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Mar 4, 2021
The idea that a patient’s own immune system could be harnessed to fight cancer was once a radical notion, but today, it’s reality. Over the past several years, immunotherapy has revolutionized how cancer is treated as a number of immunotherapies...
Feb 23, 2021
My mom was diagnosed with leiomyosarcoma, or LMS — a rare type of cancer in the smooth muscle that starts in the uterine area — around December of 2017. At the time, the tumor was small and when testing was done,...
Jan 3, 2021
It started with a numbness in my left arm and an unrelenting husband who refused to accept my blasé attitude about my body changes. Over a course of several months, I noticed that my left arm was getting weaker and...
Dec 4, 2020
My cancer story doesn’t begin with me — it begins with my family. I am a 68-year-old woman and out of eight children, I was the second youngest. My two oldest sisters were breast cancer survivors but have since become...
Nov 30, 2020
Did you know that colorectal cancer is the third most common form of cancer for both men and women? Though colon cancer and rectal cancer are oftentimes very treatable if caught in the earliest stages, it is extremely important for us all to be...
Nov 6, 2020
An interview with Dr. Mehmet Oz, cardiothoracic surgeon, bestselling author, Columbia University professor and host of the Emmy® award-winning TV show, “The Dr. Oz Show.” At the 21st annual Celebrating Women event, Dr. Oz sat down with our own Lucy Wallace,...
Nov 4, 2020
About a year ago, I shared my breast cancer story here and talked about why cancer hates fighters like me. (If you haven’t read that yet, read it now and then come back.) I’m still just as much of a...
Oct 26, 2020
Never did I think I would hear those words. “You have cancer.”Nope, not me! I am the person who takes care of everyone else. I am a 41-year-old momma with three kiddos and I was working full-time in retail. Plus,...
Sep 30, 2020
For many of us, 2020 has certainly changed how we live our lives in unexpected and challenging ways. Social distancing, mask wearing and staying at home may at times create feelings of isolation, sadness and frustration. Add a cancer diagnosis into...
Sep 24, 2020
It’s gone. God willing, it’ll never be back.In a recent advertising campaign, Baylor Scott & White declared: “Cancer hates us.” That’s the kind of partner I wanted when I fought a life-threatening disease. It’s the kind of partner that helped...
Sep 19, 2020
Rocking back and forth, 26-year-old Jennifer Donald sat nursing her infant before bed. With her husband away in Afghanistan and two little kids to take care of, Jennifer had her hands full, so she cherished this quiet time spent breastfeeding...
Sep 18, 2020
Cancer. The very bane of my existence and the reason why I fight for cancer research today.When my mother called me on the phone one day, doubled over in pain, hearing her in distress was not something I was used...
Sep 9, 2020
For many men, growing older also means you’re growing in confidence, opportunity and achievement. You’re reaching new career goals. You’re feeling great pride as you watch your children reach milestones of their own. You’re enjoying life and learning daily, every...
Jun 29, 2020
In recent months, the COVID-19 outbreak has given rise to a troubling trend: a sudden plummet in cancer diagnoses. On the surface, fewer cancer diagnoses may sound like good news, but the underlying truth is anything but positive.Fewer cancer diagnoses...
Feb 18, 2020
It was just after lunch on a Monday, and the bright lights and antiseptic smell of the Baylor Scott & White Medical Center – Hillcrest emergency department that normally would have overwhelmed my senses were dulled by the confusion and...
Dec 4, 2019
Using science to help sick people is what doctors and nurses do, right? At least, that’s what I thought when I was growing up. As a kid, I loved science, but I didn’t see myself entering medicine. I decided to...
Dec 3, 2019
As you go through life, you often hear that with age comes the potential for health issues — not so much if, but when. I have lived a very healthy life, and I’m active with a passion for outdoor activities...
Nov 1, 2019
I was diagnosed with breast cancer on December 26, 2018. I had just turned 36 and my year had already been rough. After having to leave my hometown, losing a relationship of five years and moving to Dallas all on...
Oct 25, 2019
For people battling metastatic triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC), one of the most aggressive forms of the disease, options are often limited. Joyce O’Shaughnessy, MD, an oncologist on the medical staff at Baylor Charles A. Sammons Cancer Center at Dallas and...
Oct 21, 2019
There was no history of cancer in my family. With the diagnosis no one wants to hear, that history changed. As I approached my 70th birthday, I had no idea how grateful I would be to survive that milestone.During the months leading...
