Cancer Articles

Esophageal cancer is a serious and often silent disease, but with awareness and early action, outcomes can improve. Nicholas LeBlanc, MD, a thoracic surgeon with Our Lady of the Lake Cancer Institute, recently shared his expertise on this complex and often silent...

Head and neck cancers may make up a small percentage of all cancer diagnoses in the U.S., but when they do occur, they can be complex, aggressive and life-altering. On a recent episode of Medical Monday with Brian Haldane, Rula Mualla, MD, a head and neck surgical...

In the world of cancer care, surgery can be one of the most hopeful turning points for a patient. It’s where compassion and clinical excellence meet.  That’s the perspective shared by surgical oncologists John Lyons III, MD, FACS, and Mo Al Efishat, MD, FSSO, FACS,...

In some ways, Alison Teal wasn’t shocked when she learned she had Stage 3 rectal cancer in the summer of 2022. Both of Teal’s parents, as well as two brothers, had gone through their own bouts with various forms of the disease. Teal always had a nagging feeling she...