Survivor Journeys
Cancer research has enabled Kirby Lewis to live productively with metastatic breast cancer. “I hope that by sharing my story I can show others that life doesn't end when you get a terminal diagnosis; it is still well worth living.”
After her own fight against cancer, Melanie Nix works to help other breast cancer patients and advocates in support of cancer research.
Diagnosed at 8 years of age, Meisha "knew what I had was pretty bad because all my visitors - were tearful."
When her cancer spread to her lungs, Christina McEvoy, the mother of two young boys, sought the state-of-the-art treatments that would give her the best chance to beat her disease.
Diagnosed with stage IV mucosal melanoma, Richard Murphy turned to clinical trials testing immunotherapy treatments after standard approaches failed.
Diagnosed with advanced lung cancer, Renee turned to a clinical trial for immunotherapy when standard chemotherapy failed to halt her disease.
Confronted with a relapse of his chronic lymphocytic leukemia, Brian Parkinson enrolled in a clinical trial of an investigational molecularly targeted therapeutic.
Prostate cancer survivor joins the AACR Runners for Research team to raise money for cancer research.
Thinking he was suffering from sports-induced asthma, Luke Theodosiades's parents took him for a checkup and were stunned by a diagnosis of leukemia.
