When Rachel Brown’s father died suddenly, she was left to run his home design and building company. She was just 26 years old. Between grieving and learning the ropes, Rachel had a lot on her plate.
So when she first noticed a mole on her back, she ignored it -- despite having a family history of melanoma and her use of tanning beds since high school.
“I thought melanoma was only for people in their 80s,” she says. ...
Fatigure is a common side effect of cancer treatment, including chemotherapy and radiation therapy.
We asked our Facebook community...
Shortly before Christmas in 2009, Laurie Saunders was preparing for a happy day. Her first grandchild would soon be born, and she was loading...
As the MD Anderson Proton Therapy Center marks its eighth year, we have a lot to celebrate. We've made phenomenal progress, and we're standing...
It's difficult to condense the emotional and physical tolls that a mastectomy brings. It's life-changing, but so worth it.
After...
Discouragement is one of those common experiences that we have all faced at some time or another. But when you're fighting cancer, discouragement...
Less than a year after Ashley and Marshall Lauen celebrated their wedding, Marshall was diagnosed with stage II Hodgkin lymphoma. The couple...
You've probably seen someone walking down the street or sitting on an airplane smoking an electronic cigarette -- a smokeless electronic device...
As a part of MD Anderson's mission to end cancer, we're aspiring to raise the first tobacco-free generation. It's this goal that led to the...