I’m taking medication.
I just got over the flu.
I have a chronic health condition.
These are three common reasons why people say they can’t donate blood. The good news is that these – and other common excuses – don’t necessarily mean you can’t give blood at the MD Anderson Blood Bank.
For insight on these and five other excuses that might be holding you back, we spoke with four blood donors...
Before I was diagnosed with stage IV salivary gland cancer at age 65, I’d thought of MD Anderson as a place where only people with serious...
When Ben Gadot’s brain tumor symptoms began in 2013, he was just 3 months old. The first sign was a visual change in his eyes. &...
Last updated on Nov. 3, 2023
Like hundreds of thousands of starlings aloft in the sky flying together to create a mass that swoops and dips in unison until the swarm of birds roosts, so too can our data be harmonized and aggregated together to converge on the cancer problem and envelop it to unlock solutions.
MD Anderson’s Institute for Data Science in Oncology (IDSO) will harness the power of data and bring data...
With the single spark of an idea, MD Anderson’s researchers – some of the best and brightest minds in the field – have the freedom and support...
Before moving to Hong Kong with my husband for his job in 2004, I was an ER and neurosurgery nurse in the Texas Medical Center. I really liked...
Courtney Holladay’s connection to MD Anderson’s mission began at age 4 when she learned her mom had ovarian cancer. “I don’t remember much...
CAR T cell therapy is a type of immunotherapy used to treat lymphoma, multiple myeloma and some forms of leukemia. The treatment modifies...
If you need radiation therapy as a part of your breast cancer treatment, you may have questions about side effects.
What are the most...
Doyle Bosque always felt called to become a nurse. But early in his career, he questioned that decision.
“Some days can be especially...
After losing her mother and six of her 15 siblings to cancer, everything Marvetta Walker does as executive director for Projects and Operations...
Rappelling up a rock-climbing wall was Akilah Lopez’s greatest challenge at MD Anderson’s Camp Family Fun Day in August 2022.
“They...
For Benjamin Schrank, M.D., Ph.D., personalized medicine is about more than tailoring treatment.
Schrank, a resident physician...
Rectal cancer can impact many of the body’s most basic functions. So, it’s important to find a surgeon who understands the balance between...
A new COVID-19 subvariant called XBB1.5 is on the rise across the U.S.
Early reports indicate that it is much more contagious...
Coming from a long line of educators all the way back to her great-grandmother, Toysha Mayer, D.H.Sc., swore she’d choose a different career...
Gum disease is far more common than any type of gum cancer.
But how do you know if you have gingivitis, periodontitis or cancer...
Sangeeta Goswami, M.D., Ph.D., always has been a “people person.” Her love of her patients and her colleagues has fueled her work in both...
Surgery is a common part of colon cancer treatment. Just about every patient diagnosed with stage I-III colon cancer will have surgery at...
If you’re receiving chemotherapy as a part of your cancer treatment, you’ve probably already learned a few tricks to make the experience easier...
Like most college seniors, graduation, starting a career and making a mark on the world are top of mind for Saloni Cholia. An ecology and...