Survivor Journeys
While undergoing treatment for colon cancer, Trevor Maxwell started Man Up to Cancer, a support community for men.
After being diagnosed with stage 4 triple-negative breast cancer, Eva Joseph enrolled in a clinical trial for an immunotherapy-chemotherapy that has her enjoying retirement with her husband again.
When Bill's head and neck cancer spread and he was given a year to live, he turned to a clinical trial of an investigational cancer immunotherapy.
When Keith's salivary gland cancer spread throughout his body and he was given just weeks to live, the Oklahoma City man turned to a clinical trial for a therapy that targeted the mutation driving his disease. Read Keith's survivor story.
Rob Paulsen has voiced hundreds of animated characters, but as he prepared to return to a beloved role, cancer threatened his livelihood.
Medha Deoras-Sutliff’s experience with breast cancer fueled her interest in advocacy for breast cancer patients and, more recently, her support for research on rare cancers.
For nearly two decades Randy Surratt was in and out of treatment for hairy cell leukemia. A clinical trial at the NIH has the Michigan man in “complete” remission.
After surviving stage 3B non-small cell lung cancer, Tomma worked to support others with the disease and now works as a patient lay navigator.
Jazz musician and educator Billy Foster continues to work on his music as he battles metastatic kidney cancer.
Carly Flumer reflects on being diagnosed with thyroid cancer four months into her graduate program.