Tobacco-Free Teens app helps youth quit smoking

BY Katrina Burton

Remember playing arcade and video games as a kid? Now, researchers are playing on kids' love for video games by creating interactive games and apps for mobile devices. And, they're doing this to collect research data from patients and to deliver educational information to keep people better informed about their health. 

Here at MD Anderson, Alexander Prokhorov, M.D., Ph.D., professor of Behavioral Science, has been using...

Changing clinical trials for cancer treatment: A cancer patient's perspective

BY Mike Snyder

By nature, clinical drug trials are something of a gamble. Since the drug itself is either brand new or being used in a brand new way, there's...

CarePages: An easier way for cancer patients to share updates

BY Daphne Bottos

I come from a huge extended family. My mother is the second youngest of 10 and beyond that, I have 30 first cousins, 20 second cousins and...

Saying goodbye: What I've learned as a cancer patient and caregiver

BY Tom Barber

I am one of four members of my family that have had lung cancer.

I was a primary caregiver to my oldest sister, who died many years...

My acute myeloid leukemia journey: The people who helped

BY Gerard Neumann

When I was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia (AML), everyone wanted to help. All of my children rallied to my aid. Seeing their dad beat...

Lung cancer screening for smokers moves toward standard of care

BY Scott Merville

When a massive clinical trial about lung cancer screening shows a benefit to current and former smokers, why can it take so long to become...

Cancer survivor on follow-up appointments

BY Linda Ryan

This week I went to MD Anderson for a follow-up appointment. I am 17 months past the day that I learned that there is no evidence of disease...

Cancer, heart problems and kidney issues: Balancing my mom's treatments

BY Deborah Thomas

The doctors at MD Anderson not only diagnosed my mother's stage III breast cancer. They also diagnosed a heart condition that may have...

Cancer survivor: When a friend receives a cancer diagnosis

BY Brandie Sellers

When I was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2011, I didn't have many close friends who had been through any sort of cancer treatment. ...