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AML survivor: My road to recovery

BY Kellie Bramlet

November 19, 2013

Every day, acute myeloid leukemia (AML) survivor Erika Evans runs four miles around Lake Austin. Just two years ago she thought she'd never run again. Worse, she thought she might not live.

Erika's AML symptoms

On that same running trail in 2011, Erika felt her first AML symptom: a relentless cough. She assumed it was allergies.  She tried cold medications, but the cough grew worse, until Erika could barely walk...

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What cancer caregivers wish they would have known

BY Kellie Bramlet

November 15, 2013

Being a cancer caregiver can be very rewarding, but it isn't easy. As a caregiver, you may experience stress, worry, fear and anger -- among...

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Lung cancer survivor Suzan Shugart shares her proton therapy treatment story.

Lung cancer survivor: 'I have a lot of living left to do'

BY Kellie Bramlet

November 06, 2013

Suzan Shughart had an extra reason to celebrate on her 60th birthday: It was also her last day of lung cancer treatment at MD Anderson.

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