MD Anderson helps survivor through three cancer diagnoses
Diane White had bronchitis off and on for most of her adult life. But one case in late 2019 was hard to shake.
So, she saw her family doctor in Fort Smith, Arkansas, and had an X-ray. The doctor thought it was pneumonia. But after several scans and a biopsy, Diane learned she had non-small cell lung cancer.
Choosing MD Anderson for lung cancer treatmentDiane was 68 at the time of her lung cancer diagnosis. It was stage...
Ommaya reservoir and its role in cancer care
An Ommaya reservoir is a plastic, dome-shaped device inserted underneath the skin on your scalp. The dome is connected to a catheter placed...
Metastatic melanoma patient grateful for leptomeningeal disease clinical trial
I was 40 when I was diagnosed with stage IB melanoma. Five years after I had surgery to remove the tumor on my back, I was diagnosed with...
Physician-scientist focused on improving brain metastases treatment
Looking at his career, it might seem like Hussein Tawbi, M.D., Ph.D., was destined to become one of the founding leaders of MD Anderson’s Andrew M. McDougall Brain Metastasis Clinic and Research Program. Each decision he made and each new role he took prepared him in a different way for his current work.
But that wasn’t always the plan. When Tawbi began medical school, he wanted to become a gastroenterologist. It wasn...
New research offers a path forward with treating leptomeningeal disease in melanoma patients
When cancer cells enter the leptomeninges, which are part of the membrane that covers the brain and spinal cord, it can turn into a type of...
Thanks to targeted therapy, lung cancer survivor is enjoying life again
Ginger Head was 56 years old and healthy when she was diagnosed with stage IV lung cancer in 2017. She was floored. The retired...
Metastatic melanoma survivor: 'Coming back to MD Anderson is a great feeling'
In May 2016, Victor Barreiro learned his melanoma, originally treated in his hometown of Mexico City in 2014, had returned and spread throughout...
Metastatic melanoma survivor gives hope to new patients
After doctors successfully removed a melanoma from J.P. Rodriguez’s back in 2006, he resumed his life – working, spending time with family...
8 brain tumor treatment questions, answered
A brain tumor diagnosis and treatment can bring many questions. That’s why John de Groot, M.D., co-leader of our Glioblastoma Moon Shot™,...
Laser interstitial thermal therapy gives relief to stage IV melanoma survivor
By the time Jennifer Weihe decided to try laser interstitial thermal therapy, or LITT, with neurosurgeon Ganesh Rao, M.D., she’d already been...