Patient Success Stories
‘I Had My Third Life’
Contemplating Cancer with a Poet and Patient
Categories: Resilience, lung cancer
Making a Comeback
CAR T Cells Save Chuck Fata's Life
Categories: City Research, Resilience, lymphoma
‘Remember Mom fought cancer with everything she had’
A mother fights despair after a myeloma diagnosis
Categories: Resilience, myeloma
Christine, bladder cancer survivor
Just a little over a month after bladder cancer surgery, Christine was back at the gym teaching fitness classes and settling back into her presurgery life.
Categories: bladder cancer, survivor story
Mary Soto, bladder cancer survivor
Mary Soto was looking forward to her birthday trip with her daughter. But the problem that she had been dealing with on and off for the past few months - blood in her urine - returned full force.
Categories: bladder cancer, survivor story
Hannah, bone cancer survivor
Today, Hannah Komai is cancer-free and her story has come full circle: She's now a registered nurse at City of Hope, where she serves on the very same pediatric floor where she was once a patient.
Categories: bone cancer, survivor story
Bridget, brain tumor survivor
Faced with brain cancer, Bridget refused to become a statistic. She sought a second opinion at City of Hope.
Categories: brain tumor, survivor story
Stephanie, breast cancer survivor
“City of Hope saved me. They saved my baby. They saved my family portrait.”
Categories: breast cancer, survivor story
Amelia, breast cancer survivor
Amelia Tena has made it her mission to become an advocate and mentor for people living with cancer.
Categories: breast cancer, survivor story
Don, breast cancer survivor
Don sports his pink City of Hope breast cancer awareness pin wherever he goes – spreading the message of early detection as he enlists new recruits in his personal war on cancer.
Categories: breast cancer, survivor story
Kommah, breast cancer survivor
For breast cancer survivor Kommah McDowell, a second opinion at City of Hope made all the difference for her and her family…
Categories: breast cancer, survivor story
Jim, esophageal cancer survivor
Now cancer-free for several years, Murphy credits City of Hope with giving him the best chance to fight his disease.
Categories: esophageal cancer, survivor story
Joelle, kidney cancer survivor
Joelle was shocked when she learned she had kidney cancer. Her doctor referred her to City of Hope, and Joelle knew she would be in good hands. After minimally invasive robotic surgery, Joelle is now cancer free.
Categories: kidney cancer
Kurt, head and neck cancer survivor
"Cancer hates positive people … I truly feel that I am cancer-free today because of my positive attitude.”
Categories: head and neck cancer, survivor story
Gavin's Wish: Meet My Bone Marrow Donor
A 6-year old boy is given the opportunity to meet the bone marrow donor who saved his life.
Categories: leukemia, pediatric cancer
Alex Tung, leukemia survivor
As the only child of a Chinese immigrant single parent, Alex survived a rare form of leukemia thanks to a stem cell transplant from umbilical cord blood.
Categories: leukemia
Ian, leukemia survivor
At a certain point during his treatment for leukemia at City of Hope, Ian MacLeod stopped asking “Why” he had cancer, and started asking “What?”.
Categories: Success Stories, leukemia
Dominick Folbrecht, leukemia survivor
When he was first diagnosed with leukemia at age 9, Dominick just wanted to get well, so he could play sports again.
Categories: leukemia, survivor story
Gus, leukemia survivor
“I’m going to beat this. I’m going to come back and retrace these steps.”
Categories: leukemia, survivor story
Anya Shah, leukemia survivor
When Anya Shah was 8 years old she loved gymnastics and hoped to someday be president of the United States. Then she was diagnosed with leukemia.
Categories: leukemia, survivor story
Nicole, leukemia survivor
After two bone marrow transplants and tremendous perseverance, Nicole is back to living the life she once knew – and making up for lost time.
Categories: leukemia, survivor story
Aaron, leukemia survivor
What his doctor initially thought was strep throat or a common virus, Aaron was soon diagnosed as acute myeloid leukemia - the second-most common form of leukemia in children. Watch his inspiring story.
Categories: leukemia, survivor story
AJ Patel, lung cancer survivor
AJ Patel found himself facing Stage 4 lung cancer in 2013 when, after two years of nagging symptoms, a doctor found a tumor in his left lung and, later, his brain.
Categories: Success Stories, lung cancer
Emily, lung cancer survivor
With the burden of cancer greatly lifted, the Taylors are on their next big adventure of building a family.
Categories: lung cancer, survivor story
Christine, lymphoma survivor
"There’s a humanity that exists on this campus that you can’t find in other hospitals."
Categories: lymphoma, survivor story
Ben, lymphoma survivor
"The moment I entered the doors of City of Hope, I felt like a person again."
Categories: lymphoma, survivor story
Partners for Life
Rob Kipper and Craig Prater have been together for nearly half a century. They met in Kansas City in 1969, when attitudes were ... different.
Categories: lymphoma, survivor story
Myelodysplastic Syndrome
Hear musician George Winston talk about his remarkable experience at City of Hope, where he battled and overcame thyroid cancer, basal cell carcinoma, and myelodysplastic syndrome.
Categories: myelodysplastic syndrome
Bob, multiple myeloma survivor
Diagnosed at age 44 with advanced multiple myeloma, a disease usually occurring in people 70 and older, Bob Dickey doesn't let his disease stop him from living life to the fullest.
Categories: myeloma, survivor story
Allisa Miller, ovarian cancer survivor
Allisa Miller was 29 years old when she was diagnosed with ovarian cancer. Then the mother of a 2-year-old daughter, Miller was determined to fight the disease.
Categories: ovarian cancer
Ralph Richardson, prostate cancer survivor
When Ralph learned he had prostate cancer, he decided on a treatment plan that was best for his situation, active surveillance.
Categories: prostate cancer, survivor story
Adi and Kari's Story
Adi was diagnosed with Stage 4 neuroblastoma, a cancer of the nervous system that started on his adrenal gland and spread to his bone marrow.
Categories: pediatric cancer, survivor story