Category Cancer Awareness

Bladder cancer patients share their stories, spread awareness

May 24, 2022

May marks Bladder Cancer Awareness Month, the fourth most common cancer among American men. In recognition, we spoke with two bladder cancer patients at Dana-Farber Cancer Institutes to share their experiences and spread awareness. These are their stories. Fred After…

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Grateful patients spread awareness and advance research for melanoma

May 18, 2022

May marks Melanoma and Skin Cancer Awareness Month, an opportunity for Dana-Farber Cancer Institute patients like John Morgan, Michael Blitzer, and Dawn Neher, who are all being treated for melanoma, to reflect on their journeys, spread awareness that may help…

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Facilitating hope: Celebrating Michael Rockwood, an Unsung Hero of Dana-Farber

May 6, 2022

In 1992, when working as a contractor for T.E. Andresen Moving & Storage, Michael Rockwood was sent to Dana-Farber Cancer Institute to cover for an injured coworker. He never left. Michael recalls witnessing the compassionate care at Dana-Farber and thinking…

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Recognizing cancer disparities and working to defy them

April 25, 2022

April marks Minority Cancer Awareness Month and Minority Health Month, opportunities to reflect on the disparities experienced in health care by historically marginalized and underserved racial and ethnic groups, and to recommit ourselves to improving equity and access to care…

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Red Sox pitcher Nathan Eovaldi continues as Jimmy Fund Captain in 2022

April 19, 2022

We are excited to announced that Boston Red Sox pitcher, Nathan Eovaldi, will continue to serve as the Jimmy Fund Captain this season. In this role since 2021, Eovaldi is an ambassador for the Jimmy Fund, and helps to support…

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Strike out cancer with the Jimmy Fund and the Red Sox

April 19, 2022

Root, root, root for the Red Sox! On April 15, the Boston Red Sox returned to Fenway Park for the 2022 season. Since 1953, the Red Sox and the Jimmy Fund have been partners in our goal to strike out…

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Honoring a brother’s dream of a cancer-free future

March 24, 2022

When Richard Yost was a kid, he and his brother Jay were inseparable and always stood up for each other. “I remember when I was 11 and he was 9,” Richard says. “One day we walked down to my uncle’s…

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