At age 27, Nadine Beech was a picture of health and notably, a non-smoker. So when she was diagnosed with non-small cell lung cancer in 1997, she was in complete disbelief.
Nadine’s doctor also didn’t initially detect the disease. “I started spitting up blood after a water skiing accident, and my doctor thought I had a bruised lung,” Nadine says. She saw several doctors in Kansas City, Missouri, before one discovered the 8-centimeter...
I can’t quite explain what it feels like to get the cancer call. You can’t describe it unless you’ve heard those words.
I don’t think...
You’d never guess that Luke Adkins is a cancer survivor by looking at him.
But the 24-year-old paramedic had his entire left knee and...
In 2005, violinist Treesa Gold became concerned when she began experiencing weight gain, hair loss and acne. She saw a doctor, who told her...
The single greatest step you can take to protecting your health is to quit using tobacco. Tobacco is responsible for one-third of all cancers...
Phase I clinical trials are the foundation for how we develop new cancer drugs. Typically, they involve only several dozen patients and study...
When Claudia Pichardo was a child, one of her many doctors told her she was a fighter, not a quitter.
“Ever since then, that’s been...
You’ve probably heard about MD Anderson’s Moon Shots Program™. But what is it?
We asked Ernest Hawk, M.D., co-leader of the Colorectal...
Chuck Caldwell was in Europe with his wife in September 2015 when his throat started bothering him. At the time, he chalked up the soreness...