Aug 28, 2021
A time-tested veteran of the nonprofit world, Nancy Torrison was hired in 2012 as the initial executive director of the Minnesota-based A Breath of Hope Lung Foundation. She has been there ever since.
Unlike other cancers, it is not easy to get in front of lung cancer. Although the situation has improved and...
Aug 11, 2021
A Type II diabetic, Alex Ramirez went to his doctor to get a refill of his meds. When he did, the doctor suggested Alex get blood work because he hadn’t been tested in a long time. Alex was often feeling tired, so this seemed like a good time for blood work. Upon receiving the test results, the doctor Alex he was...
Aug 9, 2021
In this episode of the Cancer Interviews, podcast Michelle Beck tells how she twice survived breast cancer. In 2012, she was diagnosed with ER-PR+/HER2- breast cancer, which she addressed with a lumpectomy. In 2017, breast cancer returned, and in this instance, she opted for a bilateral mastectomy with latissimus...
Aug 2, 2021
In today’s @CancerInterviews podcast, Xylan van Eyck of Gqeberha, South Africa tells host Jim Foster how he survived Hodgkin lymphoma. It wasn’t easy. He underwent radiation treatment and chemotherapy. But when they failed to kill the cancer, Xylan needed a second round of chemotherapy, which included a higher...