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TexasHow to Get Ready for a Natural Disaster When You Have Cancer
If you are a cancer patient or caregiver and you learn a hurricane, wildfire, or other natural disaster is coming your way, take steps to prepare in advance.
Stomach Cancer Survivor Endures a Tough Road
Stomach cancer survivor Ron Dunnahoo first knew something was wrong when he began having severe indigestion. This was something new.
Childhood Leukemia Survivor Now a Happy, Active 4th-Grader
Childhood leukemia survivor Maddie Stanton describes herself as a “mainly regular” kid. “I feel good,” she says. Her mother, Denise, says, “We feel lucky every day to be able to have Maddie enjoying life, and being happy, and living.”
Experts Gather for International Breast Cancer Research Conference
Breast cancer researchers from all over the world head to Texas this week for the annual San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium (SABCS).
Lung Cancer Dream Team Makes Progress
Dr. Pasi Janne gives an update on the research lead by the Lung Cancer Dream Team, which was created and funded by a partnership between Stand Up For Cancer and The American Cancer Society.
Research on Wasting Syndrome May Help Lung Cancer Patients
Paneeth Iyengar, MD, PhD, a radiation oncologist and researcher at UT Southwestern in Dallas explains cachexia, also known as wasting syndrome, and the research he's doing to help lung cancer patients with this serious problem.
Lung Cancer Survivor Inspires Patients
Everyone who is treated for cancer at Memorial Hermann Greater Heights Hospital in Houston, Texas most likely will meet Clara Cook Lambert, an 8-year lung cancer survivor.
Breast Cancer Diagnosis Prompts Survivor to Take Care of Herself
Hashmat Effendi has spent more than 20 years helping children all over the world get medical care that they otherwise couldn’t afford. But it wasn’t until she was diagnosed with breast cancer at age 52 that Effendi says she began taking care of herself.