Category Cancer Awareness

Woman with bile duct cancer aims to be “miracle patient”

Barbara Sturgeon had already recovered from a previous diagnosis of endometrial cancer, undergoing a complete hysterectomy in 2019, when she learned she had bile duct cancer just two years later. “It was sobering development—I thought I had already beat cancer,”…

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Working to defy cancer

Working to defy cancer: meet Janice Long

This post is part of a series highlighting staff members within Dana-Farber Cancer Institute & The Jimmy Fund’s Division of Philanthropy, to give supporters an inside peek at life at New England’s favorite charity. Today, we’re talking to Janice Long,…

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Amber smiles and stands on-field at Polar Park in Worcester, Massachusetts holding up a red Jimmy Fund baseball jersey.

Working to defy cancer: meet Amber Forrence

This post is part of a series highlighting staff members within Dana-Farber Cancer Institute & The Jimmy Fund’s Division of Philanthropy, to give supporters an inside peek at life at New England’s favorite charity. Today, we’re talking to Amber Forrence,…

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