The Cancer Survivors Project
is an organized, international community of long-term
cancer survivors and their friends working together
to improve the lives of children and adults after
cancer.
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regarding physiological and psychosocial late
effects of cancer treatment, preventive care protocols,
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The flower represented in the Cancer Survivors
Project logo is the perinwinkle. This is more
than just a pretty flower. The leaves of the Madagascar
periwinkle are used to produce vincristine and
vinblastine. This chemotherapeutic agent has been
used in the course of treatment for many cancer
survivors, including a number of the members of
the Cancer Survivors Project. (Thankfully, research
is showing that vincristine and vinblastine are
safer over time than many other chemotherapeutic
agents have proven to be.) |
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Brenda
Brenda H. was diagnosed with
Wilm's tumor at the age of eleven months in 1956. When
she was around 13 years old, Bren developed scoliosis
of the spine. She did not hear the word 'late effects'
or realize how many of her health concerns...
In
memory of Elizabeth
Elizabeth was one of the
earliest members of the ACOR Long Term Survivors e-mail
discussion list, and was one of the founding members
of the Cancer Survivors Project. Elizabeth was a long-term
survivor of ...
Fran
In 1972 at the age of two
and a half, Fran was diagnosed with Wilm's tumor. Treatment
included chemotherapy, radiation and surgery to remove
her left kidney. A year later, a small tumor was found
in Fran's left lung ...
In
memory of Karen
Karen M. was diagnosed with Wilm's tumor in 1954, at the age of 17 months. Her right kidney was removed and she received 45 doses of an unknown amount of radiotherapy then called deep X-ray cobalt treatments....
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