Shoes stacked neatly off to the side of the mats tell you: yoga is done here. Before the lights dim, signaling the beginning of class, six women converse about their lives, their cancer diagnosis and treatments. The five class regulars encourage this week’s newcomer not to worry about her fitness abilities. There’s no yoga fashionistas [...]
My name is Laura Wassef. I am married to my high school sweetheart. I am a mother of three, the oldest 13. I am a sister, daughter, niece, aunt, cousin and friend, and a breast cancer survivor. This is my story. January 2011, just a few days before my 42nd birthday, I was diagnosed with [...]
Don’t miss the premiere of the three-part documentary series, Dallas Hope from Baylor Health Care System. The first episode airs tonight, Thursday, Nov. 8, at 6:30 pm CST on WFAA, channel 8. In this video, Dr. Alan Miller, director of the Baylor Charles A. Sammons Cancer Center at Dallas and chief of oncology for Baylor Health [...]
Targeted therapy for ovarian cancer has been an elusive goal for researchers for many years. Ovarian cancer is a heterogeneous disease, exhibiting a plethora of genetic alterations. In a small percentage of patients, the cancer is found to be hereditary. In these patients, mutations in the BRCA gene lead to an increased risk of ovarian, [...]
Dr. E. Donnall Thomas, a pioneer of bone marrow transplants, passed away this weekend at the age of 92. Bone marrow transplantation (BMT) is one of the most significant discoveries ever made in the field of cancer treatment, but at one time it was considered “a frightening last resort.” Many physicians in the field advised [...]
A recent article by VITALS, an NBCNews.com health blog, states that breast cancer patients may be at a higher risk of heart failure due to two common chemotherapy drugs. According to the article, in a study published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, 12,000 women who received a chemotherapy regimen were at a 20 [...]
One of the first lessons I learned when I was diagnosed with prostate cancer is that the disease doesn’t give “do-overs”. That’s really not fair, because if I had it to do all over again (and seriously, who would choose that option?) I’d take all of the mulligans I could grab and change a few [...]
At 21 years old I was living my perfect life. A three-year-old son, a Godly man by my side; I had recently begun working a job I cherished as a police dispatcher. An avid softball player my health was never a concern. November 2007, a walnut sized lump on the left side of my neck [...]
