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Cancer Progress Report 2026 Survivors

The goal of cancer research is to provide benefit for cancer survivors and their loved ones. Read the stories of a variety of courageous cancer survivors to learn how we are transforming cancer science and medicine to benefit patients.

Finding Hope With a Personalized Cancer Vaccine After a Pancreatic Cancer Diagnosis

Donna Gustafson

Delray Beach, Florida

Finding Hope With a Personalized Cancer Vaccine After a Pancreatic Cancer Diagnosis

Watching His Daughters Grow Up After a Diffuse Midline Glioma Diagnosis

Benjamin (Ben) Stein-Lobovits

Berkeley, California

Watching His Daughters Grow Up After a Diffuse Midline Glioma Diagnosis

Protecting Her Future Through Genetic Screening

Carolyn Searles

Wallingford, Pennsylvania

Protecting Her Future Through Genetic Screening

Living Nearly a Decade With Stage IV Lung Cancer, Thanks to Precision Medicine

Sydney Barned, MD

Annapolis, Maryland

Living Nearly a Decade With Stage IV Lung Cancer, Thanks to Precision Medicine

Stopping Cancer at an Early Stage, Thanks to Advances in Cancer Interception

Jeffrey (Jeff) S. Rubin, MD, PhD

Chicago, Illinois

Stopping Cancer at an Early Stage, Thanks to Advances in Cancer Interception

Back to Hiking, Traveling, and Living Life, Thanks to a Targeted Therapy Clinical Trial

James Gregory (Greg) Cisneros

Dallas, Texas

Back to Hiking, Traveling, and Living Life, Thanks to a Targeted Therapy Clinical Trial

Navigating the Financial Challenges of Childhood Cancer

Madison (Maddie) Bergstrom

Canton, Massachusetts

Navigating the Financial Challenges of Childhood Cancer