How do feeding tubes work? What cancer patients and caregivers should know
Maintaining proper nutrition during cancer treatment is important. When cancer patients struggle with this, a feeding tube can help. These flexible, plastic tubes placed in the stomach or small intestine can help provide the calories, protein, vitamins, minerals and fluids needed to help the body fight infection, heal and stay healthy.
Even though a feeding tube may be needed to help you maintain a healthy, active life during and...
Which cancers can be treated with immune checkpoint inhibitors?
Updated June 28, 2024
Immunotherapy is a type of cancer treatment that does not target the cancer itself, unlike traditional treatments...
4 things I love about MD Anderson
I worked in broadcast TV news for more than 40 years before retiring last summer, so I’ve done a lot of stories about different hospitals....
15 healthy holiday gifts to give during the COVID-19 pandemic
Starting your holiday shopping? When it comes to gifts, you might be wondering if there are special items that could make life easier – or bring joy – for your friends and family during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
Our Wellness team offers these suggestions.
Virtual cooking class. Cooking classes are perfect for the virtual world because you can cook in your own kitchen, with all your own equipment. Some companies...
11 ways to support cancer patients and survivors this holiday season
Holiday celebrations look a lot different this year because of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. It’s a difficult time for everyone, but...
Acoustic neuroma survivor resumes life after Gamma Knife® stereotactic radiosurgery
I woke up one morning and noticed I was having trouble hearing in my left ear. I also had a loud ringing in that ear. I made an appointment...
Multiple myeloma: When to treat and when to wait
Multiple myeloma is a cancer that develops in a type of white blood cell called plasma cells. Normally, these cells help us make antibodies...
Surgical technique drastically reduces pain for amputee cancer patients
When Annette Rios was diagnosed with chondrosarcoma, a type of bone cancer, doctors told her they’d need to amputate her right leg just below...
Uterine cancer survivor: Please wear a mask
The past few months have been a little hard for me. For one thing, there’s the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. For another, I was diagnosed with...
Personalized triple-negative breast cancer treatment made me feel special
I didn’t have any breast cancer symptoms until early 2019. Then, a lump the size of a lime popped up on my right breast, seemingly overnight...
How molecular testing and targeted therapy are changing B-cell lymphoma treatment
B-cell lymphoma isn’t one disease. There are about 63 subtypes, with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) being the most common. A chemotherapy...
Throat cancer survivor: 5 things I love about MD Anderson
Cancer runs in my family. My mom alone has lost three of her sisters to the disease. So, when I heard a doctor tell me, “You have throat cancer...
Helping cancer survivors get – and stay – active
At the time of her breast cancer diagnosis, Teresa Serbia knew she was overweight.
“After I was fortunate enough to become a survivor...
Clinical trials glossary: 12 terms to know
New and better cancer treatments are discovered through clinical trials. By joining one, patients get access to the most cutting-edge treatments...
Compassion and connection helped me through prostate cancer treatment
In spring 2017, I went in for a routine physical and heard the words that no guy wants to hear: “You have late-stage aggressive prostate cancer...
What it’s like to be a caregiver for an international cancer patient
In early 2018, my husband, Guillermo, wanted to participate in an IRONMAN competition near our home in Quito, Ecuador. A blood test during...
7 ways to cope with scanxiety
If medical tests cause you anxiety, you’re not alone. It’s common to feel stress or worry in anticipation of medical tests, during these tests...
Monoclonal antibodies and cancer treatment: What to know
Last updated Jan. 11, 2022.
First emerging almost three decades ago, monoclonal antibodies are changing the way doctors treat cancer...
New class of immunotherapy targets found in pancreatic and other cancers
For patients with pancreatic cancer, the benefits from immunotherapy treatments with immune checkpoint inhibitors or cell therapies have been...
10 things to know about esophageal cancer
Updated June 1, 2022
More than 16,000 people in the United States will be diagnosed with esophageal cancer this year. Roughly 75% of...
Predicting and preventing CAR T cell therapy side effects in lymphoma patients
CAR T cell therapy has changed the way aggressive B-cell lymphoma is treated. Previously, when patients had a second recurrence after receiving...
Extra-mammary Paget’s disease survivor: Time matters
In 2013, Sandy Fontan was a 53-year-old marathon runner in tip-top shape. She maintained a healthy diet and ran between 25 and 30 miles a...
Getting answers for patients with a suspicion of cancer
Like clockwork, Katherine Moreno gets a cold every year. It always leads to bronchitis, then asthma.
“I don’t go anywhere without a...
Surgery, proton therapy put stage III lung cancer survivor in remission
In September 2014, I developed a cough that would not go away. It seemed to get worse at night. From that September until March 2015, I tried...
Why I’m glad I chose MD Anderson for breast cancer treatment
With cancer treatment — as with life — you can only make decisions based on what you know at any given moment. But new information becomes...
Colorectal cancer researchers focus on minimal residual disease to guide treatment
Minimal residual disease (MRD) is a term commonly used with blood cancers that describes a small fraction of cancer cells that remain or come...