Radiology
January 10, 2020
Expert Care, Teamwork Lead to Tailored Treatment for Alexa’s Rare Cancer
Alexa Lofaro spent six months taking medications for a condition she didn’t have. Once she arrived at Mayo Clinic, a multidisciplinary team specializing in her disease not only provided the right diagnosis, but also conducted the genetic testing necessary to find the right medication for her.
Tags: Center for Multiple Sclerosis and Autoimmune Neurology, Dr. Jason Young, Dr. Karen Rech, Dr. Ronald Go, Dr. W. Oliver Tobin
December 16, 2019
After Treatment for Chronic Pelvic Pain, Marah’s Future is Wide Open
These days, Marah Johnson feels terrific. Happy and healthy, the 20-year-old is living her best life. It’s a new reality for Marah, who had been incapacitated by unexplained pelvic pain until she met a Mayo Clinic physician who demystified her pain and provided a cure.
Tags: Chronic pelvic pain, Dr. Grace Knuttinen, Interventional Radiology
September 30, 2019
Energized and Excited After Precision Care Relieves Puzzling Problem
These days, Molly Hanson feels awesome. Free from pain, she’s now eager to get back into her life. Molly’s energy today stands in stark contrast to how she felt a year ago — before she visited Mayo Clinic and learned an undiagnosed medical condition was to blame for many of her debilitating symptoms.
Tags: Chronic pelvic pain, Dr. Grace Knuttinen, Dr. Paul Snyder, Dr. Tonia Young-Fadok, Postural tachycardia syndrome
August 16, 2019
Reenergized After Accurate Diagnosis and Treatment for Painful, Debilitating Symptoms
Margaret Parry is moving with ease around her Wyoming home and community these days. She has plenty of energy, she’s excited about life and she feels good. It’s a 180-degree difference from a year ago when an undiagnosed condition made each step she took a painful proposition.
September 29, 2017
Surgery Frees Ross Wasdin to Be an Active Father Once Again
Surgical removal of a large mass of tangled blood vessels relieved painful symptoms and allowed Ross Wasdin to turn his attention back to enjoying his family and having fun.
Tags: arteriovenous malformation, Dr. Beau Toskich, Dr. Courtney Sherman, Orthopedic Surgery, Radiology
April 5, 2017
3D Printing Paves the Way for Precision Surgeries
The surgical teams assembled to operate on Mayo Clinic’s most complex patients lately have begun to consist of more than living, breathing members. The new recruits are usually small enough to hold in your hand, and they don’t say a word. But the information conveyed by these 3D anatomical printed models is helping surgeons plan […]
Tags: 3d printing, Dr Jane Matsumoto, Dr. Basel Sharaf, Dr. Jonathan Morris, Dr. Mark Allen, Dr. Uldis Bite, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Radiology
September 10, 2016
Persevering Through Brain Cancer, Travis McGinnis Remains Upbeat and Optimistic
Travis McGinnis was just 30 years old when an insidious cancer was discovered in his brain. It had been growing there for some time, he says — his physicians estimated between five and 10 years. Had the stage-three oligoastrocytoma not been detected when it was, Travis would have likely lost his life. As it happened, […]
Tags: brain tumor, Glioma, Hope Lodge, Neurology & Neurosurgery, Neurosurgery, oligoastrocytoma, radiation therapy
June 25, 2016
‘How’d We Get So Lucky?’ — Proton Beam Therapy Available at the Right Time for Jackson
For two weeks, 14-year-old Jackson Fisher was plagued by headaches, double-vision, nausea and weight loss. His parents, Michelle and Patrick Fisher, weren’t sure what was wrong. But when Jackson came home one evening completely exhausted after lacrosse practice, they decided it was time to find out what was going on. The next day, they took […]
Tags: Dr. Amulya Nageswara Rao, Dr. David Daniels, Dr. Nadia Laack, Nancy Heinzelman, Proton Beam Therapy, Randy McKeeman
January 20, 2016
3-D Print of Patient’s Tumor Helps Surgeons Prepare, Speeds Recovery
Michael Slag holds in his hands a tumor – or rather a 3-D print of the actual tumor that is growing at the top of his right lung. Doctors are using the 3-D printed model to aid them in planning the complex surgery to remove Michael’s tumor. Mayo Clinic doctors diagnosed Michael with a rare […]
Tags: 3-D printing, Dr Jane Matsumoto, Dr. Shanda Blackmon, lung cancer, thoracic surgery
September 26, 2013
Amber’s BMT Birthday Gift From Her Sister
By SMHNadmin 
Sisters Amber and Sabrina Starke wear matching necklaces and rings as a reminder of their commitment to each other and to keep fighting the fight against leukemia. After graduating from high school, Amber started college in May 2003. She passed out at work one day and was taken to her local emergency department. A CT scan […]
Tags: 1136, 2145, 3273, 3719, 3739, 3981, 5279, 5324, 5334, BMT, bone marrow transplant, Cancer