Aug 28, 2021
It is difficult to get a screening for lung cancer and for those who are diagnosed, they often face a cruel and inaccurate stigma. Those are just some of the obstacles attached to a lung cancer journey, which are addressed in detail by Nancy Torrison, executive director of the Twin Cities-based A Breath of Hope Lung...
Aug 11, 2021
Alex Ramirez is a colon cancer survivor. When he started feeling fatigued more than usual, he sought medical attention.
That doctor visit resulted in a blood test, which led to a colonoscopy, which revealed a cancerous tumor in Alex’s colon, and a diagnosis of Stage Two colon cancer. Following surgery, Alex had to...
Aug 9, 2021
Michelle Beck has survived breast cancer not once but twice. Because of a family history of breast cancer, she had an inkling that she, too, would be diagnosed, and that if she were diagnosed, she would get a mastectomy.
In 2012, Michelle was diagnosed, but when she saw her diagnosis was a treatable ER-PR+/HER2-, she...
Aug 2, 2021
Xylon van Eyck endured a difficult journey, but he survived Hodgkin Lymphoma cancer. In addition to a successful career as a broadcaster, he was in excellent health as a competitive cyclist.
However, while vacationing in Thailand, he began vomiting blood. Upon returning to his native South Africa, first an ulcer was...