Q&A: Body Image Therapy Service

BY MD Anderson

The Body Image Therapy Service (BITS) at MD Anderson is a program designed to help patients adjust to body image- and appearance-related changes resulting from cancer and its treatment. This service is available to patients being seen in the Center for Reconstructive Surgery and Head and Neck Center.

Michelle Cororve Fingeret, Ph.D., assistant professor in MD Anderson's departments of Behavioral Science, Head and Neck Surgery...

Reclaiming Her Life: A Cancer Survivor Faces Body Image Issues

BY Lindsey Garner

"At one point in my therapy, I came to a very big conclusion -- cancer had taken enough from me," Angela Gass says.

Now...

Management and Treatment of Cancer-Related Lymphedema

BY Lucy Richardson

Lymphedema is the accumulation of fluid in the body tissue. It occurs because the body is either producing too much fluid, or the lymphatic...

Taking Steps to Address Cancer: Clinical Research

BY MD Anderson

Last year, MD Anderson President John Mendelsohn, M.D., proposed 10 steps that can be taken to ensure cancer deaths decrease more rapidly,...

Taking Steps to Address Cancer: Training

BY MD Anderson

Last year, MD Anderson President John Mendelsohn, M.D., proposed 10 steps that can be taken to ensure cancer deaths decrease more rapidly,...

DePinho Named Sole Finalist for President of MD Anderson

BY MD Anderson

The University of Texas System Board of Regents today named Ronald A. DePinho, M.D., as the sole finalist for the presidency of MD Anderson...

Caregivers Chronicles: Prickled Skin, Prickled Nerves

BY Judy Overton

After a long and successful career in broadcast journalism in Houston, North Texas and Oklahoma, Judy Overton joined MD Anderson in 2008 as...

Taking Steps to Address Cancer: Cancer Survivors

BY MD Anderson

Last year, MD Anderson President John Mendelsohn, M.D., proposed 10 steps that can be taken to ensure cancer deaths decrease more rapidly,...

How Are You?

BY Gail Goodwin

What do you say when someone asks you how you're doing? What's the correct way to respond? Do they really want to know or is this just a rhetorical...