News and views from across Mayo Clinic
April 5, 2018
Mother and Daughter With Cancer Find Hope and Healing at Mayo Clinic
By In the Loop
When she was diagnosed with multiple myeloma, Yadira Zepeda learned she likely had just months to live. That was almost 30 years ago. Today, the 70-year-old grandmother credits her survival – and her daughter’s – to Mayo Clinic.
Tags: Breast Cancer, Chronic Myeloid Leukemia, Dr. Candido Rivera, Dr. Gerardo Colon-Otero, Mayo Clinic in Florida, multiple myeloma
April 3, 2018
Colleagues Rally Around One of Their Own During Cancer Battle
By In the Loop
‘Gigi’ Griggs’ care team became much more than just care providers as she underwent cancer treatment at Mayo Clinic. They became like family and went out of their way to treat her as such.
Tags: Acute Myeloid Leukemia, Breast Cancer, Eric Siebeneck, Gevora Griggs, Mayo Clinic in Arizona
January 16, 2018
Cold Cap Therapy Lets Women Keep Their Hair During Treatment
By In the Loop
One of the most devastating side effects of breast cancer treatment for many women is losing their hair. A new treatment called cold cap therapy is helping some women eliminate that concern.
Tags: Breast Cancer, Dr. Saranya Chumsri, Mayo Clinic in Florida
November 16, 2017
Her Fight Over, Pam Roe Wants to Give Back to Other Breast Cancer Patients
By In the Loop
One year ago, Pam Roe had life right where she wanted it. But after being diagnosed with breast cancer and enduring months of treatment, she’s now on a new mission — to give back.
Tags: Breast Cancer, invasive lobular carcinoma, Mayo Clinic Health System in Red Wing, Proton Beam Therapy
October 12, 2017
Breast Cancer Diagnosis Brings Woman to Mayo; Care Team Keeps Her Coming Back
By In the Loop
After she was diagnosed with breast cancer, Elizabeth Vines sought a second opinion — and eventually, treatment — at Mayo Clinic. “I was looking for a miracle,” Elizabeth says.
Tags: Breast Cancer, Dr. Donald Northfelt, Dr. Raman Mahabir, Dr. Richard Gray, Mayo Clinic in Arizona
March 21, 2017
Liver Transplant Patient Helps Set New Nighttime Skydiving Record
By In the Loop
A funny thing happened the other day as we were flipping through the January 2017 issue of Parachutist, the official magazine of the U.S. Parachute Association. (We’re behind in our reading but trying to pick up velocity.) A familiar name and face greeted us: Steve Woodford, a liver transplant patient featured in a Sharing […]
Tags: Bile duct cancer, Breast Cancer, Hepatitis, liver transplant
February 21, 2017
Crossing the Finish Line With Friends, Family and a Focus on the Positive
By In the Loop
“Attitude is everything” is the Livezey family motto. It’s printed on T-shirts and pink bracelets the family wears to honor and encourage one of their own, Hollis Livezey Youngner, as she receives treatment for breast cancer. And those three words have helped Hollis persevere since her diagnosis five years ago. They also recently helped her […]
January 26, 2017
For This Runner, the Race to Finish Breast Cancer is Personal
By In the Loop
Last February, Hollis Livezey Youngner stood at the end of the National Marathon to Finish Breast Cancer, cheering (and crying) as she watched many of her friends and family members cross the finish line of a race they’d run in her honor. “I was a bundle of emotions,” Hollis tells us. “It was the most […]
Tags: 26.2 With Donna, Breast Cancer
December 29, 2016
After Breast Cancer Diagnosis, History Teacher Finds New Hope
By In the Loop
Last year, while being treated for a recurrence of the melanoma she was first diagnosed with in 2003, Sandy Morse felt a small lump in one of her breasts. She mentioned the lump to her surgeon during an appointment, and a biopsy confirmed what the 52-year-old history teacher at Horizon High School in Scottsdale, Arizona, […]
December 20, 2016
Quick Action on Aggressive Breast Cancer Gives Young Mom Hope for a Future
By In the Loop
The holidays this year are bound to be a little extra merry for one young mother in Vancouver, British Columbia. Two years ago, after she found a small breast lump that quickly grew in size, doctors told her she may not see many more Christmas seasons. “The day I went in and had a diagnostic […]
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