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Lori Shults didn¡¯t know much about clinical trials when she first came to MD Anderson in May 2017. ¡°I thought they involved some people getting medicine and others just getting sugar pills,¡± she recalls. ¡°That sounded too risky for me, so I wasn¡¯t interested.¡±

Fortunately, the Hill Country school teacher soon learned that her understanding of clinical trials was both limited and inaccurate. She also learned that an innovative clinical...

When I was diagnosed with breast cancer in February 2017, I was so stunned initially that I felt paralyzed. I didn¡¯t know what to do, where to go or who to call first. ?

Thankfully, the momentary sensation of panic passed, and since then, I¡¯ve learned a few things.

Here are five of them.

1. Choose the breast cancer experts

I didn¡¯t have any breast cancer symptoms prior to being diagnosed. I only learned...