Melanoma and lung cancer survivor: 'I can, I am and I will survive cancer'

BY Tom Barber

In the four years since I completed lung cancer treatment, I've been dedicated to showing others that there is hope and the possibility of a wonderful life after lung cancer.

As the fourth of six immediate family members who have had lung cancer and the only one who has survived, I started this new life with the words "I can," my faith and the support of family and friends. I've had the privilege of working with MD Anderson's...

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Cultivating gratitude and hope during cancer treatment

BY Brianna Garrison and Sarah Hines - Social Work Counselors

"In the face of demoralization, gratitude has the power to energize. In the face of brokenness, gratitude has the power to heal. In the...

My uveal melanoma journey

BY Kellie Bramlet

Marla Avery hadn't even heard of uveal melanoma until she received her cancer diagnosis in 2008. For a year, Marla had been experiencing blurred...

Highlighting hope for bladder cancer, cervical cancer and endometrial cancer with fluorescence

BY Jacqueline Mason

If you've been in the dark about advances in cancer surgery, look no further than the emerging field of minimally invasive operations aided...

From cancer researcher to stomach cancer survivor

BY Jenny Montgomery

When Sara Souto Strom was growing up in Argentina, she wanted to be a mathematician. But she became a marine biologist instead. Then a cancer...

How our chaplains make a difference

BY Lindsay Lewis

Andrea Ferguson will never forget a defining moment in her education as a chaplain.

During a visit with a patient of a different...

How cancer has helped me cope with aging

BY Ben Sanders

For me, the side effects from my prostate cancer and melanoma have lasted longer than the cancer cells did. I endured prostate cancer...

4 ways the Surgeon General's Report on Smoking and Health impacts our work

BY Laura Nathan-Garner

This Saturday, Jan. 11, 2014, marks the 50th anniversary of the Surgeon General's 1964 Report on Smoking and Health, the first major statement...

Melanoma caregiver: The three-month check-up

BY Jennifer Martin

Ever since my husband Steve's melanoma diagnosis two years ago, I have poured my everything into building melanoma awareness. From research...