Macey Hicks always made her health a priority. She went to 4 a.m. boot camp classes, worked out regularly, didn’t smoke and ate plenty of fruits and vegetables. So, when she began having a fever, cough, chills and sore throat during her sophomore year of college, she immediately got it checked out.
But months passed before she learned the cause of her symptoms: Hodgkin lymphoma.
Worsening symptoms lead to Hodgkin lymphoma diagnosis...
Colorectal cancer cases are on the decline overall. Research shows this is because more people are getting regular colorectal cancer...
At age 26, Savannah Kaspar was a typical young adult: working, spending time with family and friends and planning trips. But after a colorectal...
In February 2013, Kenyan Guidry went to the emergency room for what he thought were symptoms related to a recent car accident.
“I was extremely fatigued at work, so I called my mom to pick me up, and she took me to the emergency room,” recalls Kenyan, who was 20 at the time.
His lab work showed he had a low blood count, so he had some scans. That’s when doctors found a mass in his stomach. Kenyan was admitted to a local...
“Other doctors felt they could not operate,” says Sean O’Brien, an astrocytoma survivor. But MD Anderson neurosurgeon Frederick Lang, M.D....
When it comes to MD Anderson’s pediatric cancer patients, Tomika Gamble is the agent of fun.
As program director for pediatric support...
As a young adult, it can be difficult supporting someone with cancer. Whether it’s your parent, grandparent, or family friend, learning how...
A cancer diagnosis can be scary at any age, but navigating cancer as a young adult presents unique challenges. We spoke with Wendy Griffith...
Dealing with cancer as a teenager or young adult living at home can be difficult, but what happens when you go away to college? Whether you...