Nov 8, 2024
Driven by a family history of cancer and her expertise as a nurse practitioner, Robin Centner was proactive when she learned she carried a gene tied to colon cancer. She called upon a genetic counselor and underwent genetic testing. She says this screening saved her life, as from it she learned the gene is predisposed...
Oct 22, 2024
What Rebecca Esparza thought was fibroid tumors led to a diagnosis of ovarian cancer at age 30. Unbeknownst to her until after her surgical procedure, doctors performed a radical hysterectomy. In addition to a difficult chemotherapy regimen, Rebecca had to deal with all of the above with no health insurance. Rebecca...
Sep 26, 2024
When Celeste Guptill believed her stomach was swollen a bit more than usual following the birth of her tenth child, she thought it might be due to age or some sort of gastrointestinal issue. However, a CT scan revealed a tumor leading to a diagnosis of pseudomyxoma peritonei (PMP), a rare type of appendix cancer. The...
Sep 21, 2024
After experiencing gastrointestinal issues in 2022, it took a total of four visits to ERs and an urgent care before a CT scan revealed Sarah Bennett had a mass in her duodenum, near her pancreas. The mass later led to a diagnosis of a rare cancer, neuroendocrine. She did not have to undergo a Whipple procedure, but...
Aug 22, 2024
At age two, Jon Brent was diagnosed with a type of blood cancer, acute lymphoblastic leukemia. He underwent an aggressive chemotherapy regimen, including vincristine, dexamethasone, methotrexate and prednisone, but after that still needed a bone marrow transplant. He has achieved survivorship but is still in pain and...