Survivor Journeys
Gregory O’Brien is striving for a high quality life while living with stage 4 lung cancer.
Diagnosed with AML at the age of 20, Carson Mapes continues to fight her cancer.
Kay Kays, a 30-year pancreatic cancer survivor, works to advance research and raise awareness of the disease.
Sarah Cauley was at her mother’s doctor’s office decades ago when a chance encounter and stomachache led to a cancer diagnosis.
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.
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.
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.
Playing and Enjoying Childhood, Thanks to CAR T-cell Therapy
When chemotherapy didn't halt her cancer, Donna Fernandez turned to an immunotherapy trial drug to keep the disease in check.
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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