Mammograms for men: What to expect
Male breast cancer is extremely rare. About 1% of breast cancers in the United States occur in males. But certain men do run the risk...
5 weight training exercises to make your life easier
Strength training is about more than looking good. Strong muscles make your daily activities easier and help keep your body...
Tongue cancer survivor: Coming to MD Anderson saved my life
In January 2020, I noticed a changing spot under my tongue. My family doctor advised that I get it biopsied. The results came back...
What's changed in a year at MD Anderson?
The past year challenged and changed all of us at MD Anderson. It changed the way we work, the ways we connect and, in some cases, it...
How MD Anderson took COVID-19 safety in-house
MD Anderson has one of the world’s largest populations of immunocompromised patients. From the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic,...
Training future oncologists and cancer researchers during...
Training the next generation of cancer researchers and clinicians plays a vital role in MD Anderson’s mission to end cancer. While...
Why I donate blood for cancer patients to honor my late wife
I’ve been a regular blood donor since 1981. But it wasn’t until my wife, Kelly, was diagnosed with stage IV anal cancer in 2014 that...
New ways of collaborating move cancer research forward...
It takes a team to make discoveries. But MD Anderson has taken this concept well beyond the traditional partnership between students...
How colorectal cancer treatment improved my quality of life
Nobody ever wants to receive a cancer diagnosis. But when I found out I had poorly differentiated adenocarcinoma of the cecum — a type...
3-time lung cancer survivor: MD Anderson is keeping me...
I started using cigarettes in the early 1970s, when I was just 16. I smoked a pack a day for more than 35 years. I didn’t quit until...
Why I joined a targeted therapy clinical trial for...
Before my diagnosis in February 2019, no one in my family had ever had cancer. So we were all very surprised when I was diagnosed with...
Q&A: New research on early detection of pancreatic cancer
Pancreatic cancer only accounts for about 3% of cancers diagnosed in the U.S. each year, but it is the third most common cause of...
Uterine cancer survivor: 3 things I love about MD Anderson
When I was diagnosed with clear cell endometrial carcinoma — a rare type of uterine cancer — in late July, there was no question as to...
Colorectal cancer and race: What Black men and women need...
Last updated Oct. 4, 2021
Despite an overall decline in colorectal cancer cases and deaths over the past several decades, Black men...
With virtual reality, radiation therapy students learn...
Think virtual reality is just about gaming and movies? Think again.
This fall, radiation therapy students at MD Anderson are...
What to know about the COVID-19 vaccines
Last updated April 8, 2021
As the number of COVID-19 cases continues to increase, you probably have a lot of questions about...
Insights from a COVID-19 vaccine trial participant
Last updated Jan. 21, 2021
Over his 27-year career at MD Anderson, Steven Sherman, M.D., chair of Endocrine Neoplasia and Hormonal...
Stage IV colorectal cancer survivor: How I know MD Anderson...
Last year was an emotional rollercoaster for me. In May, I found out I had colorectal cancer after my first colonoscopy. June brought...
How to practice self-care this holiday season
December is normally a time of togetherness and celebration. But with COVID-19 cases surging again all over the world, this season...
How MD Anderson saved my eyesight with squamous cell...
My eye has watered daily for the past 30 years. I always blamed it on allergies, which I’ve had since I was a young child.
But in...
Multiple myeloma survivor: My treatment at MD Anderson made...
Taking care of cancer patients isn’t easy. And I should know, because I serve as the chief nursing officer at a regional hospital...
Acid reflux, Barrett’s esophagus and esophageal cancer:...
Millions of Americans suffer from acid reflux. Also known as heartburn or acid indigestion, it can feel like an intense burning...
What does it mean to be immunocompromised?
Most cancer patients and their caregivers will hear the word “immunocompromised” at some point.
But what does that actually mean?...
How to get started with legacy planning
When other people think of you, what do you want them to remember? Is it a particular personality trait that has defined your life? A...
Targeted therapy venetoclax improving acute myeloid...
Targeted therapies are designed to work against specific vulnerabilities in a cancer cell.
The targeted therapy drug venetoclax is...
Are rapid COVID-19 tests accurate?
Last updated on Jan. 25, 2022.
We’ve all felt uncertain at times during the COVID-19 pandemic. Do I have the coronavirus? Should...
Nurse and breast cancer survivor shares the healing power...
Joyace Ussin uses her voice to connect with her patients and their loved ones. Known as “the singing nurse,” Ussin can sense when...
Is your sparkling water healthy?
Carbonated, flavored waters have been trending over the past couple of years. But are these bubbly beverages good for you? That...
8 things I learned as a pediatric cancer caregiver
When we noticed a swelling on Sawyer’s jaw, we never imagined he had rhabdomyosarcoma, a rapidly growing tumor that caused a...
Two-time cancer survivor: MD Anderson is helping me beat...
Before 2014, no one in my family had ever had cancer. And everyone I knew who’d had it had died. So, until that year, I assumed that’s...