10 ways to ease stress and anxiety during cancer treatment
Whether you have an upcoming CT scan or are expecting news from your doctor, waiting can cause anxiety, worry and stress. You might...
Why I celebrate 'cancerversaries' after TNBC
In the summer of 2012, I was diagnosed with stage three triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC). I was 37 years old and had 5-year-old...
How my cancer journey became my family's cancer journey
I wasn't the only one diagnosed with anaplastic large T cell lymphoma small cell variant (ALCL) in May 2013. My entire family took on...
How our Suspicion of Cancer Clinic helps patients
When Samuel Loftin's blood work showed an unusual level of liver enzymes, a gastroenterologist near his Alabama home recommended an...
Why I vaccinate my sons against HPV
As a cervical cancer survivor, I have spent considerable time and energy trying to protect my children from cancer. I didn't want them...
Physical therapist brings songs and dance to cancer patients
Growing up in Jefferson, Texas, Jasia Russell, didn't know anything about physical therapy.
That changed when Russell was 16 and her...
Getting to know our head of clinical operations, Bob Brigham
Last month, MD Anderson gained a new leader for our inpatient and outpatient clinical operations. Bob Brigham, our new senior vice...
Seizing the moment after my melanoma recurrence
My name is Kate, and I have stage IV melanoma. I received my initial diagnosis three years ago. I went to a surgeon, they got clean...
How we're changing - with help from our patients
Five years ago, Gary Bentz was completing the last of his 34 radiation treatments and his third round of chemotherapy to destroy a...
What does a patient services coordinator do?
Chris Cuchapin is proud to be one of the first faces patients and their families see when they visit MD Anderson.
As a patient...