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Spc. Christian Sutton has been on a mission to get soldiers to sign up for the bone marrow registry. He was blown away when he matched as a donor himself.

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Clinical trial gives lymphoma patient more time with family

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When Anthony Cannella was first diagnosed with mantle cell lymphoma, his youngest child was in kindergarten. He was told that the expected life span for someone with mantle cell lymphoma, an especially aggressive form of non-Hodgkin lymphoma, was three to five years.

His daughter is now 26, and thanks to three separate clinical trials, Anthony is still enjoying life with his children and grandchildren.

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Living Fiercely

MUSC Wellness Center program helps gynecologic cancer patients to restore quality of life by addressing physical and cognitive side effects of treatment.

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Using AI to Improve Care

Details in medical record notes are often critical to proper care. AI can help highlight those notes as patients move among doctors in different specialties.

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Certified Nurses

A Hollings nurse is part of a national group that developed guidelines for a new certification for radiation oncology nurses.

Stressing T-cells

Hollings researcher Dr. Shikhar Mehrotra received two NCI grants to improve T-cells functioning against cancer.

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Leukemia Research

A Hollings researcher led a group that developed an immunotherapy to target leukemia stem cells; they hope to move to clinical trials soon.

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St. Baldrick's Fellowship

An undergrad is spending her summer studying pediatric sarcoma in the lab of Dr. Casey Langdon, thanks to a grant from the St. Baldrick's Foundation.

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Riding for his Father

Brent Tabor rides in LOWVELO to find cures for other families.

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Survivor Guilt

For cancer survivors like Nathan Calhoun, getting back to normal can sometimes be harder than expected.

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Drug Development

Researchers at MUSC Hollings Cancer Center are working to develop new drug combinations for people with treatment-resistant cancer.

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“ Obviously, I’m at high risk for certain cancers, but I would rather be proactive and do the screenings. That way, if I do get cancer, I’m going to find out early rather than find out when I’m sick. ”

Carson Thomas, Hereditary Cancer Clinic patient
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There are 18 million cancer survivors in the U.S., including almost 300,000 in South Carolina.

Danielle Lee is one of those survivors – twice over! She has survived both leukemia and triple negative breast cancer.

Life is different after cancer, she says, but it’s good to be here with her family. She shared her story in honor of National Cancer Survivor Month.

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