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Aug 17, 2018
As cancer research continues to evolve, we continue to push the envelope to bring better, faster, more effective treatments to the forefront for our patients.One exciting recent advancement comes in the fight against pancreatic neuroendocrine cancer. Often diagnosed in late...
Aug 7, 2018
Most everyone has heard of cancer screenings, but it seems not everyone knows how they work. As a surgical oncologist, this news was startling. It’s important for not only my patients, but everyone to understand cancer screenings—from its early detection...
Aug 2, 2018
Dec. 15, 2015, is a day Patrick Koennecke will never forget. Now, he simply refers to it as “the date.”The 60-year-old Waxahachie, Texas, resident and warehouse manager was recovering from major back surgery when he began to notice a pain...
Jul 24, 2018
When I found out that I had Stage IV inflammatory breast cancer, fear set in immediately. As my husband describes that period of our lives, “the wheels came off.” What felt like a typical life of going to work, driving...
Jun 3, 2018
It is said that you cannot change your circumstances, so in order to make peace with them, you must change the way you react to them. Receiving a cancer diagnosis was a circumstance that I could not change. The harder...
Apr 28, 2018
It seems like every year there’s a new study coming out about things that can increase your risk of cancer: sugar, toxic chemicals, alcohol and even French fries. While all of this may seem daunting, you can still lower your...
Apr 17, 2018
What if we could treat cancer with limited chemotherapy, radiation and surgery?Thanks to years of research in the field of immunotherapy, for some patients, that hypothetical may now be a reality.Immunotherapy uses a patient’s own immune system to fight off...
Mar 25, 2018
As people get older, there is often one thing at the very bottom of their to-do list, far behind getting a root canal, doing their taxes and all the other joys that come with age — getting a colonoscopy.It’s a...
Mar 12, 2018
In the face of a loved one’s cancer diagnosis, you may wonder how you could possibly help. You want to support them through their battle, but you just don’t know how. As they try to cope with the diagnosis, surgeries...
Jan 3, 2018
When someone you care about is facing cancer, often your first instinct is to help and comfort. But sometimes it’s hard to know the right things to say, or the best ways to help.While you may have the most heartfelt...
Dec 13, 2017
Baylor Scott & White Research Institute (BSWRI) unveiled its latest endeavor aimed at taking the fight against pancreatic cancer to a new level. BSWRI received a $5.13 million federal grant from the NIH to continue its work to develop an...
Nov 2, 2017
After her doctor found a lump in her breast at age 40, actress Jamie Lee Curtis experienced the same gripping fear that hundreds of thousands of women face each year — the fear that she may have breast cancer.At the...
Oct 30, 2017
In 2017, it is estimated that 30 percent of newly diagnosed cancers in women will be breast cancer, and that roughly 1 in 8 women will develop the disease during the course of her lifetime.But behind these breast cancer statistics...
Oct 24, 2017
Diedre Lewis and her sister, Kimberly, were heading down an uncertain path in 2015. Diedre, then 44, was already undergoing treatment for cancer in both breasts when she started looking into how the disease ran through her family tree. She...
Oct 11, 2017
I have been a mechanic for Southwest Airlines for many years. I fix things for a living. That’s what I do, and in many ways, that’s all I know. When something is broken, it is my job to see to...
Oct 9, 2017
When 36-year-old Paola Gerber found a lump in her breast, she was terrified. Knowing she had a family history of breast cancer at a young age, she automatically assumed the worst.“I have three women in my family who were diagnosed...
Oct 7, 2017
Winning your battle with breast cancer is a huge victory and while you may just want to get back to the life you had before, you might worry that everything won’t be the same. You could be faced with lingering...
Sep 11, 2017
Allison Field dreams of a cancer-free world.That’s why she’s doing her part to support cancer research by swimming for the cause with Swim Across America. She draws inspiration and courage from her foster daughter, Deanna Stearn.Deanna came to live with...
Aug 30, 2017
Danielle Dennis remembers the day clearly. It was April 2012 and she was working outside in the yard one afternoon when she had a sudden, sharp pain in her side. Soon, she could barely breathe. She decided to call 911....
Aug 11, 2017
When Rhonda Reeve, 53, isn’t working full-time as a CPA, she’s with her husband, Jay, on their fishing boat competing in tournaments across the U.S. as professional tournament anglers. But life hasn’t always been smooth sailing for Rhonda.In 2015, Rhonda...
