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Cancer; Patient Stories

Navy veteran navigates cancer journey from paralysis to remission

November 7, 2025

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One complex lung surgery makes a lifetime of difference

October 30, 2025

Chronic, recurrent UTI sufferers may find new hope with UTSW urologist

August 22, 2025

No. 1 hospital in DFW for a ninth straight year

July 29, 2025

Time in a bottle: How UTSW paved the way for a breakthrough brain cancer drug

June 30, 2025

Young newlywed, UTSW cancer team wage 'Infinity War' on stage 4 lymphoma

May 14, 2025

A young neurologist diagnosed with ALS is inspiring a call to action

A young neurologist at UT Southwestern has been diagnosis with ALS, and he is using his platform to raise awareness of the disease and important research surrounding it.

September 25, 2024

Cancer; Patient Stories

'Previvors' find hope, answers at Genetic Cancer Prevention Clinic

Jennifer Lowrey lost her parents to Lynch syndrome cancers. Thanks to the Genetic Cancer Prevention Clinic at Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center at UT Southwestern, she is getting the preventive care she needs.

Sara Pirzadeh-Miller, M.S.

November 13, 2024

Back and Spine; Patient Stories

'Every day is a blessing': 11-hour surgery removes dangerous, rare spinal tumor

Charles Lavender says the 11-hour surgery to remove a rare cervical tumor that was pressing on his spinal cord saved his life.

December 3, 2024

Brain; Patient Stories

Saved by the video call: When an aneurysm struck during a Teams meeting, co-workers rallied to rescue one of their own

When an aneurysm struck the marketing director for UT Southwestern's O'Donnell Brain Institute during a video call, the entire team rallied to rescue one of its own.

Jon White, M.D.

March 31, 2022

Patient Stories; Transplant

Living-liver transplant: How a daughter gave her mom the gift of a lifetime

A daughter in Texas gave the gift of life to her mother, literally, when she donated a portion of her liver in the first-ever living-donor liver transplant at UT Southwestern. A year later, both mother and daughter are eager to share their story and help others still waiting for a second chance at life.

December 23, 2020

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