Medulloblastoma patient marks a decade cancer-free
A lot has changed since Ana-Kate Partridge was the MD Anderson Proton Therapy Center’s first pediatric patient 10 years ago. In the past decade, MD Anderson Proton Therapy Center has treated more than 1,000 children, and Ana-Kate has grown into a lively preteen who is cancer-free.
Seeking medulloblastoma treatment at MD Anderson
At 6 months old, Ana-Kate was diagnosed with medulloblastoma, a common brain tumor in children...
How seven cancer patients celebrated the end of cancer treatment
Finishing cancer treatment can be a momentous occasion – one that calls for celebrating in ways both big and small. But there’s no right way...
Learning to love myself during medulloblastoma treatment
I have a problem with the saying "Love yourself." People say it as if it could cure world hunger: "I know it's hard, sweetie...
How my daughter's childhood cancer diagnosis changed our lives
In July 2012, my husband and I heard the words "your daughter has a brain tumor," and our lives changed forever. You hear about adults being diagnosed all the time, but we didn't even know that children could have cancer.
At the time, Hannah was only 4 years old and getting ready to start school in the Cayman Islands, where we live. But when the doctors said she had anaplastic medulloblastoma, an aggressive type of brain...
How a week at camp made a difference for a young medulloblastoma patient
We didn't hesitate to sign our daughter Hannah up for MD Anderson Children's Cancer Hospital's Camp Star Trails.
When we learned about...
How 'The Fault in our Stars' helped me through medulloblastoma treatment
*Warning: Spoilers ahead*
"The Fault in Our Stars" has been my favorite book since Christmas of my freshman year of high...
Proton Therapy Center: Eight years of progress and promise for cancer treatment
As the MD Anderson Proton Therapy Center marks its eighth year, we have a lot to celebrate. We've made phenomenal progress, and we're standing...
Medulloblastoma patient: I don't see my disease as something terrible
"What do you want to be when you grow up?" As I grazed through elementary school, the answer was never an Olympic gymnast or an...
From medulloblastoma patient to triathlete
At 21, the last thing on Michael Conway’s mind was cancer. But that changed when doctors diagnosed the healthy, athletic college student with...