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BY Kelley Murfin

The arrival of spring often inspires change, like spring cleaning. It can also be a great time to add more seasonal, healthy foods to your plate. 

“All fruits and vegetables are healthy, but they’re fresher, tastier and more nutritious when they’re grown and harvested in their season, when they’re ripe,” says wellness dietitian Lindsey Wohlford. “The sooner we eat fruits and vegetables after they’re harvested, the more nutrients...

Sale of strawberries and asparagus on the street.

BY Kelley Murfin

Ewing’s sarcoma is a rare cancer that can occur in the bones or soft tissues. It’s more common in children and teens than in adults, but it...

BY Kelley Murfin

Myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPNs) are a group of rare chronic blood cancers that are often challenging to treat,with few approved treatments...

BY Kelley Murfin

The tumor microenvironment is the ecosystem that surrounds a tumor inside the body. It includes immune cells, the extracellular matrix, blood vessels and other cells, like fibroblasts. A tumor and its microenvironment constantly interact and influence each other, either positively or negatively.

“You can think of the tumor as a house and the microenvironment as its yard and its neighborhood,” says Sammy Ferri-Borgogno, Ph.D., instructor...

Medical illustration of the tumor microenvironment

BY Kelley Murfin

When surgeons removed a cancerous tumor called a liposarcoma from Dan Ratliff’s pelvis, they also removed an artery and vein in his leg that...

BY Kelley Murfin

Since Robert Alvarado was diagnosed with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) in 2014, his family has accompanied him to each appointment, from...