthrough
LinkedOmics: analyzing multi-omics data within and across 32 cancer types20172532Breakthrough
A multisociety Delphi consensus statement on new fatty liver disease nomenclature20232472Critical
Talazoparib in Patients with Advanced Breast Cancer and a Germline <i>BRCA</i> Mutation20182082Promising
The Burden of Primary Liver Cancer and Underlying Etiologies From 1990 to 2015 at the Global, Regional, and…20171991Descriptive
Global vascular guidelines on the management of chronic limb-threatening ischemia20191820Breakthrough
Integrated genomic characterization of oesophageal carcinoma20171820Descriptive
KTE-X19 CAR T-Cell Therapy in Relapsed or Refractory Mantle-Cell Lymphoma20201759Cautionary
Targeting potential drivers of COVID-19: Neutrophil extracellular traps20201572Critical

figures marked ≈ are scaled estimates from a partial sample · Prism stance layer over 2017+ papers

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