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If you have cancer, are a survivor, lost someone because of this disease or know someone with cancer, even if you don’t have cancer.. This event is for YOU! • Doctors don’t know what causes cancer. • More people died of cancer last year than were killed in WWII, the Korean War and the Vietnam […]
Phil Palmer, RCC Volunteer
In the month of July, 2009, I heard news that took me to my knees. I heard the words, “Phil, dad has cancer.” I could not believe this could happen to the man I believed to be Superman. I thought to myself, this can’t be, there must be a mistake, he needs a second opinion. […]
Yih-Chi Russell, RCC Volunteer
As a cancer survivor, I have the privilege of meeting many cancer patients, caretakers and medical professionals. The needs and challenges around a cancer diagnosis are overwhelming and often times beyond anything one can comprehend. From the physical collapse to mental distress, a patient and their family face many dilemmas before, during and after cancer […]
“San Diego Ministry Fills in Gaps Left in Cancer Care”
“Anyone who has heard the dreaded word “malignant” understands the battle that inevitably follows. When Tamela Reed was diagnosed with cancer in 2005, she and her family steeled themselves to battle the multiple myeloma, a deadly form of leukemia. Reed, then 35, armed herself with faith and the Bible as her ammunition, but she was […]