Roberta Burns was diagnosed with esophageal cancer on her 64th birthday. She’d been dealing with dysphagia, or difficulty swallowing, for several months. But it wasn’t until the early hours of her birthday, when she was unable to swallow an aspirin, that she went to the emergency room. When doctors couldn’t fit a scope down her throat, they opted for a CT scan. It revealed a tumor high in Roberta’s esophagus near her voice box. <...
John Davis is one of the many regular gym-goers who was forced to reimagine his workout routine at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. ...
When Daniel ‘Joe’ Einspahr, M.D., and his son bike into Virginia Beach next summer, they will have more than one reason to celebrate. Not...
It may feel a little awkward to talk about anal cancer.
“It’s an area of the body that people don't talk about too often,” says Cullen Taniguchi, M.D., Ph.D., a radiation oncologist specializing in anal cancer and other gastrointestinal cancers. “Many times, people who get it won't even declare that they have it.”
Another obstacle? When it is talked about, anal cancer is often mistaken for or grouped together...
When John Paul Shen, M.D., tells people he studies appendix cancer, many are surprised to learn that you can get appendix cancer in the first...
Ethan Ludmir, M.D., grew up watching Star Wars. But unlike other fans, his favorite character wasn’t Luke Skywalker or Han Solo. Instead,...