Perspectives from those who live it every day.
Cancer with Hope is now available via Johns Hopkins University Press In the book, Mike Armstrong, a former top executive of several large US companies, chronicles his own experience with leukemia, prostate cancer, and associated illness to highlight the importance of maintaining hope and finding purpose when facing this terrible disease. In addition to […]
In this Cancer Matters podcast, Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center Director Dr Bill Nelson speaks with Trey Mancini of the Baltimore Orioles and Dr Nilofer Azad about Trey's treatment, and return to baseball, following a diagnosis of colon cancer.
Clement Okoh is a cancer survivor, author, entrepreneur….and proud grandfather. Cancer Matters is sharing book excerpts of his personal journey, “OSONDU,", an inspiring story of hope. Photo: Me and Dr. Eugene Shenderov Read part 1 here: PART 1, PART 2, PART 3 -- OSONDU – Generating Action for Cancer Prevention and Donations to Cancer Causes […]
Clement Okoh is a cancer survivor, author, entrepreneur….and proud grandfather. Cancer Matters is sharing book excerpts of his personal journey, “OSONDU,", an inspiring story of hope. Photo: Me with RN's Michaella Iacoboni and Manny Bravo. Read part 1 here: PART 1, PART 2 -- OSONDU – Agency, Hope and Survival (part 3) It’s nearly impossible […]
Patrick Personne was not surprised when his doctor told him he had lung cancer. The 62-year-old had been a smoker for more than 40 years, so when he began feeling ill and developed a nagging cough, lung cancer certainly came to mind. What did surprise him, however, was learning about a new type of treatment […]
Clement Okoh is a cancer survivor, author, entrepreneur….and proud grandfather. Cancer Matters is sharing book excerpts of his personal journey, “OSONDU,", an inspiring story of hope. Photo: Me with my oncologist, Dr. Syed Abbas Ali Read part 1 here: OSONDU (PART 1) --- OSONDU – Why Cancer Is Different (part 2) I became a cancer […]
Clement Okoh is a cancer survivor, author, entrepreneur….and proud grandfather. Cancer Matters will be sharing book excerpts of his personal journey, “OSONDU”, an inspiring story of hope. Photo: The picture shows me with Dr. Daniel Sciubba of Johns Hopkins. When we met, I was paralyzed from a spinal fracture at a tumor. He performed a […]
Some days, when 37-year-old Kristina Baum laces up her running shoes and starts out on her daily training run, she says she feels like someone is taking a sledgehammer to her lungs. Other days, she feels fantastic. That’s really not too different from how other runners training for a marathon describe the ups and downs […]
Dr Joseph Murray, a second-year medical oncology fellow, discusses an article titled "Art of Precision Medicine" published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology's Art of Oncology series. He describes a profound patient experience wherein he learned about the challenges in precision medicine, particularly when we feel it cannot be delivered. Through the lens of a […]
Janice Paulshock is a busy woman. The 58-year-old resident of Harford County, a Maryland suburb, works full-time; is a committed mother and grandmother; runs to keep in shape; participates in charity bike rides to raise money for multiple sclerosis, from which her husband suffers; and volunteers to support current patients and medical students at Johns […]