March 10, 2015
Amber Vance
Amber Vance, a young-adult cancer survivor living in Raleigh, is making a difference.
March 10, 2015
Amber Vance, a young-adult cancer survivor living in Raleigh, is making a difference.
February 16, 2015
Robert Johnson always has an annual physical exam and attends the prostate cancer screening offered at his local hospital. “African-American men are more susceptible to prostate cancer, so if I have a problem, I want to catch it early.”
February 16, 2015
Fayetteville resident Cathy Andrews felt the lump in her breast and immediately called her doctor. A mammogram and ultrasound later, she was escorted into another room to see the doctor. “When they start drawing and measuring, you know something is wrong,” she says.
February 16, 2015
Wanda Wooten spends her Tuesdays as a hospital volunteer in oncology. In February of 2005, she was diagnosed with ovarian cancer and was treated here at UNC under the guidance of Dr. Linda Van Le.
February 16, 2015
In 1991, Jason Huckaby was an active college student in his third year at NC State. The chemical engineering major and avid mountain biker thought he had pulled a muscle but the pain didn’t subside. He visited a student health physician who immediately referred him to a Raleigh hospital where he was diagnosed with Stage 1 seminoma, a type of testicular cancer. He underwent surgery and then radiation at a second Raleigh facility.
February 16, 2015
Nancy Graham, a member of the N.C. Cancer Hospital Patient and Family Advisory Board, says “this Board is a working Board, doing more and more to make a difference for the patients and families. We’re not a Board that sits and says hello to each other every two months. We’re actively involved in many aspects of the cancer hospital.”
February 16, 2015
For Rivka From and her daughters Carlye and Courtney, genetic testing at UNC provided them with “an opportunity to live an amazing life,” Rivka says.
February 16, 2015
Reece Holbrook’s parents, Jennifer and Chad, noticed the bruises on the legs of Reece, their son. "We thought it might be the bruises of an active two-year old, " explained Jennifer Holbrook, “but when we saw bruises on his rib cage and small red dots, we took Reece to the pediatrician.” He ran blood tests and suggested that they come to UNC.
January 14, 2015
Most cancer patients jump up and down after finishing therapy, but Richard Westin did much more. He jumped out of an airplane on a skydive to celebrate completing his chemo and radiation therapies and now jumps into water taking scuba diving lessons.
January 14, 2015
When Katy Sims enters the first-year class at the UNC School of Medicine this fall, she will already have extensive medical experience. Her decision to become a doctor came as she was undergoing treatment for Ewing sarcoma, a type of childhood cancer.