Sepsis: 4 things for cancer patients to know
Sepsis is a serious condition that occurs when your body's immune system damages its own tissues and organs while trying to fight a bacterial, viral or fungal infection. This can lead to shock, organ failure and even death.
A cancer diagnosis and certain treatments, like chemotherapy, can weaken the immune system, making it difficult for the body to fight infections. This puts cancer patients at increased risk for sepsis.<...
Opera singer Pablo Romero sings with the MD Anderson employee choir
Pablo Romero isn't shy about singing in public.
"I've sung everywhere from caf¨¦s to gas stations and bus stops," Romero...
Best of Cancerwise 2012: Surviving Cancer
Who is a cancer survivor? The American Cancer Society defines a survivor "as any person with cancer from the time of diagnosis on."...
Surprising strength: Insight from a five-time cancer survivor
On December 12, 2011, two weeks prior to my 25th birthday, I got a present I never wished for: "You have breast cancer."
I'd heard the term cancer before -- after I'd had adrenal cancer as an 18-month-old.
But this time I was all grown up and about to start nursing school.
How my adult cancer journey began
One day I felt a lump on my breast, which led to a doctor's visit. That led...
Life after a mastectomy: I'm more than my body parts
Brandie Sellers teaches yoga, meditation, nutrition and cooking. She paints, writes, runs and plays with her children. She is a divorcee and...
How do you say thank you?
I recently took my 99-year-old grandmother to dinner with my friend Barbara. Barbara is the friend who went to Texas with me for treatment...
Caregiver chronicles: Caregiver's needs evolve along with treatment
After a long and successful career in broadcast journalism in Houston, North Texas and Oklahoma, Judy Overton joined MD Anderson in 2008 as...
Man in pink: My male breast cancer journey
Oliver Bogler, Ph.D., is senior vice president of Academic Affairs and professor of neurosurgery research at MD Anderson. He was diagnosed...
Caregiver tips: 'Don't just do something, stand there'
Anyone who has been a caregiver for any amount of time probably knows what the term PTSD means. ?
For those who don't, it stands...
Three-time cancer survivor takes friendship to finish line
I thought I had checked cancer off my list. Having just ran my first marathon it was hard to imagine that my cancer had returned after seven...