Items Tagged ‘Chemotherapy’
July 18, 2019
Leukemia Patient Becomes Advocate for Diversity on Bone Marrow Registry
By In the Loop 
Aja Fisher’s dream of becoming a doctor was put on hold after a leukemia diagnosis. She’s sharing her story to help raise awareness of the need for bone marrow donors among minority populations.
Tags: Bone Marrow Transplant, Chemotherapy, Dr. Ernesto Ayala, Dr. James Foran, Leukemia, Mayo Clinic in Florida, Mayo Clinic News Network
July 18, 2019
Cancer Battle Inspires Sara Segner to Become Something She Never Dreamed
By In the Loop
Just three days into her schooling to become a nurse, Sara Segner switched gears and applied to medical school. Her chosen field is one she’s already quite familiar with.
Tags: Chemotherapy, Dr. Susan Romanski, Lymphoma, Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine, pediatrics, Sara Segner
June 11, 2019
How fruit flies are helping make chemotherapy treatments easier on cancer patients
By In the Loop
Fruit flies are an all too common annoyance, but they’re also a powerful new tool for researchers at Mayo Clinic in their quest to make chemotherapy treatments easier on cancer patients.
Tags: Chemotherapy, Discovery's Edge, Dr. Anthony Windebank, Dr. Christopher Groen, Dr. Eugenia Trushina, Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Peripheral Neuropathy
May 16, 2019
Patient’s Workout Routine Inspires Those Around Her, Even in Hospital
By In the Loop
Penny Pfeiffer has found a way to keep her spirits up while she receives chemotherapy treatment at Mayo: impromptu workout sessions with staff and other patients in the hospital.
Tags: Chemotherapy, Ewing Sarcoma
August 21, 2018
Leukemia Survivor (and Her Daughter) Use Patient Experience to Help Others
By In the Loop
Angie Wilson has a story to tell, and it’s one her Mayo doctors hopes will help medical students and trainees understand both the “power and risk” of immune therapies as a cancer treatment.
Tags: Acute Myeloid Leukemia, Bone Marrow Transplant, Chemotherapy, Dr. Mrinal Patnaik, Dr. Saad Kenderian, Encephalitis, Lymphoma, Radiation
August 17, 2017
Young Cancer Patient: ‘I Have Never Once Been Afraid of My Diagnosis’
By In the Loop
Kelly Leibold has achieved a great deal in her young life, including serving as head of her hometown chamber of commerce. But most impressive may be her grace in facing a cancer diagnosis.
May 25, 2017
Superman Flies in to Brighten the Day for One Young Cancer Patient
By In the Loop
Superman recently took a break from fighting crime — and washing windows — to touch the life of one very special young cancer patient.
Tags: Acute Myelogenous Leukemia, Bone Marrow Transplant, Chemotherapy, Child LIfe Program, Mayo Clinic Children's Center
April 11, 2017
Young Cancer Patient Shows What It Means to Be ‘Hunter Strong’
By In the Loop
Lisa Gifford is a mother. She’s also a pediatric nurse. So she knew something wasn’t right with her youngest son, Hunter. “He was having trouble urinating,” Lisa tells us. Initially, she chalked it up to a urinary tract infection. But his primary care provider ruled that out after Hunter’s blood work came back fine. Later […]
Tags: Chemotherapy, Community Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, Ewing's Sarcoma, Lisa Gifford, Proton Beam Therapy Program
April 6, 2017
Medical Student Learns About Life, Love, and Spirituality During ‘Year of Suffering’
By In the Loop
If you need proof of the old adage “to truly understand something you must experience it first-hand,” look no further than Maggie Cupit-Link. Diagnosed with Ewing’s sarcoma at the end of her freshman year of college, Maggie, now a third-year Mayo Clinic School of Medicine student, was uprooted from her life and began a year-long […]
Tags: Cancer, Chemotherapy, Ewing's Sarcoma, Mayo Clinic School of Medicine
June 19, 2014
By In the Loop
Long days in the hospital can be, well, long. For anyone. But when you’re a soon-to-be sixth-grader, they can seem doubly so. Add to that repeated chemotherapy treatments, partial isolation, and a three-month wait for a bone-marrow transplant, and you’ve got a recipe for, well, antsiness. So you can understand why Lacey McClain from Pine Island, […]
Tags: Be The Match, Chemotherapy, Leukemia