Awake craniotomy for brain tumors: 8 questions
Imagine being able to talk to your doctors during brain tumor surgery without pain and give them immediate feedback while they operate. That’s exactly what happens during an awake craniotomy.
A craniotomy is a type of surgery where a piece of the skull is temporarily removed to access the brain. In an awake craniotomy, the patient is woken up during surgery. MD Anderson doctors perform more than 100 awake craniotomies...
The alkaline diet: What you need to know
Curious about an alkaline diet? You’re far from alone.
Maybe you’ve even heard claims that following an alkaline diet can help with...
17 ways to help someone during cancer treatment
When someone you know receives a cancer diagnosis, you want to help. But you may not know how.
Some people don't feel comfortable asking...
Women with anal cancer: What to know about sexual health
Around 5,000 people in the United States are diagnosed with anal cancer each year, which is often treated using radiation therapy.
Although radiation therapy can be effective in treating the cancer, it often causes side effects, including changes to patients’ sexual health. This is especially true for women. But many anal cancer patients are unaware that radiation therapy may be the reason for these changes, or they’re too embarrassed...
After my Lynch Syndrome diagnosis, I’m grateful to be a previvor
When I was 6 years old, my mother died from cancer. She was only 35, and at the time, her death came as a shock to everyone in our family....
4 things I learned from my daughter's Ewing's sarcoma treatment
When my daughter Aaliyah was diagnosed with Ewing’s sarcoma in November 2016 at age 9, I was shattered, vacillating hourly between two nearly...
The keto diet and cancer: What patients should know
There’s no one food that can cure cancer, but that doesn’t stop such myths from circulating. And while researchers are starting to find some...
POEMS syndrome survivor: It’s OK to ask for help
I was diagnosed with Guillain-Barre disease in 2012 and chronic inflammatory demyelating polyneuropathy (CIDP) in 2013. But I learned that...
How we protect breast cancer patients’ hearts during radiation therapy
Many breast cancer patients undergo radiation therapy as part of their treatment. While radiation therapy often comes with side effects, such...
Why I braved the big city for cervical cancer treatment
I don’t like change. But sometimes you have to be willing to make one in order to survive.
That’s what I did. I’m a small town girl...
My mom is the strongest person I know
I learned early on that my mom is more fragile than most people.
Radiation treatments she received as a teenager for stage III nasopharyngeal...
3 things I learned during Ewing’s sarcoma treatment
In November 2016, when I was 9 years old, I was diagnosed with Ewing’s sarcoma. My parents took me to MD Anderson, where I had chemotherapy...
Employees' own cancer treatment shapes how they give back
You see them walking the skybridge: some people wearing patient identification wristbands, some people wearing employee badges. But there...
Hepatitis C and cancer: What to know
Hepatitis C is one of the leading causes of liver cancer. It’s also linked to non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, cancer in the bile ducts, and possibly...
Prostate cancer survivor promotes screening exams
As an executive at an oil and gas service company, Andy Moriarty often shares safety messages with his employees. Lately, these messages have...
How I’ve stayed positive despite a triple-negative breast cancer diagnosis
Before I enrolled in one of MD Anderson’s triple-negative breast cancer clinical trial in November 2016, I was in a dark place. I’d been re-diagnosed...