Renee Belkin-Lang has fought cancer twice in her life, and continues to take medication to prevent reoccurrence. She was diagnosed with breast cancer (DCIS) 16 years ago, then two years later she was diagnosed with a Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor (GIST), which grew...

When one of Lisa Knight’s 11 children was diagnosed with breast cancer, she was there to be her caregiver. “Family is one of the greatest gifts we have and we must help preserve that to the best of our ability,” she said. Now, her daughter is cancer-free, has retired...

When Kent Deemter was diagnosed with cancer as a young husband and father, his world was turned upside down. That same day, one random thought made him laugh: What if his friends and family could go bald digitally, no clippers required? His sister-in-law heard about...

Julia Hahn had already lost her father to small cell lung cancer and witnessed her mother’s breast cancer survivorship when she was diagnosed herself with Stage IV pancreatic cancer in 2023. After her diagnosis, she’s had chemotherapy, 30 days of radiation, and a...

Erin Murray was diagnosed with Stage III breast cancer at age 29 when she was six and a half months pregnant with her son Evan. “It was the biggest shock of my life, since I was feeling healthy and ecstatic about having a baby!” Erin recalled. “The following months...

Dave MacKenzie and his daughter Maggie Mead know the cost of cancer after losing their wife and mother, Paula, at the age of 62 in 2025. Paula was diagnosed at age 58 with Stage IV Atypical Metastatic Carcinoid Neuroendocrine/ALK Positive (a genetic defect) lung...

Amy Goebel’s life changed when her husband Matt, a devoted father to their blended family of four teens, was diagnosed with stage IV esophageal cancer in May 2023. The diagnosis came as a shock—Matt had no symptoms until the disease had already spread to his liver. He...