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Stories

  • Finding Joy in the Simple Moments

    Finding Joy in the Simple Moments

    Having a strong support system can make a world of difference for people living with cancer. That includes friends, family, and the dedicated healt...

  • Shining a Light on Sandra’s Resilience

    Shining a Light on Sandra’s Resilience

    People living with cancer deserve access to holistic treatment, including support, education, and the opportunity to connect with others in a simil...

  • Fiorella’s Story

    Fiorella’s Story

    Meet Fiorella from Chiclayo, Peru. With determination, a positive attitude, and support from her husband and parents, she’s been successfully manag...

  • Shining a Light on Dr. Mipsang’s Dedication

    Shining a Light on Dr. Mipsang’s Dedication

    Physicians are an essential part of our work. We partner with more than 500 healthcare professionals who provide cancer treatment in low- and middl...

  • What I have learned in 33 years since losing Max

    What I have learned in 33 years since losing Max

    I have learned that the pain in the heart and soul is deep and will always be there. The ‘bucket’ has a hole, and even when you dedicate every day ...

  • Shining a Light on Kiran’s Determination

    Shining a Light on Kiran’s Determination

    Living with cancer can be overwhelming, to say the least. People with chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) have to take daily medication, travel to clini...

  • From first symptoms to finding an effective treatment

    From first symptoms to finding an effective treatment

    The journey from experiencing the first symptoms of chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) to finding an effective treatment can be long, difficult, and pa...

  • Fighting on despite unexpected standstill

    Fighting on despite unexpected standstill

    This is the story of twin sisters, Kanitha and Kanoksri Kumphai from Thailand.  Like twins the world over, they were inseparable and continued...

  • Max participates in the Malaysian Society of Hematology Annual Meeting – first post pandemic live conference

    Max participates in the Malaysian Society of Hematology Annual Meeting – first post pandemic live conference

    The Malaysian Society of Hematology’s annual meeting, held earlier this year, took on special significance as it was the first face-to-face confere...

  • Remembering Max, three decades later still looking for the why

    Remembering Max, three decades later still looking for the why

    Today is a difficult day, the anniversary of the day we lost Max to leukemia in 1991. The pain and feeling of emptiness remain with me, as real and...

  • Road to Laos: Joy as first MAS Shipment of Medication Arrives!

    Road to Laos: Joy as first MAS Shipment of Medication Arrives!

    After weeks of anxious anticipation, February 10, 2023, was a day of incredible joy for us as the first shipment of medication successfully arrived...

  • A life of challenge giving way to hope for the future

    A life of challenge giving way to hope for the future

    Setu Kumari Khadka was born in Nepal in 1989 to much celebration, as the first daughter born into her family after several generations.  Setu ...