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Texas Legislature Renews Commitment to Cancer Research, Following Arduous Year for Cancer Patients and Their Families
... more than 600,000 Americans each year. “When I was diagnosed I wanted to be at the best cancer center in the world with access to the latest melanoma treatment advancements – thankfully I’m a Texas resident already,” said Karlee Steele, Austin resident and melanoma cancer survivor. “Through successful surgeries at MD Anderson and accomplished objectives in an immunotherapy vaccine clinical trials, my body was able to fight against my melanoma. I’m forever grateful to my doctors and lawmakers for giving me the opportunity to continue to fish and hike with my son – and live to ...
Keep Texas Teens From Getting Skin Cancer
... due to an increased risk for skin cancer. Individuals who use indoor tanning devices at a younger age have a 75 percent increased risk for melanoma and a 69 percent increase of early onset basal cell carcinoma than those who never use indoor tanning. Download our new fact sheet on ...