DESCRIPTION DESCRIPTION On this episode of the @CancerInterviews podcast, prior to his death in 2026, Mark Kageyama told host Bruce Morton about his surviving three cancers.  A diagnosis of prostate cancer became metastatic prostate cancer when it was learned his cancer spread to his lungs and bones.  To fight the cancer, Mark had to experience an aggressive chemotherapy, with the medication, taxotere.   Mark Kageyama of Granada Hills, California was in his mid-sixties in Oct

DESCRIPTION   Note: Erin Cummings passed away in 2026.   Erin Cummings was diagnosed with Hodgkin lymphoma in 1972.  At age 15, she noticed a lump on her throat and another on her chest.  That led to a diagnosis of Stage 3B Hodgkin lymphoma.  She was shocked at her diagnosis but initially had trouble putting into perspective just what she was up against because she cancer was something suffered by old people.  Even though she achieved survivorship, she still deals with residu

DESCRIPTION Blood detected in Bob Schreiber’s urine led to a diagnosis of Stage IV bladder cancer.  This came after a cystoscopy, in which a tube is inserted into his urethra, taking a picture of the bladder.  Twice without success, Bob hoped BCG treatment would address the cancer by instilling a set of chemicals inside the bladder to strengthen the immune system.  As a result, he had to get his bladder removed.  It was replaced with a neobladder, which was made from his smal