Pediatric cancer parents: Why we traveled from Denmark for proton therapy at MD Anderson
When our son Lue was about 18 months old, we noticed he was sweating a lot. He was a happy toddler with no other visible symptoms. But when we had him checked by a doctor in Denmark, a lab test showed his blood counts were off. An ultrasound revealed neuroblastoma in his stomach and spine.
Traveling to Houston for proton therapyIn 2015, Lue started chemotherapy followed by surgery in Denmark. At the time, there were no proton...
Undergoing proton therapy for olfactory neuroblastoma during the COVID-19 pandemic
After a series of nosebleeds in 2005, I was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer called olfactory neuroblastoma. I had surgery to remove the...
Why I chose MD Anderson for skull base tumor treatment
Until a few years ago, my father was the only person in my family who’d ever had cancer. In 1997, he was diagnosed with mesothelioma, which...