Melanoma survivor grateful for personalized cancer vaccine clinical trial
Tony Hout first noticed a sore on the top of his ear after he got a bad sunburn…
Cervical cancer survivor: Why I trust UT MD Anderson
Do you know that stress scale that ranks traumatic life events? Like the death of a close family…
Total pelvic exenteration survivor: ‘Attitude is everything’
When I was diagnosed with stage 4 colorectal cancer in late 2023, I was treated initially near my…
Stage 4 lung cancer survivor: A shift in perspective helped me find gratitude
I’ve never been a smoker and have always lived an extremely healthy lifestyle. So, when I was diagnosed…
Anaplastic thyroid cancer survivor finds perfect fit at UT MD Anderson
In June 2021, Leslie Mellinger was diagnosed with anaplastic thyroid cancer, the rarest and most aggressive type of…
Metastatic breast cancer survivor: ‘UT MD Anderson saved my life’
Gladys Gakuu was diagnosed with stage 2B breast cancer in 2012. She was 29. She had a mastectomy…
Pancreatic cancer survivor thankful for interventional radiology procedure
Joseph Lecak has a zeal for life. He enjoys golfing, tending to his vegetable garden and traveling all…
20-year breast cancer survivor: It’s never too late to volunteer at UT MD Anderson
My breast cancer treatment Until my diagnosis, though, I hadn’t even been aware it was possible to receive…
From cancer care professional to patient: Two-time survivor chooses proton therapy at UT MD Anderson
After spending more than four decades in radiation oncology, Randy Hemingway never expected to become a patient himself.…
Clinical psychologist: A Hodgkin lymphoma diagnosis as a young adult changed my life
I’ve wanted to be a psychologist ever since I was in high school. But I steered away from…
Doctor, stomach cancer survivor: 3 things that impressed me about UT MD Anderson
When I was diagnosed with stage 4 stomach cancer in July 2024, I started treatment locally but sought…
4-time cancer survivor finds security and comfort at UT MD Anderson
When Tamara Mitchell first came to UT MD Anderson in November 2023, she had already been diagnosed with…