Whether recently diagnosed or long-term fighters, breast cancer survivors are a powerful bunch. If you have a survivor in your life, you may want to help but don’t know how. These thoughtful ideas are perfect to show your loved one support during a difficult time.
Steve Waller is bucking the trend. Diagnosed with myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS), which puts you at greater risk for developing acute myeloid leukemia (AML), he is now living cancer free after a successful blood stem cell transplant at the Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center. Read Waller’s story.
After traditional therapies weren't effective, lymphoma patient Nick Howe was one of our first patients to take part in a clinical trial for CAR T-cell therapy.
Pancreatic cancer is a genetic disease caused by changes or mutations in segments of DNA called genes. Genes carry the code or the instructions which tells the cells in the body how to grow and function. Mutations in certain genes can allow cells to grow in an uncontrolled way.
At Nebraska Medicine we have an expert team that will help guide you and your family through the treatment. Below I have compiled a list of questions I recommend all my patients with pancreatic cancer ask their oncology team.
Like the disease itself, the treatment of pancreatic cancer is complex, and is strongly determined by a comprehensive evaluation of the disease at initial diagnosis.
Kathy Watson can remember the day she began smoking. It was the summer after 8th grade. That first puff began a 50 plus years habit. At age 72, Watson was diagnosed with early stage lung cancer and is living cancer free today thanks to a low dose CT screening available for long time smokers.
