Mohs surgery is a minimally invasive procedure used to treat some skin cancers. It is named after Frederic Mohs, M.D., a doctor from Wisconsin who pioneered the technique in the 1920s.
About 90% of patients who undergo Mohs surgery at MD Anderson have either basal or squamous cell carcinoma of the skin.
But is Mohs surgery ever used to treat any other types of cancer? How does it differ from regular...
Uveal melanoma is a term with which many people may be unfamiliar. In part, that's because it's a relatively rare type of cancer, but also...
Janice Simon believes that cancer patients can, and should, get organized.
A project director in MD Anderson's Department of Faculty...
Dara Insley is a pain warrior.
Treatment for breast cancer in 2009 and 2010 involved two extensive and delicate surgeries -- one a double mastectomy and another in her armpit and neck -- as well as chemotherapy and radiation therapy.
Although Insley is relieved and grateful to be free of cancer, she's dealt with chronic pain and discomfort since treatment ended last year.
Pain is considered chronic...
After a long and successful career in broadcast journalism in Houston, North Texas and Oklahoma, Judy Overton joined MD Anderson in 2008 as...
Caring for a loved one with a serious illness can be exhausting and disheartening. Robert Lee of Oolitic, Ind., shares the story of his wife...
Mike Charnock of Houston was treated for high blood pressure and enlarged lymph nodes before doctors found the real cause. On July 26, 2010...
Ashton Marchand has been writing since she can remember; and thanks to the help of her mother's choice to take part in a homeschooling education...
Cervical cancer forms in the tissues of the cervix. It is usually slow-growing and caused by the human papillomavirus (HPV), but it rarely...
Jennifer Dunmoyer lived the first 34 years of her life feeling invincible -- until she was diagnosed with cancer.
"I have always...