Layoffs, research cutbacks on the table as MD Anderson moves to improve its financial health

By Mike Hixenbaugh December 14, 2016 Updated: December 14, 2016 10:59pm

MD Anderson Cancer Center officials are taking urgent steps, including the possibility of layoffs, to cut expenses and boost revenues after three straight months of operating losses caused a deficit of more than $111 million in the first quarter of the 2017 fiscal year.