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In honour of World Cancer Day this month, several patients who have faced cancer are sharing their unique journeys. It's their stories that inspire us to make cancer a thing of the past.
“It was a like a bomb dropped — it was that shocking”
After losing his dad to cancer and facing stage IV stomach cancer himself, Robert Nsengiyumva is thankful to be moving forward.
Hodgkin’s lymphoma stops a mom of three in her tracks
When Heba Haidar found out she had cancer while on maternity leave, her world came to a grinding halt.
One man’s unusual reaction to his cancer diagnosis
Upon hearing the news that he was facing multiple myeloma, Randy McElligott wasn’t upset. In fact, he was happy.
When the nurse becomes the patient
In 2020, the tables turned on nurse Sabrina Presta when she was diagnosed with thyroid cancer — and stepped into the shoes of a patient.
A cancer journey fueled by the power of music
Just as 21-year-old Caleb Fagen's undergraduate music studies were nearly complete, a new challenge arose — Hodgkin's lymphoma.
Stories that inspire us to beat cancer
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