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Patient and Family Stories
Adriana Salvia
In May 2006, after months of coughing and three X-rays charting what his doctor thought was pneumonia, Giulio Salvia, age 68 years, was diagnosed with stage three lung cancer. His daughter, Adriana, remembers.
Andrew Leitch
Andrew and his family recently celebrated his 11th "rebirthday": 11 years free of Hodgkin's Lymphoma.
Brendan O'Callaghan
Brendan O'Callaghan is a picture of health today and an example of great progress in dealing with childhood leukemias.
Chantal Dicks
Chantal Dicks was struggling to deal with her father's cancer diagnosis. The Tom Baker Cancer Centre's
Kids Can Cope
program really helped.
Dan Phelps
Dan lost his 28-year old wife Trish to lymphoma. He remembers her ever-present smile and her determination as he raises funds for other cancer patients.
Irving and Dianne Kipnes
Irving and Dianne Kipnes were inspired by personal experience to support research targeted at reducing the incidence and the mortality rate of cancer.
Kristin Durante
Kristin Durante stayed positive to the end of her battle with brain stem glioma. And her mother and brother have translated that positivity into raising funds to help further research into the disease.
Louise Asselbergs
Louise Asselbergs had helped her son through a successful battle with leukemia. Now the tables are turned, as he has been helping her through her treatment for breast cancer.
Margo Schulte McKinnon
A young mother marks the end of her cancer treatments by throwing a party with a cause.
Marie Gynane-Willis
Marie Gynane-Willis wonders how her life would have been different if her mother's colorectal cancer had been caught early enough to save her life.
Mary Johnston
A $1.1 million donation from Mary Johnston’s family and friends helps attract leading melanoma researchers to Alberta and leverages additional research grants for melanoma research.
Nellie Baker
Nellie Baker quit smoking 35 years ago, but her work as a waitress kept her exposed to tobbaco. She wonders if life would have been different without cigarettes, but stays focused on enjoying ever day.
Rob Smith
Rob Smith remembers carrying a piece of furniture up the stairs at home and feeling a bit dizzy. His next memory is of waking up in the hospital and wondering what happened.
Susan Leach
How do you cope with a diagnosis of cancer? Susan Leach’s response was to count her blessings and then get walking to fund cancer research.
Yvonne Merchant
Yvonne Merchant determined the best way to work through her anger and fear after her cancer diagnosis was to talk about it.
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