Medication disposal: How to get rid of unused or expired medicine
Cancer treatment and its side effects can result in a lot of medications. But what should you do once you or a loved one no longer need these medications or they're past their expiration date?
It's important to dispose of these medications properly, whether they’re chemotherapy drugs (such as vismodegib), high-potency pain relievers (many considered controlled substances), or drugs that target specific defects...
Autologous stem cell transplant survivor finds hope after third lymphoma diagnosis
In the summer of 2013, Debbie Felix-Dejean was facing her third round of Hodgkin lymphoma, and she was not optimistic.
The Caribbean...
Tongue cancer survivor uses voice to support cancer research
When Cora “Corky” Hilliard was diagnosed with squamous cell cancer of the tongue for the second time in June 2012, she got to MD Anderson...
Teen papillary thyroid cancer survivor: ‘There is no good type of cancer’
Bethany Fischer was nearing the end of the eighth grade when she developed a thumb-sized bruise in the hollow of her neck that wouldn’t go away. She also began having trouble swallowing.
“It felt like I had a frog in my throat, or maybe a sock,” says the now 16-year-old sophomore.
Bethany told her mother what was going on right away. “My heart just kind of stopped,” says her mother, Elizabeth Fischer. “My sister used those...
Chemotherapy won’t keep Houston Texans fan from attending football games
When Karen James was diagnosed with stage IV colorectal cancer in July 2016, she immediately knew two things. First, she was going to keep...
Adult rhabdomyosarcoma survivor learns to appreciate every day
Fort Worth resident Susan Pratt was playing tennis in June 1995, when she realized she couldn't feel the left side of her gum line.
Specialized orthopedic oncology procedures preserve patients’ active lifestyles
You’d never guess that Luke Adkins is a cancer survivor by looking at him.
But the 24-year-old paramedic had his entire left knee and...
Throat cancer survivor chooses clinical trial to ‘help someone else'
Chuck Caldwell was in Europe with his wife in September 2015 when his throat started bothering him. At the time, he chalked up the soreness...
Lung cancer survivor credits clinical trial for life
Georgia Dominick’s journey to MD Anderson began with unusual chest pains on what had begun as a normal August day in 2014.
“It was...
Clinical trials give hope to non-Hodgkin lymphoma, leukemia survivor
George Miller is an athlete and a die-hard marathon runner, so he was shocked when he was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma in 2008....