After a brachytherapy clinical trial, stage 4 melanoma is now cancer-free
The first time Stacy Dixon was diagnosed with melanoma, she wasn’t too concerned. A dermatologist in Oklahoma was able to successfully remove the little pinkish mole she’d noticed on her right arm in 2016 with just one surgery. Her annual checkups remained clear for the next five years.
“After that, the doctor said I didn’t need to come see him anymore,” Stacy recalls.
But in September 2022, Stacy noticed some unusual bumps...
External beam radiation therapy: How it works, what it treats and side effects
Radiation therapy is a common type of cancer treatment that uses high-energy beams to target and destroy cancer cells.
External beam...
Total neoadjuvant therapy: A new era for patients with locally advanced rectal cancer
When rectal cancer advances to involve nearby lymph nodes but hasn’t spread to other areas of the body, it’s considered to be locally advanced...
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
Jennifer Litton, M.D., knows more than most about breast cancer. As a breast medical oncologist and UT MD Anderson’s chief clinical research...
Do all patients receiving radiation to the head or neck need a feeding tube?
Historically, most head and neck cancer patients who needed radiation therapy have had a feeding tube installed as a matter of course. ...
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...
IV vitamin therapy: Is it safe to use during chemo?
Sometimes, patients ask me about IV vitamin therapy after reading testimonials online from people who claim it has helped them feel better...
15-year stage IV melanoma survivor: ‘This is the best I’ve felt in years’
Sometimes, when people receive a cancer diagnosis, they start going from one doctor to the next, hoping to hear better news.
Teen’s ‘powered by people’ presentation highlights mother’s experience at MD Anderson
Ivan Espinoza has aspired to be a physical therapist since middle school, when he created his own bodybuilding program to better manage his...