Stage IV kidney cancer survivor: Immunotherapy gave me hope
When I was in my 20s, people referred to cancer as the “Big C.” Back then, there weren’t many treatment options, and the prognosis...
5 ways breast cancer treatment has changed
As a nurse navigator at MD Anderson in The Woodlands, I get to connect with breast cancer patients just as they’re contacting MD...
Plastic surgeon: Why I wouldn’t work anyplace but MD...
Working with breast cancer patients can be a challenge. Because while some are coming to us for the very first time for their...
Liposarcoma survivor: Cancer won’t stop me from achieving my goals
Before my liposarcoma diagnosis in November 2017, I was spending a lot of time at the gym. My focus was on improving my physical...
Non-Hodgkin lymphoma survivor confronts cancer with faith,...
Most people don’t look back on their cancer experience with fondness.
But Jacqueline Wallace is not most people.
The 60-year-old...
Anal cancer survivor: Why I keep returning to MD Anderson
When I heard that Farrah Fawcett had died of anal cancer in June 2009, I remember saying out loud to myself, “Anal cancer? There is...
For follicular lymphoma survivor, clinical trial and...
When it comes to facing cancer, follicular lymphoma survivor Michael Baker says laughter is the best medicine.
Well, actually...
Pancreatic cancer surgeon: Individualized treatment makes...
At MD Anderson, we don’t just practice medicine by the textbook — we are the ones writing those textbooks. That’s why it’s so...
Breast cancer survivor: Why I support clinical trials
As an 18-year cancer survivor who has been on three clinical trials, I am a big proponent of them – especially at MD Anderson. I...
Kindness made the difference during my leukemia and kidney...
I don’t get sick very often. And no one in my family has ever had cancer, so when I was diagnosed with leukemia in January 2012, I...
3 things I’ve learned as an MD Anderson nurse
I used to joke that I came to MD Anderson by mistake, because when I graduated from nursing school, I missed all the deadlines at the...
How a testicular cancer diagnosis led me to Mt. Kilimanjaro
Before scaling Mt. Kilimanjaro in June 2018, I’d never climbed a real mountain. I live in Beaumont, Texas, which is only around 30...