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‘Relentless’ mom battles Stage 4 lung cancer
“I’m relentless. I’m a ‘go-go-go’ person!”Alisa Secaida learned early on how to compete, how to keep looking forward despite setbacks and how to fight the righteous fight. Her “get-it-done”...
Patient who achieved HIV remission shares his story
In the early 1980s, City of Hope patient Paul Edmonds went to a bar in San Francisco regularly after work, and often cried.Edmonds recalled reading the obituaries of many...
The Center for Precision Medicine: The future of cancer care is here
Unlocking the genomic mysteries of cancer — that’s the lifelong passion that has driven the career of Stephen Gruber, M.D., Ph.D., M.P.H.  He’s the Eva and Ming Hsieh Family Director’s...
How a daughter’s cancer diagnosis may have saved her mother’s life
Christina Sherrill was your typical active Southern California teen, growing up in Simi Valley. “Cheerleading, dance, volleyball,” she recalled. “I was always doing something.” When she reached her 26th birthday...
Not all mutations lead to cancer, study finds
In order for cancer to form in the human body, normal cells must acquire multiple mutations before they develop toward the disease. It was previously believed that these mutations acted...