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Cancer Interviews

May 27, 2022

What began as lower back pain for Annamarya Scaccia became a diagnosis of chromophobe renal cell carcinoma. Annamarya has survived the removal of a kidney, and post-treatment has become a competitive bodybuilder, and serves as an advocate for others through the written and spoken word. This is her story.


May 16, 2022

When Heidi Slansky survived Stage III breast cancer AND skin cancer, she wanted to come to the aid of female cancer survivors in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.  Inspired by slipping on boxing gloves and how they made her feel like she was truly fighting cancer, Heidi founded Cancer StrongHER.  Its mission is to help women...


May 13, 2022

With a family history of prostate cancer, Max Schlueter wasn’t surprised when he was diagnosed.  What did come as a surprise was his cancer metastasizing to hip and spine.  A treatment regimen combining Lupron and chemotherapy kept the cancer at bay; however, years later, the cancer returned years later attacking...


May 9, 2022

Multiple myeloma is a rare form of cancer affecting the places that bone marrow is active in an adult.  A diagnosis of Stage 3B multiple myeloma cost Victor Phiri the use of his left eye and reduced the field of vision in his right eye.  After he went into remission, osteolytic lesions were discovered in his...


May 5, 2022

Laura Kieger’s family found itself in a century-long struggle with a rare genetic cancer syndrome, familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP).  This battle became the subject of a book she wrote, “Summer’s Complaint.”  Through her work as an author, Laura has gone on to become a fierce advocate for those diagnosed...