Category Cancer Patient Stories

Meredith Bertoni, a Clinical Research Coordinator at Dana-Farber working in the Center for Prevention of Progression for Hematologic Malignancies, is also the proud granddaughter of the late Al Wahlers, whom she called “Dah” before he passed away in 2020 at…

To recognize Lung Cancer Awareness Month, we spoke with Barbara Ackerman, a Dana-Farber Cancer Institute patient, and her daughter, Jessica. Barbara is currently undergoing treatment at Dana-Farber for stage IV lung cancer. Barbara, can you tell us a bit about…

When John Byrnes first learned he was diagnosed with stage IV pancreatic cancer, he was devastated. At age 72, he was enjoying retired life in Gloucester with Mollie, his wife of 50 years, spending their time gardening, enjoying the local…

In 2009, Sandra Broome, a 33-year-old active mom, was surprised to receive a breast cancer diagnosis, especially at such a young age. She quickly had a double mastectomy to treat the disease, thinking that would be that. But two weeks…