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“There is a life after cancer, and it’s a good life.”

Family credits close ties and faith with helping Minnesota man through numerous health battles.

“Even when she’s at her most sick, she has taken every procedure better than a grown man or woman could do it.”

If you could stop breast cancer before you were even diagnosed, should you? The answer is more complicated than you may think.

Kari Matthys still remembers the feeling of holding her oldest daughter in her arms for the first time. “She was this little life that just depended on you for everything,” Matthys said. “I loved every minute of being a mom.” Now a mother of three, Matthys, from Hillsboro, North Dakota, loves sharing her life and […]

DICKINSON, N.D. — Sitting in the Sanford Dickinson West Infusion Center, Sandy Steckler found herself smiling. She was undergoing treatment for breast cancer, but seeing how the small team of nurses and other staff members interacted with patients gave her great joy. “It’s hard to put into words,” she said. “I saw them take the time […]

Why cancer survivors should not feel like they are a burden.

A technique called “deep inspiration breath hold” during radiation shows promise as a way to minimize the impact treatments can have on the heart, especially on patients with cancer in the left breast. Ryan Nowak, M.D., a radiation oncologist at Sanford Health, explains how it works and its benefits. Background Historically, the radiation beam went across […]

Each camper is just another kid, even when they come with a port or bald head

To their patients, oncology nurses are: educators, advocates, confidants and much more.