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It Starts with Someone: Mikayla Dolge
High schooler Mikayla Dolge is in the final semester of her senior year. Despite the hustle of preparing for graduation, […]
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It Starts with Someone: Barbara Kenner, PhD
Editor’s note: Our “It Starts with Someone” series chronicles all kinds of Pancreatic Cancer Action Network (PanCAN) supporters – volunteers, […]
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It Starts with Someone: Christopher Hammerle, MD
Editor’s note: Our “It Starts with Someone” series chronicles all kinds of Pancreatic Cancer Action Network (PanCAN) supporters – volunteers, […]
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Women’s Health and Fitness Day: 106-mile Bike Ride Honors Mother and Raises Funds
In tribute to Women’s Health & Fitness Day, Sara Weinberger who lost her mother and her cousin to pancreatic cancer, […]
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It Starts with Someone: Mike Linse
Editor’s note: Our “It Starts with Someone” series chronicles all kinds of Pancreatic Cancer Action Network (PanCAN) supporters – volunteers, […]
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Brother’s Tumor Caught Early, Thanks to Genetic Testing
Editor’s note: In light of Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month and our focus on the importance of biomarker and genetic testing, […]
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Veterans Group Funds Fight Against Pancreatic Cancer
Alex Athans fought for the United States during the Vietnam War. Now the 78-year-old Southern California resident is fighting an […]
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It Starts with Someone: Susie Lemieux
Editor’s note: This previously published survivor’s story mentions PurpleStride Orange County and the Susie’s Striders Team. This year the event […]
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It Starts with Someone: Willy Hoos
Editor’s note: Our “It Starts with Someone” series chronicles all kinds of Pancreatic Cancer Action Network (PanCAN) supporters – volunteers, […]
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It Starts with Someone: Greg Baiocchi
The love Greg and Sharon Baiocchi shared was akin to the fine wines they bottled and sold – it just […]
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It Starts with Someone: Diane Borrison
This past September, long-time volunteer and advocate for the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network (PanCAN), Diane Borrison, celebrated her 12th year […]
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It Starts with Someone: Yoshi Majima
Editor’s Note: Our weekly series continues with a story about Yoshi Majima, president of PanCAN Japan. The story is accompanied […]
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It Starts with Someone: Jackson Carnaghi
Editor’s note: Our “It Starts with Someone” series chronicles all kinds of Pancreatic Cancer Action Network (PanCAN) supporters – volunteers, […]
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It Starts with Someone: Rachel Griffin
Editor’s note: Our “It Starts with Someone” series chronicles all kinds of Pancreatic Cancer Action Network (PanCAN) supporters – volunteers, […]
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It Starts with Someone: Patrick Lysaght
Editor’s note: Our “It Starts with Someone” series chronicles all kinds of Pancreatic Cancer Action Network (PanCAN) supporters – volunteers, […]
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It Starts with Someone: Lisa Beckendorf
Editor’s note: Our weekly “It Starts with Someone” series takes a turn this month as we focus solely on people […]
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It Starts with Someone: Scott Nelson
Editor’s note: Our weekly “It Starts with Someone” series takes a turn this month as we focus solely on people […]
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It Starts with Someone: Robert Harris
Editor’s note: Our weekly “It Starts with Someone” series takes a turn this month as we focus solely on people […]
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Top Fundraiser Honors Her Dad’s Life of Helping Others
Ariel Schulmeister was due to have her first baby girl on August 24, 2014, only two days after her father, […]
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It Starts with Someone: Kellie Elledge-Bott
Editor’s note: Our weekly “It Starts with Someone” series takes a turn this month as we focus solely on people […]
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Fighting for Their Dad with “No Brakes”
When Kevin Cundiff was diagnosed with stage IV pancreatic cancer, his doctor estimated that he had six months to live. […]
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It Starts with Someone: Michael Thiel
Editor’s note: Our weekly “It Starts with Someone” series takes a turn this month as we focus solely on people […]
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It Starts with Someone: Anggie Becorest
Editor’s note: Our weekly “It Starts with Someone” series takes a turn this month as we focus solely on people […]
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It Starts with Someone: Cathy Quon
Editor’s note: Our weekly “It Starts with Someone” series takes a turn this month as we focus solely on people […]
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It Starts with Someone: Allison Rosenzweig, PhD
Editor’s note: Our “It Starts with Someone” series chronicles all kinds of Pancreatic Cancer Action Network (PanCAN) supporters – volunteers, […]
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It Starts with Someone: Drs. Michael Curran and Randy Pausch
