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Liver transplants offer new hope for late-stage colorectal cancer

WashU Medicine transplant and cancer specialists transform outlook for some patients with limited treatment options

September 17, 2026

A person with curly hair sits in an ornate chair, gazing thoughtfully to the side in a warmly lit room with a large plant and a bulletin board in the background.Matt Miller/WashU Medicine

Meghan Moore enjoys an evening leading a writers group at MADE Makerspace on June 22, 2026, years after being diagnosed with late-stage colorectal cancer. Today, she is cancer-free following an advanced liver transplant at WashU Medicine. The life-saving surgery highlights the institution's position as one of the few centers globally offering transplant innovations to transform outcomes for late-stage cancer patients. Matt Miller/WashU Medicine

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WashU Medicine is a global leader in academic medicine, including biomedical research, patient care and educational programs with 3,100 faculty. Its National Institutes of Health (NIH) research funding portfolio is the second largest among U.S. medical schools and has grown 78% since 2016. Together with institutional investment, WashU Medicine commits over $1.6 billion annually to basic and clinical research innovation and training. Its faculty practice is consistently among the top five in the country, with more than 2,550 faculty physicians practicing at 200 locations. WashU Medicine physicians exclusively staff Barnes-Jewish and St. Louis Children’s hospitals — the academic hospitals of BJC HealthCare — and Siteman Cancer Center, a partnership between BJC HealthCare and WashU Medicine and the only National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer center in Missouri and southern Illinois. WashU Medicine physicians also treat patients at BJC’s community hospitals in our region. With a storied history in MD/PhD training, WashU Medicine recently dedicated $100 million to scholarships and curriculum renewal for its medical students, and is home to top-notch training programs in every medical subspecialty as well as physical therapy, occupational therapy, and audiology and communications sciences.

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