Bone Disease Program Of Texas
The Rolanette and Berdon Lawrence Bone Disease Program of Texas is a collaborative program between the Baylor College of Medicine and the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center. It was established by an initial endowment to the two institutions by Rolanette and Charles Berdon Lawrence, Houston philanthropists. The program was established in 2002 by the two academic institutions to focus on osteoporosis and other Metabolic Bone Disease and spread of cancer to the skeleton in patients with cancer. Baylor College of Medicine's mission in this program is to develop strategies for stimulating new bone formation while The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center is focused on bone loss in patients with cancer and the development of strategies to prevent spread of cancer (bone metastasis) into bone.
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