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Mesothelioma and COVID-19: Don’t skip screening and treatment

August 26, 2020August 26, 2020Cancer, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center, Healthcare, Mesothelioma, Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery

Dr. R. Taylor Ripley urges patients to continue health screenings for mesothelioma and other diseases during COVID-19.

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Living with, through and beyond colorectal cancer

June 25, 2020June 25, 2020Allison Rosen, Cancer, Colorectal Cancer, Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center

I came to Baylor College of Medicine in 2005 and worked diligently in a cancer research lab, a job I was passionate about. However, it

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Do patients really need opioid painkillers after colorectal surgery?

May 13, 2020June 8, 2020Colorectal Cancer, Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center, Debbie Sugarbaker, Healthcare, Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, opioids

Although the opioid epidemic in the United States is currently overshadowed by the urgency of the COVID-19 pandemic, the danger of highly addictive opioid medications

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Understanding fatty liver disease key to liver cancer prevention

February 25, 2020Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center, Gastroenterology, Healthcare, liver cancer, liver disease, Nicole Blanton

As the number of Americans who are living with chronic liver disease continues to rise, researchers and clinicians are not only studying more effective treatments,

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Reconstruction procedure gives breast cancer survivor new outlook

February 21, 2020June 8, 2020Breast Cancer, breast reconstruction, Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center, Lester and Sue Smith Breast Center, Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery

Ten years ago, when Judy Howell was fundraising for the Lester and Sue Smith Breast Center at Baylor College of Medicine, she had no idea

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Doctors team up with students to improve cervical cancer treatment

February 13, 2020February 13, 2020Cancer, cervical cancer, Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center, Molly Chiu, Radiation Oncology

For women with advanced cases of cervical cancer, radiation therapy is generally the only curative treatment. The treatment of cervical cancer is unique, in that,

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HPV and cervical cancer: Vaccination leads to prevention

January 29, 2020January 29, 2020Cancer, cervical cancer, Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center, gynecologic cancer, Healthcare, Nicole Blanton

Close to 80 million Americans are infected with human papillomavirus (HPV), making it the most common sexually transmitted infection in the United States. While HPV

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Stomach cancer survivor becomes ‘Mrs. Texas’

November 21, 2019November 21, 2019Cancer, Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center, Healthcare, Surgery, surgical oncology

In 2015, Chesney Berzins was diagnosed with gastric carcinoma, or stomach cancer. Her diagnosis came after the discovery that Chesney and her family are afflicted

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Immunotherapy improves quality of life for mesothelioma patient

November 19, 2019November 18, 2019Cancer, Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center, Healthcare, Immunotherapy, Mesothelioma, Molly Chiu

When Samir Tanios was diagnosed with malignant pleural mesothelioma in September 2018, he was in poor condition. He couldn’t take a deep breath  or walk

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From one human to another: Empathy 101

November 6, 2019Cancer, Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center, Empathy, Healthcare

Empathy is both an interesting and important element of healthcare. Displaying emotions was once taught to be an unacceptable weakness. However, in the ever-evolving field

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