Caroline Deetjen was 37 years old and in peak physical condition when she felt the painful lump in her left breast. For years, she had been running marathons and, after four months of training, she had just completed her first century bicycle ride -- a 100-mile endurance feat. She was young and healthy, so she figured it was nothing. She waited five months before seeing her doctor.
"I thought it was nothing," she says...
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The saying about time being a precious gift has been on my mind since I recently visited with my 101- year-old grandmother. She saw me texting...
While the world's largest medical center and the city that surrounds it sleep, our specialized Nocturnal Program team is hard at work.
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I completed my uterine cancer treatment at MD Anderson in spring 2011. Since that time I have received consistent and attentive follow-up...
Once you've received a cancer diagnosis, you're faced with a series of sometimes urgent choices, including which type of cancer treatment...
After receiving a stem cell transplant, Judy Waxman faced a long road to recovery. She knew she would have to rely on her inner strength to...
You see it all around you: pink ribbons, pink hats, pink T-shirts. You can buy pink bracelets, pink bookmarks and pink watches. When I was...