October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month: it’s a time to raise awareness around a disease that has impacted so many millions of Americans. We want to use this opportunity to educate advocates on risk factors and stress the importance of preventative care. Risk Factors: Gender: One in every eight women in the United States will […]
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Cody Chandler was admitted to the UT Health Tyler emergency room for pneumonia in both lungs when he received another, unexpected diagnosis: acute myelogenous leukemia (AML). If left untreated, AML is usually lethal within months, according to Dr. Bob Droder, an oncologist at UT Health East Texas HOPE Cancer Center. The time to act was
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Diagnosis It was July of 2013 when I had a mammogram at Sutter Gould Medical Foundation in Modesto, California. The technician called me into the exam room and pointed to my x-rays, which showed a large white mass in my left breast. I was so shocked and frightened that I immediately fell to my knees
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When a child is diagnosed with cancer, their world changes. Play dates become doctor’s appointments, and sports practice is replaced with chemotherapy treatments. Life loses normalcy for kids and parents alike. But more and more hospitals recognize that easing those changes leads to a better quality of life for children in the hospital, and better
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One day while Sherry Weaver was with her grandson, she suddenly lost the ability to speak clearly. At the hospital, an MRI would reveal a stunning diagnosis—brain cancer. Sherry was told she had one month to live. Then she met Dr. Ashamalla, who changed her outlook with one simple word: “cure.” Sherry spent every morning
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