Jun 26, 2020
A new house in the suburbs. A thriving business. A growing family. It was a charmed life for college sweethearts Robin and Dave Dubin until Dave was diagnosed with colon cancer at age 29.
Cancer is part of Dave’s family history. Will it be part of his family’s future?
The Dubins talk candidly about the decision to...
Apr 10, 2020
Lawrence Einhorn wanted to practice general medicine alongside the father he revered. Life interfered with that dream, but along the way, he discovered the cure for testicular cancer. In 1974, patients facing a disease with a then five-percent cure rate followed the lead of an ambitious but humble young scientist...
Jan 1, 2019
“Just let me die.”
That’s what Linda said after receiving her leukemia diagnosis.
Not all patients believe they can conquer cancer.
Linda and her daughter, Marissa, relive the first day in the hospital and the year of medical house arrest that was part of Linda’s life-saving treatment.
Just let me die. That's...
Jan 1, 2019
On a Saturday morning, a wife wakes to telling signs that her husband is not well.
Before Sunday comes, a devastating diagnosis: A young father has a one percent chance of surviving.
On a Saturday morning, a wife wakes to telling signs that her husband is not well. Before Sunday comes, a devastating diagnosis-- a young...
Jan 1, 2019
Stuart Spigel wanted to be a forest ranger. His mother…well, she had other plans.
Dr. Stuart Spigel would become Nashville’s first oncologist. Though not the rustic wilderness he’d dreamed of exploring, cancer in the 1970’s was an uncharted field.
In a conversation with son and fellow oncologist, David...