Anaplastic thyroid cancer survivor finds perfect fit at UT MD Anderson
In June 2021, Leslie Mellinger was diagnosed with anaplastic thyroid cancer, the rarest and most aggressive type of thyroid cancer. She was told to go straight to UT MD Anderson.
Recently, she celebrated five years with no evidence of disease. “If it wasn’t for UT MD Anderson, I wouldn’t be here,” she says. “It’s not the place anyone chooses to end up in, but it’s truly the very best place to be.”
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Metastatic breast cancer survivor: ‘UT MD Anderson saved my life’
Gladys Gakuu was diagnosed with stage 2B breast cancer in 2012. She was 29. She had a mastectomy with breast reconstruction surgery, followed by chemotherapy and five years of hormone therapy.
Things were fine for several years until she began having chest pain on her right side. She saw a local doctor in Kansas City, but imaging didn’t show anything concerning. So, she chalked it up to working too hard and took pain medicine as...
