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University of Colorado Cancer Center

University of Colorado Cancer Center, A National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center
 

Meet Our Patients

Read stories from CU Cancer Center patients

Every patient has a story about the day they were diagnosed with cancer, the day they began treatment or enrolled in a clinical trial or the day they heard the words "cancer free." Read our patients inspiring stories of strength.

Brice McIntosh, University of Colorado Cancer Center

Brice McIntosh, Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Survivor

Brice kept telling himself he was a wuss when he could no longer handle the debilitating back pain he was experiencing. When he could no longer handle the pain and had lost weight, he knew something wasn't right. The shocking news: A tumor in his spinal cord.

Read about Brice's meeting of a lifetime

Joel Groebner, University of Colorado Cancer Center

Joel Groebner, Melanoma Survivor

Three time doctors have given Joel Groebner just six months to live. And three times, experimental treatments have stopped the cancer. Joel has survived melanoma for more than 10 years.

Read Joel's superman story

Mark Grogan, University of Colorado Cancer Center

Mark Grogan, Head and Neck Cancer Survivor

On June 30, 2009, Mark had a tumor removed from his tongue. This was supposed to be routine nothingness to remove a lesion noticed four years earlier by his dentist. Then on July 2, 2009, Mark was diagnosed with oral cancer. A year later another troubling spot would appear.

Read Mark's tale of his tongue

Maria Fernadez, University of Colorado Cancer Center

Maria Fernandez, Lymphoma Survivor

Maria Fernandez thought her neck was just getting thick from weight gain, but her husband, Herman, sensed otherwise and insisted she see her health care provider to be sure the lymph nodes weren't involved. "My husband didn't want to dilly-dally," Maria recalls.

Read Maria's Story

Maria Fernadez, University of Colorado Cancer Center

Duke Altschuler, Prostate Cancer Survivor

When in November 2009 a surgeon asked Duke if he was planning to have any more kids, the Denver engineer and businessman paused. "That kind of wakes you up," he recalls.

Read Duke's Story

Dave Mejia, University of Colorado Cancer Center

Dave Mejia, Multiple Myeloma Survivor

When Dave Mejia says his body has been "beaten up," he's not talking about enduring chemotherapy, radiation and stem cell transplants. He's talking about snowshoeing five miles the day before the pancake breakfast fundraiser he's bussing on a recent Sunday morning.

Read Dave's Story

Emily Gilley, University of Colorado Cancer Center

Emily Gilley, Brain Cancer Survivor

Emily Gilley seems fairly like any 15-year-old. She likes to hang out with friends, read style magazines and mysteries, and enjoys the company of her family and her pets. She is being treated for medulloblastoma, a fast-growing type of brain tumor that usually occurs in younger children.

Read Emily's Story

Read more patient stories in C3 Magazine