Survivor Journeys
After exhausting her treatment options, Ellen Reich got CAR T-cell treatment for multiple myeloma through a clinical trial.
Business leader CiCi Rojas takes life lessons from lymphoma.
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.
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.
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.
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.
COVID-19 travel restrictions meant Federico de Armas Heinzen couldn’t get to Los Angeles for the ongoing clinical trial that was keeping his stage 4 melanoma in check.
Despite taking precautions and getting vaccinated, Julie Campbell contracted COVID-19, which interrupted her ongoing treatment for triple-negative breast cancer.
Thanks to research-driven advances against cancer, Bryan has maintained balance in his life, despite metastatic gastric cancer.
When her endometrial cancer recurred and spread, Patricia Hawkin's oncologist recommended a clinical trial for an investigational immunotherapeutic.
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