Things to say to someone with cancer
When a friend or loved one receives a cancer diagnosis, it's important to be there for them and show that you care. But finding the...
How caregivers can get exercise at MD Anderson
Sticking to an exercise routine while helping a loved one through cancer treatment can be a challenge. That's especially true when...
My male breast cancer story
There are approximately 2,200 men in the United States who are diagnosed with breast cancer each year, and I am one of them.
Until...
Broken back to Camelback: Survival from a different point of view
If my doctors at MD Anderson had told me that I would be standing on top of Camelback Mountain in Arizona just 10 months after my stem...
Sacred circles and holy images: Helping cancer patients and...
Every Tuesday afternoon for the last seven years, I've visited MD Anderson to help cancer patients and families in the palliative...
16 things cancer patients and survivors want newly...
The minutes, days and weeks after you're diagnosed with cancer can be overwhelming, scary and lonely.
But, as cancer patients and...
Autologous stem cell transplant survivor: What to expect
As a volunteer with CanCare and myCancerConnection, MD Anderson's one-on-one program that connects cancer patients and caregivers with...
Gratitude for mammograms and stereotactic ablative...
I always tell women to get their regular mammograms. That's how doctors spotted my lung cancer.
A chance lung cancer diagnosis...
Winning my battle against multiple myeloma
I have an iron-clad immune system -- or so I thought. I was hardly ever sick.
That is, until 2009 and 2010, when I got the flu. I...
Sarcoma survivor: "Don't wait to live"
In 2003, Bethany Brown found out she’d gotten an interview for nursing school. She tried calling her father to share the good news,...