To understand Fayruz Benyousef’s cancer journey, you have to go back to 1980. Benyousef was living with her family in Pennsylvania when her dad was diagnosed with acute leukemia. Both her mother, Dr. Nuria Treki, and father, Sharif Benyousef, had no history of cancer. For the Libyan family, the diagnosis was particularly devastating. “Culturally, getting […]
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Val Newberg was hesitant to show up to the Austin Brushes with Cancer event, however, her good friend Bob Kaufman was the motivation she needed to get out of the house. “My friends and I hate going out on Sunday nights, but we love Bob,” Newberg said. “We had no idea what we were going
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Longtime Twist Out Cancer donor and former board member Becky Galvez knows a thing or two about adapting. While Galvez’s stepfather was going through treatment for colon cancer in 2011, she had to jump in and manage the business – Shop4Ties, now Candor Threads – he began in 1982. Galvez was going through her stepfather’s
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For Immediate Release TWIST OUT CANCER LAUNCHES RESILIENCE CAMPAIGN TO PROVIDE HOPE TO THOSE FACING ISOLATION AND LONELINESS FROM COVID-19 People touched by cancer, having already been through periods of isolation, offer support to others People touched by cancer, having already been through periods of isolation, offer support to others April 7, 2020, Chicago –
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