Paying Her Cancer Care Forward in Clinical Trials
Diagnosed in 2008 with a rare and aggressive form of cancer in her thyroid, Lori Cuffari relied on clinical...
Diagnosed in 2008 with a rare and aggressive form of cancer in her thyroid, Lori Cuffari relied on clinical...
A retired educator diagnosed with multiple myeloma researched her illness and now uses social media to help others. Cindy...
When her ovarian cancer recurred for a third time, Patty Klein sought out a clinical trial that has kept...
Metastatic breast cancer survivor’s journey from “What did I do wrong?” to “What can I do now?” At the...
When Sergio Ramirez’s acute lymphoblastic leukemia recurred, he turned to an investigational immunotherapy to defy his poor prognosis. For...
Years after surviving childhood cancer, Jay Steiner cared for his wife when she was diagnosed with breast cancer and...
Diagnosed with advanced lung cancer, Renee turned to a clinical trial for immunotherapy when standard chemotherapy failed to halt...
Lori Marx-Rubiner views research as the key to new treatments that balance control of her cancer with a high...
Faced with a dramatically poor prognosis for their daughter, Elizabeth Buell-Fleming’s parents were pulled back from the cliff by...
After her breast cancer recurred and metastasized, Janet Klein participated in a clinical trial for palbociclib, which has kept...
When chemotherapy didn’t halt her cancer, Donna Fernandez turned to an immunotherapy trial drug to keep the disease in...
U.S. Rep. Tom Marino of Pennsylvania discusses his experiences after his 1999 cancer diagnosis. Excruciating pain jolted U.S. Rep....
Philadelphia Eagles safety Rodney McLeod is supporting lifesaving cancer research in honor of his grandmother, who died of pancreatic...
For recently married James “Rocky” Lagno, molecularly targeted therapy for his non-small cell lung cancer meant a return to...
Thinking he was suffering from sports-induced asthma, Luke Theodosiades’s parents took him for a checkup and were stunned by...
During a clinical trial for the immunotherapeutic nivolumab, Philip found the quality of his life “improved monthly.” In the...
Jazz musician and educator Billy Foster continues to work on his music as he battles metastatic kidney cancer. Jazz...
Prostate cancer survivor joins the AACR Runners for Research team to raise money for cancer research. The words “you...
Toni English was determined to beat the poor prognosis after being diagnosed with stage 4 mucosal melanoma. My name...
My name is Patricia Fox, and at 26 years old I was diagnosed with breast cancer. Before my cancer...
Diagnosed in 2009 with metastatic colorectal cancer, Teri has continued to participate in endurance athletics and is an AACR Runners...
Suzanne got back to a rigorous exercise regime after undergoing treatment for colon cancer and then breast cancer. After...
When Stephen’s cancer relapsed in 2010, he turned to a clinical trial of a new immunotherapeutic for his disease....
Confronted with a relapse of his chronic lymphocytic leukemia, Brian Parkinson enrolled in a clinical trial of an investigational...
“I couldn’t imagine not doing clinical trials, because I wouldn’t be here 5 and a half years later without...
When his bladder cancer spread and standard treatments failed, Dave Maddison grasped at a clinical trial for an investigational...
Nancy McGuire was devastated after her diagnosis but, thanks to a new chemotherapeutic, is enjoying life once again. After...
A 13-year breast cancer survivor, Jeanette is excited to participate in an effort to raise funds to support research...
Health and fitness reporter sees the benefits of healthy living when she faces a diagnosis of acute myeloid leukemia....
Diagnosed at 8 years of age, Meisha “knew what I had was pretty bad because all my visitors –...