11 inspiring mantras from our patients and caregivers
When you're dealing with cancer, it can be hard to stay focused and cope day after day. But for many patients and caregivers, having a mantra can help. And sometimes the best mantra -- the one that really speaks to you -- comes from someone else who's walked in your shoes.
This past year, dozens of our patients and caregivers shared great mantras and words of wisdom on our Cancerwise blog and in video interviews.
Here...
How seven cancer patients celebrated the end of cancer treatment
Finishing cancer treatment can be a momentous occasion – one that calls for celebrating in ways both big and small. But there’s no right way...
Working and parenting through chemo and radiation
Rashe Bowie hadn’t been working at her current company very long when she and her colleagues played Two Truths and a Lie during an offsite...
16 things cancer patients and survivors want newly diagnosed patients to know
The minutes, days and weeks after you're diagnosed with cancer can be overwhelming, scary and lonely.
But, as cancer patients and survivors recently shared in our Facebook community, you can get through this time.
Here's their advice for newly diagnosed cancer patients.
First scalp and skull transplant completed simultaneously with kidney and pancreas transplant
James (Jim) Boysen first met Jesse C. Selber, M.D., four years ago. The Austin-based software developer had come to MD Anderson for reconstructive...
What to know about general anesthesia
Undergoing surgery soon, or know someone who is? You may have questions about general anesthesia, which is typically used when patients undergo...