After a long day of helping MD Anderson's researchers pursue a cure for cancer, Jared Burks, Ph.D., relaxes by custom crafting his own LEGO minifigures.
For Burks, the biggest problem with LEGOs is the limited selection of minifigures. Where's the Dr. Who collection? How about some zombie-fighting "Walking Dead" characters?
Burks' solution is to custom-craft his own minifigures. In fact, he's created thousands...
When Susanne Stanley started working at MD Anderson nearly two years ago, she never imagined the challenges associated with cancer recovery...
On September 1, 2011, my husband, Phil Baumann was diagnosed with brain cancer, specifically glioblastoma multiforme, grade IV. We were devastated...
For many of our patients, peripheral neuropathy is among the unexpected side effects of cancer treatment.
It's caused by damage to...
My girls would have turned inside out with embarrassment if they'd seen me. After completing chemotherapy and radiation treatment for my bile...
"We laugh, cut up, wear costumes, sing and dance," Ron Richards says.
This may sound like a variety show performance, but...
Nine weeks after undergoing a prophylactic double mastectomy, I met with a physical therapist at my doctor's suggestion. I'd had pain in my...
At 44 years old -- five years after successful treatment for large b-cell non-Hodgkin's lymphoma -- Molly Allen gave birth to her fifth child...
On my first visit to MD Anderson, my doctor told me I must "plan for the worst, and hope for the best." I had been diagnosed with...