Radiation therapist has a gift for putting patients at ease
Not everyone enters health care because of a lifelong dream — sometimes, it’s a gentle nudge that sets them on this path. And for Radiation Therapist Adela McCurley, that nudge came from her dad.
“My dad said, ‘I think you’d be great doing X-rays,’ and I was like, ‘OK!’ That was literally how it went, and I just fell in love with it from there,” she says.
McCurley initially applied...
When a breast cancer oncologist becomes a breast cancer patient
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Top 4 MD Anderson abstracts at ASTRO 2025
At this year’s American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) Annual Meeting, MD Anderson experts will showcase their pacesetting research and latest advances in radiation oncology, including techniques to alleviate pain in patients with spinal metastases and less-invasive treatment options to improve quality of life for some lung cancer patients.
I am most excited to see the latest innovations in radiation oncology, particularly...
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Sometimes, when people receive a cancer diagnosis, they start going from one doctor to the next, hoping to hear better news.
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Interstitial cystitis symptoms and bladder cancer: Is there a connection?
Interstitial cystitis is a chronic inflammatory condition in which the lining of the bladder becomes irritated for no obvious reason and stays...
Stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) for prostate cancer: What to know
If you have received a prostate cancer diagnosis, you may be wondering which treatment options are available to you. Prostate cancer treatment...
4 questions for mathematical oncologist Heiko Enderling, Ph.D.
For Heiko Enderling, Ph.D., the start of a question to solve a problem often begins with a pen on a paper napkin or chalk on a chalkboard....