When my mom was diagnosed with metastatic melanoma, I became her main caregiver. For two years, I cared for her through several surgeries and several rounds of chemotherapy. I drove her from our home in Louisiana to MD Anderson, and stayed there with her for weeks at a time.
After my mom died, I felt lost. I kept thinking I needed to be taking Mom's temperature, giving her medicine, sitting with her, holding her hand, something...
Eight weeks. That's how long my wife and I have been in Houston, where I entered a Phase 1 drug trial for ABT-199, a new experimental drug...
"What do you want to be when you grow up?" As I grazed through elementary school, the answer was never an Olympic gymnast or an...
Every day, acute myeloid leukemia (AML) survivor Erika Evans runs four miles around Lake Austin. Just two years ago she thought she'd never...
It saved my life. But before I underwent the stem cell transplant as part of my acute myeloid leukemia (AML) treatment, I had seriously considered...
Being a cancer caregiver can be very rewarding, but it isn't easy. As a caregiver, you may experience stress, worry, fear and anger -- among...
Each day in the United States, about 4,000 kids smoke their first cigarette. Many of them will become daily smokers. "For teens, it may...
At MD Anderson, we're constantly looking for innovative new ways to provide the best possible cancer treatment options for our patients as...
"How do I work, take care of my kids, be a good spouse, and find care for my loved one during the day?"
"I am taking...