Meeting the geriatrician: A cancer diagnosis' silver lining

BY Deborah Thomas

I know it sounds really odd to say I'm glad my mom found out she has cancer, but in a strange kind of way I am. If my mother wasn't diagnosed and coming to MD Anderson, there is a good chance her other health issues would not have been discovered.

My mom went for her physicals every year and was told she was healthy. However, when she came to MD Anderson, doctors diagnosed another discernible issue besides her cancer - extreme...

Doris and Deborah Thomas

Inflammatory Breast Cancer: How MD Anderson is leading the fight

BY Lucy Richardson

Inflammatory breast cancer (IBC) is the most aggressive form of breast cancer. Symptoms for this rare type of breast cancer often include...

Cancer survivor: What I learned about myself at the Boston Marathon

BY Linda Ryan

I'm working hard to get back to my pre-cancer fitness level. I've struggled to find motivation to run the way I did before and during chemotherapy...

Moms with cancer: Making Mother's Day memories

BY April Greene and Wendy Griffith - Social Work Counselors

Mother's Day is a special day that we set aside to celebrate our mothers and honor the joys of motherhood. But for moms diagnosed with cancer...

Q&A: Focus on brain surgery

BY Sujit Prabhu, M.D.

Brain surgery requires precision and excellent judgment on part of the neurosurgeon for good patient outcomes. We neurosurgeons try to remove...

Healthy dining options at MD Anderson

BY Joey Tran

Maintaining a healthy diet is one of the most important things you can do to reduce your risk of cancer and other diseases, according to the...

International gastroesophageal cancer patient fights cancer with a smile

BY Lucy Richardson

Hamza Iskandar has only been fighting gastroesophageal cancer for the past six months, but he was born a fighter. 

As a result...

Cancer treatment: Radiation therapy explained

BY Shalin Shah, M.D.

Regardless of where radiation fits into your cancer treatment plan, you may have questions about what you'll experience during radiation therapy...

Sexual problems and cancer: Don't ignore it

BY Leslie Schover, Ph.D.

In early April, the first guidelines on care for sexual problems were published by the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN).
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