Packing for your first visit: Advice from veteran MD Anderson patients and caregivers

BY Laura Nathan-Garner

Whether you're traveling one mile or 1,000 miles to get here, packing for your first visit to MD Anderson can be a little daunting. After all, you've got a million other things on your mind, and you're not sure exactly what to expect when you get here.

So, we asked several veteran cancer patients and caregivers what's on their must-bring list. We hope their answers -- shared below -- will help making packing for your first visit a...

Cancer-related fatigue: Tips for cancer patients and survivors

BY Pamela Schlembach, M.D.

If you ask a patient who has just completed cancer treatment how he or she is feeling, very often the answer you'll get is, "Great...

After a brain tumor diagnosis: Establishing a "new normal"

BY Sarah Hines and Rebecca Savoie - Social Work Counselors

A cancer diagnosis is almost universally a life-changing event, with significant effects on patients, family and other loved ones.

New metastatic medullary thyroid cancer treatment options

BY Lori Baker

Our researchers are waging war on every cancer, no matter how many -- or how few -- are impacted.

Take progressive, metastatic medullary...

Bodybuilding: How a breast cancer survivor regained confidence

BY Sonia Byrd

One year ago, after being diagnosed with breast cancer, I had a double mastectomy followed by reconstructive surgery two months later. My...

Sunscreen and skin cancer prevention: 9 common mistakes

BY Laura Nathan-Garner

For many of us, summertime means time outdoors by the pool or at the beach. But while you probably already know to use sunscreen to help protect...

From medulloblastoma patient to triathlete

BY John-Henry Perera

At 21, the last thing on Michael Conway’s mind was cancer. But that changed when doctors diagnosed the healthy, athletic college student with...

The waiting game: A cancer survivor's story

BY Marcy Kurtz

Perhaps you've heard the expression "too much time to do nothing, not enough time to do anything." It is one of my favorites.&nbsp...

Acute myeloid leukemia: From diagnosis to stem cell transplant to survivor

BY Gerard Neumann

Three years ago, I started having chest pains. But I wouldn't go to the doctor for fear of being admitted and missing an upcoming...