

Linda Trummer survived mantle cell lymphoma | blastoid variant | doxorubicin | vincristine | cytarabine
DESCRIPTION It was a stressful journey, but Linda Trummer survived Stage IV mantle cell lymphoma. In 2015, she went to her primary care...
Sep 1912 min read


Laurie Adami survived follicular non-Hodgkin Lymphoma | Yescarta CAR-T Therapy | Bexxar | Gazvya
DESCRIPTION Laurie Adami seemed to have it all. She was the president of her company, at age 40, she had just had a son and still found...
Jul 2912 min read


Susan Svoboda survived hormone positive breast cancer | estrogen inhibitor | invasive ductal carcinoma | lumpectomy
DESCRIPTION Susan Svoboda was accustomed to going in for her mammogram every November. She enjoyed a healthy lifestyle, which included...
Mar 1011 min read


Christine Handy survived HER2+ breast cancer | mastectomy | herceptin | taxol | lumpectomy | MRSA
DESCRIPTION Christine Handy withstood osteomyelitis in her right arm, a lumpectomy, two mastectomies and a MRSA infection en route to...
Jun 8, 202414 min read


Dr. Shyamala Peesapati is an advocate for patients with rare forms of cancer | The Rare World
DESCRIPTION: DESCRIPTION: Dr. Shyamala Peesapati of Bangalore, India is a dentist by trade, but devotes a great deal of energy to...
Aug 19, 202210 min read


Michael Maalouf | The Rare Disease Interest Group | Lynch Syndrome | Arrthymia | Colorectal Cancer
DESCRIPTION The Rare Disease Interest Group (RareDIG) is run by medical students at McGill University in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Its...
Oct 27, 202116 min read


Santana Campobasso survived brain cancer | nasal polyps | brain surgery | radiation treatment
DESCRIPTION There isn’t a great deal Santana Campobasso can tell you about her cancer, except that she has survived. That’s because she...
May 30, 202113 min read


Dave Dravecky survived three types of cancer | cryosurgery | spiral oblique | radiation therapy
DESCRIPTION Dave Dravecky has survived three types of cancer, but at a high cost, specifically the amputation of his left arm and...
Mar 12, 202130 min read






