Angus’s story: Childhood cancer
December 22, 2022
“I was so young, and I just assumed that when you get sick, people help you to get better, right? It was hard to understand that it doesn’t work like that."
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“I was so young, and I just assumed that when you get sick, people help you to get better, right? It was hard to understand that it doesn’t work like that."
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A few weeks ago, 11-year-old Sophie received her new glasses, which she picked especially because red is her favourite colour.
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When Rachel’s sister Danielle went to the GP with back pain in March 2021, she assumed it was from poor posture at her laptop, perhaps she’d pinched nerve? It was in fact from lesions on her spine, which were metastases from Medullary Thyroid Cancer.
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I had never thought of myself as a particularly interesting person. At 18, I was diagnosed with a High grade neuroepithelial tumour - MN1 altered (BEND2/EWSR1 fusion variant).
Read more arrow_forwardClinical trials are required to ensure new treatments are safe and effective for patients. The involvement of participants in the planning and execution of clinical trials is critical not only to their success but also so that the participating common...
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“I refuse to allow it to be purposeless, which is why my husband and I share our story to inspire and empower others. We advocate for gene profiling and molecular screening, which saves lives."
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Often used as a metaphor for life, just as the sea can be calm or rough with its fair share of ups and downs, so can life. It’s how we ride those waves and how we deal with the challenges that makes a difference.
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I discovered I had gastrointestinal stromal tumours [GIST] when I was 18. At the time I had over 50 seedings of tumours in my small bowel. They told me I had a prognosis of 12 months, with no treatment options and no cure.
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Working as a Project Administrative Support Specialist at RCA has been an eye-opening experience for rare ovarian cancer survivor, Alicia.
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I am many things. I am a husband, a father of three beautiful children, a brother, a son, a friend and a rare cancer patient. I was diagnosed on Christmas eve in 2009 at the age of 25, a newly married man.
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