Life and Death Decisions: Financial Toxicity & Cancer Treatment
Dr. Muzaffar Qazilbash, Professor, Department of Stem Cell Transplantation, Division of Cancer Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer...
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Three times diagnosed with cancer. Never a symptom. This is Robyn’s story.
Robyn Stewart has had cancer three times, but she’s never had a symptom. Not a single one. Oddly enough, there’s a reasonable explanation for this,...
Fighting to Keep Her Home During Cancer Treatment
Katie Centola personifies strength and independence in all aspects of her life, and a breast cancer diagnosis certainly was not going to make her waver in...
“Financial toxicity exists, but nobody truly understands until you’re living with it”
If you had told Kristen Benjamin two years ago that she would become an advocate for pediatric cancer patient research or work to educate the public about...
National Social Work Month Q&A with Bonnie Indeck of Smilow Cancer Hospital
March is national Social Work month and the theme for this year is “Social Workers - Generations Strong”. To highlight the incredible work of our...
“I Thought I Could Do It All On My Own”
Early in 2018, life was moving along pretty nicely for Jonathan Oates. He and his girlfriend Anna, both paramedics, had just bought a house, and both...
Together We Can Do So Much
"Alone we can do so little; together we can do so...
“I Was My First Patient”
Jasmine was a hardworking student who always had one goal in mind: medical school. Being accepted into the University of Connecticut Medical School was...
Paying it Forward – A Circle of Gratitude
A cancer diagnosis is never an easy pill to swallow, but for Julie Ann Chase a breast cancer diagnosis presented even more challenges then initially...
“Knowing I had that support allowed me to remain upbeat during the darkest times”
Sarah Greaney entered her early 40s at the peak of her life when she received her unexpected ovarian cancer diagnosis in December 2018. The Lewiston,...