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Home Patients, Caregivers, and Advocates Survivors

Read inspiring stories from cancer survivors to learn how research is transforming patient care and saving lives.

Mary Gloria: Cancer Survivor Works to Counter Cancer Misinformation in Nigeria

Mary Gloria: Cancer Survivor Works to Counter Cancer Misinformation in Nigeria

Diagnosed with breast cancer at the age of 35, Mary Gloria Orji confronted the stigma to speak about cancer and formed a patient support group in that nation.

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Matt Cleaveland: A Plan to Run a Marathon, Interrupted by Cancer

Matt Cleaveland: A Plan to Run a Marathon, Interrupted by Cancer

Matt Cleaveland was diagnosed with testicular cancer at the age of 25 as he trained for his first marathon. Successful surgery put him back on track to running.

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Accessing a Clinical Trial During the Pandemic

Allyson Pile

When the COVID-19 pandemic struck the United States, Allyson Pile and her oncologist worked to continue her access to her clinical trial drugs and tests that were keeping her stage 4 medullary thyroid cancer at bay.

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Playing and Enjoying Childhood, Thanks to CAR T-cell Therapy

Cayden Addison

Playing and Enjoying Childhood, Thanks to CAR T-cell Therapy

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Living Well With Stage 4 Lung Cancer

Donna Fernandez

When chemotherapy didn't halt her cancer, Donna Fernandez turned to an immunotherapy trial drug to keep the disease in check.

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A Recovery Mindset

Laurie Betts

Researcher and esophageal cancer survivor Laurie Betts leans into past lessons learned, including the value of service to others, to get through cancer.

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Overcoming Stage IV Melanoma, Thanks to a Clinical Trial

Johnny Borgstrom

Overcoming Stage IV Melanoma, Thanks to a Clinical Trial

Ready Johnny's Story in the Cancer Progress Report
From an Early-Onset Cancer Diagnosis to Patient Advocacy

Allison Rosen: From an Early-Onset Cancer Diagnosis to Patient Advocacy

Diagnosed with colorectal cancer at 32 years of age, Allison Rosen found meaning in helping others and advocating for cancer prevention and research to advance new treatments.

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Joe M Bullock: Giving Back After Successful Treatment for Colon Cancer

Joe M Bullock: Giving Back After Successful Treatment for Colon Cancer

A routine colonoscopy led to Joe’s diagnosis with advanced colon cancer and treatment. In May 2018, when I was just 50 years old, I was diagnosed with stage 3b...

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Chris White: An Unsettling Diagnosis

Chris White: An Unsettling Diagnosis

After successful treatment, Chris became engaged in cancer advocacy. In the summer of 2018, I was diagnosed with anorectal mucosal melanoma. In the months leading up to my diagnosis,...

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