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Winnifred, Uganda
Winifred shares her experience.
Stephen, Uganda
Stephen shares his experience.
Nzila, Uganda
Nzila shares her story.
Nicole, Uganda
Nicole shares her experience as a caregiver.
Monica, Uganda
Monica shares her story.
Marion, Uganda
Marion shares her experience.
Kakande, Uganda
Kakande shares his story.
Fatina, Uganda
Fatina shares her experience.
Dr. Vitcoria, Uganda
Dr. Victoria shares her experience.
Dr Shazia, Pakistan
I work with the Human Development Foundation and organized an awareness session on World Cancer Day for adolescent girls, highlighting early screening and lifestyle modification.
Susana, Australia
In early 2017 out of nowhere, I experienced a very confronting scene after a bowel movement.
Emma, Australia
I never imagined I would be writing my story as a bowel cancer patient.
Robbie, Australia
I was diagnosed with Stage 3 bowel cancer at the young age of 37 in May 2022 when a 61mm tumour was found during my first ever colonoscopy.
Grant, Australia
My Journey with Cancer as a 39-Year-Old Husband and Father
Roxanne, Australia
I am a registered Nurse. I was 54 when I really started to feel something wasn’t right.
Dan, Australia
Diagnosis: High grade neuroendocrine gastric small cell carcinoma
Chris, Australia
My Story started in January 2023 when I stared feeling really unwell. I had abdominal pain, was going to the bathroom 10 to 12 times a day, and was tired all the time.
Michael, Australia
July 2024, I presented to the emergency department with a pin in my lower side and thought it may be kidney related.
Jo, Australia
Diagnosed with PNETs with Liver Metastases
Cassie, Australia
I had a big, random pain episode (we thought it was a cyst on my ovaries that had burst) that landed me in hospital.
Lauren, Australia
My name is Lauren and in September 2024 I was diagnosed with stage 4, high grade neuroendocrine carcinoma.
Dee, Australia
They found my original tumour incidentally. I had absolutely no awareness that I was walking around with a rare tumour inside and that I was essentially like a ticking time bomb.
Fang Ting, Taiwan, Province of China
Fang Ting Chou shares her journey with neuroendocrine carcinoma, highlighting her diagnosis, treatments, and lessons learned while founding the Taiwan NET Patient Association.
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