In Sept. 2019, I discovered a rock-hard bump on my son Logan’s chest. The next day, an X-ray revealed a soft tissue mass on his chest. A CT scan showed two additional masses on his chest. By Oct. 2019, a biopsy confirmed a Ewing’s sarcoma diagnosis.
Logan did not show the genetic markers of Ewing’s sarcoma, but he had several gene mutations. I started researching as much as I could. I wanted to know everything I could about his...
When we noticed a swelling on Sawyer’s jaw, we never imagined he had rhabdomyosarcoma, a rapidly growing tumor that caused a significant malformation...
Discovering I had bone cancer when I was only 12 forced me to mature very quickly. Doctors found a growth about the size of an orange in my...
Wearing a mask when out in public is one of the easiest ways to help curb the spread of the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, especially by those who may be infected and not yet realize it.
But it’s not just adults who need to wear masks during the COVID-19 pandemic. Kids do, too.
So, how young is too young to wear a mask? Why do some children resist it so fiercely? And how can parents get their kids more comfortable with wearing...
Abbey Kaler’s earliest memories of MD Anderson aren’t exactly fond ones. It’s the place she returned to dozens of times for follow-up care...
My stepson Roberto Saenz was heading to junior prom in 2009 when his brain tumor symptoms began. As he rode in the limo, he started to...
After losing most of my right leg at age 14 in November 2010 due to osteosarcoma, it was really hard for me to give up gymnastics. It had...
Cancer is a really big deal, but I never thought about it like that because no one in my family had ever had it before. Then my twin sister...
When our daughter, Aaliyah, was diagnosed with Ewing’s sarcoma at age 9 in November 2016, my husband and I were singularly focused on her...
When my daughter Aaliyah was diagnosed with Ewing’s sarcoma in November 2016 at age 9, I was shattered, vacillating hourly between two nearly...