Survivor Journeys
Mark Good uses every avenue to spread the news about prostate cancer.
When Sergio Ramirez's acute lymphoblastic leukemia recurred, he turned to an investigational immunotherapy to defy his poor prognosis.
The first time Liza Bernstein was diagnosed with cancer, she wouldn’t allow it to be part of her identity. After her third cancer diagnosis, she became an advocate for other patients.
After months of aggressive treatment that failed to halt their daughter's cancer, Emma Levine’s parents turned to a clinical trial for an investigational treatment targeting the mutation driving their daughter’s cancer.
Chronic myelogenous leukemia survivor Melvin Mann reflects on the benefits and the logistical challenges of his participation in a clinical trial.
Rabbi Ben David was comfortable in his role of helping those in need, but he had to rely on others after his lymphoma diagnosis. The marathon runner has returned to an active life one step at a time.
A father with metastatic kidney cancer embraces moments with his 3-year-old son while pondering how he’ll be remembered.
Amanda Rose Ferraro’s leukemia diagnosis forced her to spend time at the hospital away from her 3-year-old-son. She calls focusing on her health and leaving her son “the hardest thing I have ever had to do.”
Faced with a dramatically poor prognosis for their daughter, Elizabeth Buell-Fleming's parents were pulled back from the cliff by an investigational monoclonal antibody.
A 12-year survivor of stage 3B lung cancer, Tomma Hargraves uses her experience and training as a patient lay navigator to help others diagnosed with the disease.