After esophageal cancer surgery, patient stays connected with family despite COVID-19 visitor restrictions
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...
Sisters benefit from personalized breast cancer treatment plans
In August 2015, Judith Smith was diagnosed with a type of breast cancer called mixed ductal and lobular carcinoma. A week later, her sister...