Clinical Trials Explained Dr. Angela Alexander is a Clinical Studies Coordinator at MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, TX. We spoke with her recently about clinical trials. What is a clinical trial? Clinical trials are studies of new drugs/combinations done in...
When Your Spouse Shuts Down A cancer diagnosis can change many of the patient’s relationships. Their parents, children, friends and colleaguess are all affected. For patients with a spouse, that is, of course, the relationship most affected. Many couples say they feel...
Telling Your Children You Have Cancer No one wants to be told they have cancer, and no one wants to have to tell their loved ones that they have cancer. There’s no easy way or time to to say it to anyone; but we have heard from many women with breast cancer that the...