Cancer Patient Stories Archives - Page 21 of 24

Jimmy Fund Clinic patient and her sister take steps to fight cancer

September 25, 2015

In 2009, 3-year-old Emily Coughlin was diagnosed with Stage IV high-risk neuroblastoma, a rare form of pediatric cancer. For 16 months, Emily underwent treatment at Dana-Farber’s Jimmy Fund Clinic. During that time, Emily and her father Shane were on the…

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Young cancer survivors develop lifelong friendship at Dana-Farber’s Jimmy Fund Clinic

September 4, 2015

In preparation for his first day of kindergarten, young Michael Sweetman visited his primary care physician. What they anticipated to be a routine checkup left Michael’s parents with more questions than answers. The very next day, the Sweetman’s visited Dana-Farber/Boston…

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Jimmy Fund Clinic Summer Festival is ‘miracle day’ for pediatric patients, survivors

August 29, 2015

The smiles started at check-in and continued to the carnival rides, arts and crafts tents, and petting zoo and rock-climbing wall as young cancer patients and survivors gathered at the 23rd annual Jimmy Fund Clinic Summer Festival July…

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Meet Jimmy Fund Little League’s 2015 Designated Hitter, Tommy!

August 3, 2015

Tommy is a Jimmy Fund Clinic patient and the Designated Hitter for this year’s Jimmy Fund Little League season. As the face of Jimmy Fund Little League presented by Franklin Sports and Extra Innings, Tommy will stand up to the…

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Team Chickaroo demonstrates that golf truly is a team sport

July 17, 2015

To casual observers, golf is an individual game: just one person, a ball, and a set of clubs. To the Hamilton family of Methuen, Mass., golf is a team sport. In April 2007, 6-year-old Caroline Hamilton, or Chickaroo, as she’s…

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Isolation patients bond during treatment at Dana-Farber

June 24, 2015

“People would say ‘I feel bad for her’…I’m the same person that I ever was, but better, stronger,” said 14-year-old Shannon Curley as she reflects on the time she spent in isolation treatment at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. “I wouldn’t change…

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Young cancer survivor celebrates a sweet life at Jimmy Fund Scooper Bowl®

June 1, 2015

During the first week of June, thousands of people gather at Boston’s City Hall Plaza to celebrate summer at the Jimmy Fund Scooper Bowl® presented by Walgreens with more than 40 flavors of ice cream, frozen yogurt, and other frozen novelties.…

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