Sanford Cancer - For all the Victories You Seek Patient Stories
A Striking Difference
Faced with inoperable cancer spread to the brain, Lola Martinson needed a powerful, precise treatment. She turned to Sanford Cancer, the leader in radiosurgery, with nine years of experience and more than 1,000 procedures
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Running His Race
Before his diagnosis of throat cancer, Michael Kelly planned his day around the time when he laced up his shoes and hit the trail. Learn how Sanford helped heal his cancer and get him back into his running shoes.
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A Time and Place for Celebration
As part of a large, closely knit family, Marsha Stensland loved to host big family get-togethers at her acreage along the river. After her journey through treatment for a rare form of oral cancer, her family gathers to celebrate her life.
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A Family Legacy
Sue Jalas knew that cancer was common in her family, but she didn’t know why until after her own diagnosis with ovarian cancer. This Iowa woman’s family has passed along a genetic mutation that puts them at greater risks for ovarian and breast cancer. What will they do?
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A Mom’s Support Team
Living at a house with five boys, Kim Jansen knew that she couldn’t let breast cancer keep her down. Her own attention to her breast health and great follow-up treatment at Sanford Health will let this mom nurture her family for years to come.
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Casting for His Recovery
Lee Cook likes nothing better than sitting by the side of the lake, his fishing pole in hand. Sanford’s treatment for his oral cancer got him feeling like going fishing once again.
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His Lifeline Through Breast Cancer
Boy Scout leader Garry Andrews was just trying to get a routine physical done before camp when found out he had breast cancer. How would he fight this disease that strikes more than 2,000 men each year?
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The Birthday Gift
Carla Hansen expected her mammogram at age 53 would be normal, just like all the earlier ones. But when the unexpected happens? Today she fully appreciates the value of this lifesaving tool.
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A Recipe for Treating Cancer
Terry Grosz wasn’t going to let cancer in his jaw keep him from an active life that includes drag car racing, drilling wells and most of all -- pickles. Sanford treated his cancer and let him get back to the important things, like making over 2000 jars of dill pickles with his secret family recipe.
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Righting A Wrong
Sanford Researcher David Pearce knows what it’s like to lose a loved one to breast cancer. This leading expert in childhood genetic disease explains how the Sanford Health BioBank will unlock the answers to breast cancer treatments and eventually a cure.
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