Lekha Mikkilineni, MD

Dr. Mikkilineni leads a clinical trial showing remarkable success for patients with multiple myeloma, a blood-related cancer. By December of 2020, the trial had treated 20 patients with a success rate of 90%. As of March 2022, the success rate has risen to 92%. 

Brenda Brody and Sherri Malone

Everyone Needs a Cheerleader   

Sherri recalls the day she got the devastating news: She had breast cancer.  

“My first phone call, sitting on the floor in the gym, was to my husband. My second phone call was to Brenda,” said Sherri. 

Brenda Brody and Steve Cooper

Temporarily Silenced  

“Our voice is our personality,” says Steve.  “It’s who we are. We express ourselves in so many ways."  

Screen Timing

Journalist Craig Melvin and Conquer Cancer researcher Kimmie Ng, MD, MPH, discuss the troubling increase of young-onset colorectal cancer and advocate for screening and awareness.

When the U.S.

Remembering Research Pioneer Dr. Marc L. Citron

Conquer Cancer, the ASCO Foundation, is celebrating the life of Marc Citron, MD. Dr. Citron was a research pioneer and Conquer Cancer donor, who died February 25, 2020, from recurrent glioblastoma. He was 72.