Pathology report gives prostate cancer survivor more treatment options
Even though several of Kelly Andersen¡¯s relatives had faced prostate cancer, his own diagnosis in September 2013 came unexpectedly. He¡¯d never experienced any symptoms. His doctor diagnosed the disease only after routine bloodwork done during his annual physical exam detected elevated PSA levels.
¡°I asked the doctor if it could just be a mistake, and he said he¡¯d asked the lab to run it twice because my level was so high,¡± Kelly...
Acute myeloid leukemia survivor finds hope with clinical trials
Six months after Emily Augenstein¡¯s acute myeloid leukemia diagnosis, a doctor in Pittsburgh told her that her allogeneic stem cell transplant...
Colorectal cancer survivor turns to clinical trial for neuropathy relief
Over the last year and a half, Shams Peerbhai has tried just about everything to cope with peripheral neuropathy, a cancer treatment side...
Rectal cancer survivor finds renewed hope at MD Anderson
A nagging pain at the end of Sam Markota¡¯s digestive tract suddenly became unbearable during a business trip to Thailand. The then-55-year-old returned to the U.S. for his first colonoscopy. In April 2015, Sam learned that he had rectal cancer, and it had already spread to his liver and right lung.
¡°My first oncologist had me dead in a couple years,¡± Sam recalls. After undergoing chemotherapy, he and his wife sought a second opinion...
Two-time sinus cancer survivor: Find humor, joy in hardship
Cancer wasn¡¯t Adel Tawfik¡¯s first medical crisis.
In the ¡®80s and ¡®90s, Adel had two open-heart surgeries. In 2015, he had a near-fatal...
Immunotherapy clinical trial and surgery get kidney cancer survivor back in the game
Last year, Primus Moore was among seven referees selected to officiate Oklahoma¡¯s all-state high school football games.
¡°It¡¯s inspiring...
Prostate cancer survivor promotes screening exams
As an executive at an oil and gas service company, Andy Moriarty often shares safety messages with his employees. Lately, these messages have...
Triple-negative breast cancer survivor finds hope with clinical trial
A little over a year ago, Robbie Johnson was desperately searching for the right metastatic breast cancer treatment.
"I¡¯d been...
Bond built during breast cancer treatment inspires survivor to volunteer
It had been two years since Billa Woollam¡¯s last mammogram, and she knew she was long overdue for one. But it was a strange sensation in her...
Clinical trial makes grandfather two-time lymphoma survivor
Jerry McLeary can recall the exact moment he just knew that his journey with a rare form of non-Hodgkin lymphoma would end happily.