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Home Patients, Caregivers, and Advocates Survivors Page 9

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

Defying the Odds, Thanks to Cancer Research

Jennifer Myers

Defying the Odds, Thanks to Cancer Research

Read Jenn's Story in the Cancer Progress Report
The Power of Persistence

Albert Khoury

Albert Khoury’s determination to explore all treatment options for his rare lung cancer led to a lifesaving transplant surgery.

Read more in Cancer Today magazine
Rising to the Challenge

James R. Scott

James R. Scott uses his experiences with bladder cancer to be a light for others.

Read more in Cancer Today magazine
My Name is Mom. And I Have Cancer.

Tara Rolle

Author Tara Rolle shares the challenge of staying fully present as a parent during cancer treatment and in the years that followed.

Read More in Cancer Today magazine
The View From a CAR T-Cell Clinical Trial

Ellen Reich

After exhausting her treatment options, Ellen Reich got CAR T-cell treatment for multiple myeloma through a clinical trial.

Read more in Cancer Today magazine
Control What You Can

CiCi Rojas

Business leader CiCi Rojas takes life lessons from lymphoma.

Read more in Cancer Today magazine
Grinding Through It

Connor Joe

Connor Joe’s grit and determination helped him return to major league baseball after surgery and chemotherapy for testicular cancer that had spread to his lung.

Read More in Cancer Today Magazine
Navigating Metastatic Gastric Cancer During the Pandemic

Rachel Orth

COVID-19 diagnoses for Rachel Orth and her husband led to a month-long delay in getting several procedures to qualify for a clinical trial.

Read Rachel's Story
A Pandemic-delayed Colonoscopy and a Diagnosis of Precancerous Polyps

Wenora Johnson

Wenora Johnson’s annual colonoscopy was delayed by four months due to the pandemic. For the 55-year-old woman with Lynch syndrome, the delay brought home the impact of COVID-19 and the importance of cancer screening.

Read Wenora's Story
Despite Vaccination, the Blood Cancer Patient Doesn’t Have COVID-19 Antibodies

Larry Saltzman, MD

After participating in a clinical trial for chronic lymphocytic leukemia, Dr. Larry Saltzman is still vulnerable to COVID-19 infection, despite being vaccinated and boosted.

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