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Cancer Progress Report 2017 Survivors

The goal of cancer research is to provide benefit for cancer survivors and their loved ones. Please read the courageous stories below from a variety of cancer survivors to learn how we are transforming patient care by making research count for patients and survivors.

Keeping Ovarian Cancer at Bay Thanks to Clinical Trials

Teri Woodhull

Minnetonka, Minnesota

Keeping Ovarian Cancer at Bay Thanks to Clinical Trials

Surviving Head and Neck Cancer Thanks to Pembrolizumab

Bill McCone

Gilbertsville, Pennsylvania

Surviving Head and Neck Cancer Thanks to Pembrolizumab

Living Life to the Fullest Thanks to Research

Adrienne Skinner

Larchmont, New York

Living Life to the Fullest Thanks to Research

Hoping to Increase Awareness of Cancer after a Prostate Cancer Diagnosis

Leon Adams

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Hoping to Increase Awareness of Cancer after a Prostate Cancer Diagnosis

Beating Merkel Cell Carcinoma Thanks to Immunotherapy

Carrie Best

Plain City, Ohio

Beating Merkel Cell Carcinoma Thanks to Immunotherapy

Hoping to Live a Normal Life with Leiomyosarcoma Thanks to Surgery, Radiotherapy, and Olaratumab

Evan Freiberg, MD, PhD

Englishtown, New Jersey

Hoping to Live a Normal Life with Leiomyosarcoma Thanks to Surgery, Radiotherapy, and Olaratumab

Surviving Colorectal Cancer and Working to Improve the Health of the Nation

Representative Jamie Raskin

U.S. Representative Maryland’s 8th Congressional District

Surviving Colorectal Cancer and Working to Improve the Health of the Nation

Working to Ensure Funding for Research Remains a National Priority

The Honorable Charlie Dent

U.S. Representative Pennsylvania’s 15th Congressional District

Working to Ensure Funding for Research Remains a National Priority