Rectal cancer survivor finds renewed hope at MD Anderson
A nagging pain at the end of Sam Markota’s digestive tract suddenly became unbearable during a business trip to Thailand. The...
Two-time sinus cancer survivor: Find humor, joy in hardship
Cancer wasn’t Adel Tawfik’s first medical crisis.
In the ‘80s and ‘90s, Adel had two open-heart surgeries. In 2015, he had a...
Skin cancer survivor finds courage, support in other...
During one of my first visits to MD Anderson, I went to The Learning Center and read about the type of skin cancer that’d been...
How I managed my emotions during thyroid cancer treatment
As I learned when I was diagnosed with thyroid cancer earlier this year, there’s a lot of scary and unfamiliar territory to deal with...
Meet Giulio Draetta, M.D., Ph.D.
Giulio Draetta, M.D., Ph.D., is a true global citizen whose passion for discovery put his career on a winding path with universities...
Depression during cancer treatment: When it’s more than the...
We all experience sadness, stress and anxiety sometimes. A cancer diagnosis can amplify these feelings, with the stress and anxiety it...
Coping with lung cancer and heart disease
I was preparing for heart surgery when I received a lung cancer diagnosis. The two health problems could have had dire results, but...
How a rare childhood brain tumor brought us together
My stepson Roberto Saenz was heading to junior prom in 2009 when his brain tumor symptoms began. As he rode in the limo, he started...
Rectal cancer survivor: Immunotherapy saved my life
Some days, I look back at my rectal cancer treatment, and I honestly can’t believe how far I’ve come. The fact that I’m not only alive...
Nurse’s compassion eases pancreatic cancer patient’s fears
It’s been more than a year since Jacquiela Dorsey, a stage IV pancreatic cancer patient, met Lady June Boholst, a clinical nurse who...
5 things I learned from facing B-cell lymphoma while...
When I was diagnosed with my primary mediastinal large b-cell lymphoma diagnosis in November 2017, I was in the second trimester of my...
A Ewing’s sarcoma recurrence won’t stop me from living
I recently completed radiation therapy, but I’m still waiting to find out if it was successful in destroying a tumor that spread to my...
Oral cancer survivor finds her strength
As a registered nurse, Asha Bhandari was familiar with cancer – even less common cancer types, like oral cancer. But she never...