In January 2017, I was diagnosed with anaplastic thyroid cancer. The disease was so advanced that I was given only a few weeks to live. So, when I first started my battle against cancer, I was just hoping to gain a bit more time. I never dreamed I’d still be here today.

Yet here I am, almost two years later. I am completely cancer-free — and I have MD Anderson to thank for it.

I knew very little about thyroid cancer or its...