Immunotherapy side effects: What to know
If you’ve researched cancer treatment options, you’ve probably heard of immunotherapy, which trains the immune system to attack...
Cervical cancer treatment: Minimally invasive radical...
Abdominal radical hysterectomies (also called “open” hysterectomies) typically are thought of as more difficult for patients to...
Colorectal cancer survivor turns to clinical trial for...
Over the last year and a half, Shams Peerbhai has tried just about everything to cope with peripheral neuropathy, a cancer treatment...
Breast cancer survivor: Don’t wait to have lumps looked at
My dad’s mother was diagnosed with breast cancer when she was in her 60s. But that was considered pretty normal at the time, so she...
Triple-negative breast cancer survivor: Why I’m glad I...
Until I was diagnosed with stage I triple-negative breast cancer in December 2016, I didn’t know much about immunotherapy. But as an...
My brain tumor story: From caregiver to patient
As a child and adolescent psychiatrist in Puerto Rico, I always tell my patients that in any situation, no matter how hard or...
How hospitalists fit into cancer care
Being admitted to the hospital for complications related to cancer or your treatment can be scary and stressful. But hospitalists will...
4 lessons I’ve learned from the other side of the...
As a pediatrician, I’m not sure if my familiarity with disease has made my fight against colorectal cancer easier or harder. What I...
Stereotactic body radiation therapy: a new option for...
A decade ago, pancreatic cancer was treated with five to six weeks of radiation therapy and chemotherapy. Patients often experienced...
Leukemia specialist: Identifying new treatments is the most...
Last updated Aug. 23, 2021
Because standard treatments have failed for so many patients, our goal at MD Anderson is to have a...
Sarcoma survivor finds his way to remission at MD Anderson
As a high school soccer player, Alex Frankenfeld often heard his coach say, “Busca la forma,” which is Spanish for “Find a way.” Three...
Mothering my own mother: A young adult caregiver’s story of...
After graduating from Purdue University in December 2016, I had no idea what I wanted to do professionally. But the “real world” was...
A CAR T-cell therapy clinical trial saved my wife’s life
I am a numbers person. So, when my wife, Emily, was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma in August 2013, I turned to the internet for...
Stage IV melanoma survivor: Why I don’t mind having visible...
An immunotherapy clinical trial at MD Anderson helped me beat stage IV melanoma almost five years ago. But the side effects I...
Colorectal cancer survivor: How I found hope at MD Anderson
In April 2013, I was a 37-year-old pediatrician with a busy practice and a hectic family life. I didn’t have time to be sick. But when...
Pancreatic cancer expert: ‘Specialization is the secret...
Because I treat patients in MD Anderson’s Gastrointestinal Cancer Center and I have a special interest in pancreatic cancer, I often...
Anal cancer survivor: Why I volunteer through...
When I was diagnosed with anal cancer in 2009, I didn’t know anyone who had ever had the disease. So I was frightened, confused and...
Breast cancer survivor grateful for personalized mastectomy...
Frances Arnoult had a double mastectomy, but she never had to see what she would have looked like without breasts. That’s because her...