In the past, patients with a particular cancer type all received the same treatment, but research has shown that tumors have unique features, even within the same cancer type. Now, physicians are increasingly using cancer biomarkers to gain more information about a patient’s tumor to predict the treatment that is most likely to work against their unique cancer.
“Biomarker testing has revolutionized cancer treatment for many tumor...
Between 5% and 10% of all cancers are hereditary, which means that changes in specific genes are passed from one generation to another. People...
When Cherie Sanders’ doctor in Amarillo diagnosed her with breast cancer, he described her tumor as “5 centimeters by 2.5 centimeters” and...
Five years after they got married, high school sweethearts Aly and Josh Taylor felt ready to grow their family. Aly had read that sore breasts could be a pregnancy symptom, so she examined her own, hoping she was pregnant. During the exam, she felt a small lump.
Because she was so young, she assumed it was nothing to worry about. But she got it checked out to be safe. After a biopsy in her Louisiana hometown, she was diagnosed...
Kurt Gibson knows life is an amazing race. During his last semester of college, the 22-year-old ultimate Frisbee player began to notice that...
Hashmat Effendi has spent much of her life organizing teams of medical professionals from the United States to travel to various developing...
Katie Herwig was just 26 years old when a bump on her back started bothering her. She scheduled an appointment with her doctor, who removed...
Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is a cancer of the blood and bone marrow. “Acute” means that this leukemia can progress rapidly if not treated...
Patients' fertility can be affected both during cancer treatment – when an unplanned pregnancy could be a serious problem – and later, if...
In the summer of 2012, doctors removed a mole from Vince Leseney’s shoulder. After a biopsy, the musical theater voice instructor and actor...