Ovarian cancer survivor, employee: Treatment at MD Anderson is ¡®the best decision I ever made¡¯
I work in Philanthropy at MD Anderson, and I¡¯m a cancer survivor. This means I can say I¡¯ve been both an employee and a patient at the greatest cancer hospital in the world.
In 2018, I was diagnosed with a type of ovarian cancer called dysgerminoma. I was 32 years old, so this was a rare cancer for someone my age. I found out about my cancer diagnosis through my annual well-woman exam. My normal gynecologist was pushing down on...
Ovarian cancer survivor: 4 lessons I learned from treatment
One of the best pieces of advice I got before starting chemotherapy to treat stage III ovarian cancer was from my oncologist, Dr. Aaron Shafer...
Employee, ovarian cancer survivor: Why I chose MD Anderson
MD Anderson isn¡¯t consistently ranked the top cancer hospital in the country because of luck. It¡¯s because it has the best physicians, researchers...