The morning of his esophageal cancer surgery, Dustin Pruett kissed his wife goodbye on the skybridge outside the Rotary House Hotel.

He was nervous about just one thing. Not the seven-and-a-half-hour surgery or the weeks of recovery on a feeding tube. For Dustin, the hardest part was knowing he was about to be away from his wife and four children for about 10 days.

Like other hospitals, MD Anderson has temporarily restricted...

As we practice social distancing to protect ourselves and others during the 2019 novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, it’s easy to put staying active and eating healthy on the back burner. And it can be especially difficult if you’re working from home or caring for other family members – or both.

But whether you’re a cancer patient, a caregiver or trying to lower your overall cancer risk, it’s important to try to maintain...