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HER2-positive breast cancer diagnosis doesn’t stop patient from living full life

February 6, 2018 Allison Mickey,  Breast Cancer,  Lester and Sue Smith Breast Center

In 2014, Heather Lozada was living in Lubbock, Texas with her husband and two children, still nursing her youngest. “I noticed I was having trouble

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Help support gynecological health at Spin for Gyn

January 16, 2018 Allison Mickey,  cervical cancer,  gynecologic cancer,  Spin for Gyn,  Woman to Woman

Woman to Woman (W2W) is a free cancer patient support program for women undergoing treatment for cervical, ovarian and other gynecologic cancers. W2W connects current

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Breast cancer patient hopeful after scalp cooling device prevents hair loss

December 13, 2017 Allison Mickey,  Breast Cancer,  Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center,  Dr. Julie Nangia,  scalp cooling

After defeating early-stage breast cancer in 2011, Melisa Herrington was devastated when, in 2014, her cancer returned, metastasizing throughout her body.  She underwent a chemotherapy

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Living with pancreatic cancer: Four years and counting with personalized care

November 15, 2017 Allison Mickey,  Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center,  Dr. Benjamin Musher,  pancreatic cancer

“My friend told me my skin was looking a little orange,” said Catherine Jennings, describing the first sign that something wasn’t quite right with her

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Antibody treatment for HER2-positive breast cancer gives patient new outlook

October 30, 2017 Allison Mickey,  Breast Cancer,  Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center,  Dr. Matthew Ellis

In 2004, Cheryl Gray was diagnosed with stage 3 breast cancer at age 47. After receiving a lumpectomy and radiation, and after two chemotherapy treatments,

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Loss spurs genetic testing, early breast cancer diagnosis and treatment

October 3, 2017 Allison Mickey,  Breast Cancer,  Cancer,  Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center,  Lester and Sue Smith Breast Center

The day Sharon Shapiro’s daughter delivered her baby was nothing short of a miracle. What had been a relatively standard pregnancy for her daughter had

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Online tool helps empower pediatric cancer survivors

September 19, 2017 Allison Mickey,  Cancer,  Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center,  Dr. David Poplack,  pediatrics,  Texas Children's Hospital Cancer Center

For more than two decades, Dr. David Poplack, director of the Texas Children’s Cancer Center, and professor of pediatrics-hematology and oncology at Baylor College of Medicine,

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Are you at risk for lung cancer?

August 1, 2017 Allison Mickey,  Cancer,  Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center,  lung cancer

Aug. 1 is World Lung Cancer Day, and while lung cancer is most commonly associated with smokers and tobacco users, there are other factors that

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Cancer Socks 5K tackles transportation for cancer patients

May 24, 2017 Allison Mickey,  Cancer,  Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center,  Dr. Michelle Ludwig,  Tackles 4 Cancer

For many cancer patients, the difficult road begins with access to reliable transportation to make it to their appointments and receive treatment. In the vast

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What is triple negative breast cancer?

March 3, 2017 Allison Mickey,  Breast Cancer,  Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center,  Dr. Jeffrey Rosen,  Molecular and cellular biology,  triple-negative breast cancer

Breast cancer is a complex disease affecting thousands of Americans every year. However, some types of breast cancer are more aggressive than others, including triple

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Blood vessels (magenta) intertwined with metastatic medulloblastoma tumor cells (green) nestled within the protective layers that surround the mouse spinal cord. From the Labs: a closer look at metastatic medulloblastoma

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