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Mar 16, 2017
Normally, the immune system protects the body from diseases by recognizing foreign attackers and combatting them. But sometimes, the immune system doesn’t function properly, allowing conditions to worsen, and sometimes the immune system malfunctions and attack a person’s own body.In these cases, immunotherapy can...
Feb 20, 2017
Back in the 1970s, mastectomy was the only accepted surgical option for breast cancer treatment. A lot has changed since then, including steadily increasing breast cancer survival rates, more sophisticated diagnostic techniques and a wide range of treatment options.What remains the...
Jan 31, 2017
“He floated 18 inches off the floor back to his room,” Benny Barrett said, smiling at the memory of a cancer patient who played with one of his musical heroes.The experience happened during one of the weekly concerts at the...
Jan 18, 2017
Since 2006, vaccines have been available in the U.S. for preteens to prevent infection from the sexually transmitted human papillomavirus (HPV), which causes most cervical cancers, as well as some cancers of the vagina, vulva, penis, anus, rectum and throat.But...
Jan 2, 2017
Cancer is a master of disguise. Normally, our immune systems can quickly destroy abnormal cells. But tumors are tricky — they are able to confuse the attacking immune cells, or hide altogether.“When the immune system recognizes a cancer cell, there...
Dec 30, 2016
When you receive a cancer diagnosis, you search for things to bring you comfort. For many, it’s family or friends. For others, it’s traveling or music.When Pam Lynch was diagnosed with multiple myeloma in 2016, you can say she turned to...
Nov 4, 2016
It began when a mailer arrived and caught my attention with its bright yellow background and bold headline — Lung Cancer Screening Program. My profile was certainly in the description: an ex-smoker between 50-80 years of age who had smoked...
Nov 1, 2016
Chances are you’ve seen or heard about Ana-Alecia Ayala’s story by now.She’s the Dallas mother diagnosed with a rare form of cancer who recorded herself dancing to ‘Juju on That Beat’ during a chemotherapy session in the Baylor T. Boone...
Oct 19, 2016
Breast reconstruction is often the final step for women after enduring the highs and lows of cancer. These women deserve to look and feel like themselves again, and I tell each one — this is your happy place.Most women are...
Oct 12, 2016
Three years ago I was given a diagnosis by my doctor that would change my life. I had breast cancer — invasive ductal carcinoma-estrogen and progesterone positive, HER negative.How could this happen?I was 41.According to the National Cancer Institute (NCI)...
Oct 4, 2016
Are you dense? Directed at your intellect, this question can be an insult – directed at your breasts, this question is vital to tailor your annual breast cancer screenings to maximize the early detection of breast cancer.Approximately 40 percent of women...
Jun 5, 2016
Each year, we celebrate National Cancer Survivor’s Day. But Lynda Dyer doesn’t need to be reminded, because she’s living proof of cancer survivorship.When Lynda was diagnosed with breast cancer 11 years ago, she didn’t cry, although, she remembers her family cried.“I...
May 4, 2016
New research explores whether a person’s saliva contains biomarkers that flag oral cancer.Investigators with Baylor Scott & White Research Institute and the Texas A&M University (TAMU) Baylor College of Dentistry have jointly launched a new study to determine whether some metabolites...
Apr 25, 2016
It’s long been known — or at least believed — that green tea heals. Throughout history, people (especially those in Asian countries) drank it for all kinds of ailments: stomach trouble, headaches and even the common cold.Now we know they...
Apr 8, 2016
As Anne Shirley, in Anne of Green Gables so classically said,“Marilla, do you think that I shall ever have a bosom friend in Avonlea?” “A bosom friend—an intimate friend, you know—a really kindred spirit to whom I can confide my inmost...
Mar 30, 2016
Colorectal cancer typically affects older adults, usually over age 50, but according to recent studies, the percentage of colorectal cancer cases in younger patients is increasing.Recommended screenings for men and women are typically initiated at age 50 to find and...
Mar 11, 2016
Ladies: Don’t most of us talk to our hairdressers about all kinds of things? Kids, pets, vacation plans, clothes and the list goes on. Something that doesn’t come up too often in conversation? Colorectal cancer.Yet, this is the topic 57-year-old hairdresser Cathey Minter finds...
Feb 25, 2016
Every person has a story to share. We learn that life is a journey and with every experience, we learn and grow. What makes my journey unique, is that I was given the chance to meet my real life super...
Feb 5, 2016
Unbeknownst to the Baylor Charles A. Sammons Cancer Center at Dallas staff, the husband of a young terminally ill patient was planning to renew the couple’s vows on their seventh wedding anniversary. Once Marci, a palliative care chaplain, and the...
Jan 23, 2016
If you listened to the news casually, it was an astounding feel-good story. Former President Jimmy Carter, who said this summer that he had skin cancer that had spread to his brain and his liver, pronounced in December that the cancer...
