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MD Anderson’s blog features stories from survivors and caregivers, and our experts’ insights on cancer treatment, research breakthroughs, healthy living and more.

Choosing to be thankful during thymoma treatment

BY Anna Masten Jackson

May 08, 2015

My husband and I recently made the familiar journey to MD Anderson again. It was time for another check-up. Since I was diagnosed with...

Anna Masten Jackson shares her thymoma story.

Facing uncertainty after thymoma treatment

BY Anna Masten Jackson

November 11, 2014

I have found a lot of new normals after my thymoma diagnosis. There is the new normal of a few aches and pains, reminders of surgeries...

Questions people ask about my thymoma

BY Anna Masten Jackson

September 10, 2014

Finding out you have cancer brings so many questions to mind. Finding out you have a very rare cancer, like thymoma, brings even more...

Thymoma patient on having a rare cancer

BY Anna Masten Jackson

June 24, 2014

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...

Thymoma patient: Advice for cancer patients who feel...

BY Anna Masten Jackson

April 30, 2014

Discouragement is one of those common experiences that we have all faced at some time or another. But when you're fighting cancer,...

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

BY Anna Masten Jackson

April 01, 2014

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

Thymoma patient: How the power of words helped me take back...

BY Anna Masten Jackson

February 06, 2014

In January 2013, I was diagnosed with stage IV invasive thymoma. Never heard of it? Don't feel bad, no one else I know has either. In...

Choosing to be thankful during thymoma treatment

Facing uncertainty after thymoma treatment

Questions people ask about my thymoma

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Thymoma patient on having a rare cancer

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