Pain during cancer treatment: 6 strategies for coping

BY Brian M. Bruel, M.D.

Some cancer patients believe that pain is simply a part of cancer treatment, but pain is usually very treatable.

About one-third of cancer patients experience pain as a cancer treatment side effect. The severity and duration of pain differs widely from one patient to the next, depending on disease type, course of treatment and many other factors.

The best way to treat pain is to find the combination of treatments appropriate...

Testicular cancer caregiver: How planning a wedding during cancer treatment made us stronger

BY Ashley Smith

We hadn't even been engaged for two months when I got the call from Austin. He had just been diagnosed with testicular cancer.

Austin...

Pancreatic cancer survivor: 'I'm going to enjoy the very best life I can'

BY Kellie Bramlet

When Mai Salem looks in the mirror, she sees a survivor.  After all, she's beaten pancreatic cancer twice. Her journey has changed the...

Coping with anxiety and depression during and after my melanoma treatment

BY Amanda Woodward

High strung, intense, a little worried. These are all words that have been used to describe me most of my life. But it was never a big deal...

Ovarian cancer survivor: How I turned a trip to MD Anderson for cancer treatment into a girls' weekend

BY Brittany Hurst

When I told my friends about my ovarian cancer diagnosis, they had a lot of questions:  What stage was my cancer? What was my ovarian...

Hair today, gone tomorrow: Losing my hair during thymoma treatment

BY Anna Masten Jackson

Possibly one of the most concerning parts of cancer treatment is the idea of losing your hair. Talk about adding insult to injury. When I...

93-year-old esophageal cancer survivor makes the most of every day

BY Kellie Bramlet

When Gus Kunze was diagnosed with esophageal cancer in 2011, his daughter Joyce Matula laid out all the facts for her 90-year-old dad. She...

Chondrosarcoma patient: When there isn't anything else the doctors can do

BY Mike Snyder

"At this point, there isn't anything else we can do for you."

That sentence is one that cancer patients never want to hear...

Young eye cancer patient learns about the science behind proton therapy

BY Kellie Bramlet

When 17-year-old Aaron Miranda noticed his right eye drooping in his senior picture, he figured it was just the camera or a mistake the photographer...