DESCRIPTION When she began experiencing severe bruising and fatigue and turning pale in late 2013, Casey Kang sought medical attention.  This led to a diagnosis of acute lymphoblastic leukemia.  She was placed on an aggressive, 18-month chemotherapy regimen, which included doxorubicin and methotrexate.  Casey relapsed three times during which she was placed on an experimental immunotherapy.  All told, she spent 168 days in a hospital, but Casey achieved survivorship.  She is

DESCRIPTION Stacy Martin says genetic testing saved her life.   The testing indicated she had the CDH1 mutation.  The mutation gave her an 80 percent chance of getting gastric cancer and a 60 percent chance of breast cancer.  She opted for a prophylactic total gastrectomy to remove her stomach and addressed the possibility of breast cancer with a bilateral mastectomy.  Without a stomach, Stacy has had to change the way she eats, requiring food every two hours, and having to c

DESCRIPTION In 2019, Jonathan Gegerson sought medical attention went he felt a lump on the right side of his neck.  After a couple of scans and a biopsy, he was diagnosed with salivary duct carcinoma, a rare form of head and neck cancer.  Jonathan survived, but not before enduring 67 sessions of radiation, 12 cycles of chemotherapy (carboplatin, taxol, herceptin) and seven surgeries.  He still undergoes a targeted therapy on a monthly basis, and the surgery has affected his s

DESCRIPTION   It took two chemotherapy regimens, but Luke Mutter survived a rare form of bile duct cancer.  A CT scan found a 14cm tumor...

DESCRIPTION Are you or a loved one navigating cancer treatment or survivorship? Discover how exercise oncology—a powerful, evidence-based...

DESCRIPTION For Stewart Greenfield, the third time was the charm.  After checking pictures of his bladder in 2016, two doctors told him...

DESCRIPTION Noelle Gatlin had to endure a lengthy, multi-step process, but she survived Stage II pancreatic cancer.  A visit to an...

DESCRIPTION Nicole Scott and her husband, Keith, worked at the same Ohio hospital.  When Keith noticed abdominal pain in his left side,...

DESCRIPTION Guy Nakoa has survived two diagnoses of Stage IV breast cancer.  He initially felt a lump in his breast while showering in...

DESCRIPTION Whitney Jones, MD, the founder of the Colon Cancer Prevention Project is a staunch advocate of increased usage of biomarkers...

DESCRIPTION   Sheila Romanski is with us today after overcoming two diagnoses of breast cancer and the removal of a tumor in her left...

DESCRIPTION In 2015, Daniel Garza experienced bloating and difficulty completing a bowel movement.  A subsequent digital rectal exam...

DESCRIPTION What began as a small lump in her throat turned into a diagnosis of thyroid cancer for Patti Turner.  It took two surgical...

DESCRIPTION In this powerful and deeply personal story, we follow former Denver Broncos wide receiver Rick Upchurch  as he opens up about...

DESCRIPTION Jeff Kallis survived renal cell carcinoma, a form of kidney cancer.  When he experienced pain in his lower flank and saw...

DESCRIPTION What John Morley originally thought was a urinary tract infection turned out to be a diagnosis of bladder cancer.  At first,...

DESCRIPTION Art Still’s body felt the ravages of playing professional football for twelve years, but when he suffered atrial...

Hardeep Phull, MD is an oncologist, but he is also a patient advocate.  When conventional forms of immunotherapy and chemotherapy are not...

DESCRIPTION This is the @CancerInterviews podcast.  On this episode, Elise Fourie of Pretoria, South Africa tells us how she found...

DESCRIPTION On this episode of the @CancerInterviews podcast, host Bruce Morton will hear from Andrew McPherson about how he survived...