http://bit.ly/CancerNL Many women and men develop lymphedema following cancer surgery. Its onset can occur as far out as two--five years later. Kathleen Smalky, M.D., associate professor in the Department of General Internal Medicine at MD Anderson Cancer Center, explains how lymphedema occurs, why self-care is important, and discusses what research is being conducted to help those who have this common condition.

Please visit: www.mdanderson.org/prevention for more information regarding prevention and screening How often you should get tested for breast cancer depends on your chances for getting the disease. If you are at increased risk for breast cancer, you may need to start screening exams at an earlier age, get additional tests or be tested more often. Learn when genetic testing makes sense for you. Dr. Banu Arun, Professor of Breast Medical Oncology and Co-Director of Clinical Cancer Genetics...

In April, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the use of vandetanib for the treatment of medullary thyroid carcinoma. MD Anderson's Dr. Robert Gagel who with his team helped to bring about the FDA's approval of vandetanib talks about the drug, the research and it's benefit to medullary thyroid cancer patients.

http://bit.ly/mGp6xh Larry Kwak, M.D., Ph. D., chair of the department of Lymphoma and Myeloma at MD Anderson, who has devoted 20 years to investigating the science of cancer vaccines, specifically a personalized therapy for follicular lymphoma, was named in 2010 as one of Time magazine's 100 most influential people. Kwak and a team led by scientists at MD Anderson reported in the online version of Journal of Clinical Oncology that a lymphoma vaccine uniquely tailored for each patient...