Editor’s note: On July 25, 2008, 10 years ago today, professor Randy Pausch, PhD, of “The Last Lecture” fame, died […]
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It Starts with Someone: Frank Caliendo
Editor’s note: Our “It Starts with Someone” series chronicles all kinds of Pancreatic Cancer Action Network (PanCAN) supporters – volunteers, […]
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It Starts With Someone: Connie’s Crusaders
Editor’s note: Our “It Starts with Someone” series chronicles all kinds of Pancreatic Cancer Action Network (PanCAN) supporters – volunteers, […]
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It Starts with Someone: Nikki Campagna
Editor’s note: Our “It Starts with Someone” series chronicles all kinds of Pancreatic Cancer Action Network (PanCAN) supporters – volunteers, […]
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It Starts with Someone: Steve and Joy Barber
Editor’s note: Our “It Starts with Someone” series chronicles all kinds of Pancreatic Cancer Action Network (PanCAN) supporters – volunteers, […]
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It Starts with Someone: Frank De Seno
Never underestimate the passion of a man who’s fed up. He’ll go to great lengths to fight back, tell the […]
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It Starts with Someone: The Russo Daughters
Editor’s note: Our “It Starts with Someone” series chronicles all kinds of Pancreatic Cancer Action Network (PanCAN) supporters – volunteers, […]
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It Starts with Someone: Annette Fetty-Santilli
There are some things Annette Fetty-Santilli, community advocate for the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network’s (PanCAN) West Virginia Affiliate, does every […]
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It Starts with Someone: Camille Moses
Editor’s note: Our “It Starts with Someone” series chronicles all kinds of Pancreatic Cancer Action Network (PanCAN) supporters – volunteers, […]
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It Starts with Someone: Amy Osteryoung
Editor’s note: For each of us involved in the cause, it started with someone — the reason we were compelled to […]
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It Starts with Someone: Anne Shimabukuro
Editor’s note: Ahead of PurpleStride Washington DC’s eighth anniversary on June 9, we are sharing an interview with one of […]
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It Starts With Someone: Monica-Amit Mishra
Editor’s note: For each of us involved in the cause, it started with someone — the reason we were compelled to […]
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It Starts with Someone: Kristen Alvarez
Editor’s note: For each of us involved in the cause, it started with someone — the reason we were compelled […]
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It Starts with Someone: The Skelton Family
Editor’s note: For each of us involved in the cause, it started with someone — the reason we were compelled […]
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It Starts with Someone: Brenda Young
Editor’s note: For each of us involved in the cause, it started with someone – the reason we were compelled […]
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It Starts with Someone: Drs. Howard Crawford and Lynn Matrisian
Editor’s note: Our “It Starts with Someone” series chronicles all kinds of Pancreatic Cancer Action Network (PanCAN) supporters – volunteers, […]
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It Starts with Someone: Cally Adams
Editor’s note: For each of us involved in the cause, it started with someone — the reason we were compelled […]
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It Starts with Someone: Stephanie Santilli
Stephanie Santilli is in eighth grade, and for most of her young life, she has been an advocate for more […]
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It Starts with Someone: Ginnie Jed
Editor’s Note: Our weekly series continues with a story written by Ginnie Jed, whose husband passed away last year of […]
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It Starts with Someone: Hailey Holt
Like many kids across the country, Hailey Holt started back to school this week. At 6 years old, she was […]
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It Starts with Someone, Channing Der and Marisa Jung
It’s not every day that you get to hear from a Pancreatic Cancer Action Network research grantee and a Pancreatic […]
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Gail Coleman: Demanding Better Through Research
Editor’s note: Our focus for Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month is “Demand Better. For Patients. For Survival.” Each week, we’re bringing […]
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It Starts with Someone: Nikki Cronin
For most volunteers working with the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network, a personal connection to the disease prompted them to get […]
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It Starts with Someone: Jennifer Baker
Editor’s note: National Pancreatic Cancer Advocacy Day is June 18-19 in Washington, D.C., and registration is now open. Today we’re […]
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It Starts with Someone: Yohannes Gebreysus
Yohannes Gebreysus’s someone is his daughter, Absera. In less than two years, she’ll be off to college. It’s hard to […]
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It Starts with Someone: Becca Sandler
Editor’s note: As both Mother’s Day and National Pancreatic Cancer Advocacy Day draw near, we are republishing this heartwarming story from last […]
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