“Cancer” is a very heavy word. For people who hear this word from their doctor, it can bring up a range of emotions, from anxiety to anger. Everyone recognizes the...

It started in 1998. Marjo Woodhull was in her mid-40s when her doctor felt something unusual during a routine Pap smear. A follow-up ultrasound identified a growth in her abdomen...

Jung Soo Lee takes pride in what she’s accomplished on her own.  Born in Seoul, South Korea, Lee speaks perfect, unaccented English — she spent a few years of her...

Pediatric sarcomas, which affect the bones and soft tissues of children and teenagers, are among the toughest cancers to treat. Pediatric oncologist Janet Yoon, M.D., is passionately dedicated to...

“I’m a runner,” Mika Reiner Mayer said to her surgeon. “If you can’t save my leg, don’t wake me up!” In a few short months, Mayer’s entire life had flipped...