Named Patient Programs

Cancer Research Programs

Alveolar Soft Part Sarcoma

Julia Ann Harmon
ASPS/Sarcoma Patient Advocacy Program
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Brain Cancer

Patrick J. Stevens
Glioblastoma Multiforme
Patient Advocacy Program
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Emma Jean Jones
Astrocytoma Patient Advocacy Program
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Breast Cancer

Mary Lou Climo
Breast Cancer Clinical Trials Advocacy Program
(Clinical Trials Enrollment Issues)
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Kay T. DeMichele
Breast Cancer Patient Advocacy Program
(Stage IV patients)
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Susan E. Peretz
Breast Cancer Patient Advocacy Program
(Liver Metastasis Issues)
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Sylvia Vizcaya-Alderson
Breast Cancer Survivors Program
(Bone Metastasis Issues)
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Elaine L. Foreman
Breast Cancer Patient Advocacy Program
(Newly-Diagnosed Patients)
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Joan Marie Wells
Breast Cancer Patient Advocacy Program
(Lung Metastasis Issues)
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Ann Heard Niewold
Breast Cancer Clinical Trials Advocacy Program (Caregivers Issues)
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Gilbert High School "Tiger Adviser" Newspaper's
Breast Cancer Clinical Research
Information Program
(Breast Cancer Research Issues)
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Joni Gottlieb
Breast Cancer Survivors Program
(Patient Empowerment Tools)
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Kae Robb
Breast Cancer Clinical Trials Advocacy Program
(HER2/neu Patients)
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Carcinoid

Janice D. Isbell
Carcinoid Patient Advocacy and
Clinical Trials Advocacy Program
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Cervical Cancer

Dana Michelle Adler
Cervical Cancer Patient Advocacy Program
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Carliser Rodriquez
Cervical Cancer Patient Advocacy Program
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Colon Cancer

Lavina Dawson
Colorectal Clinical Trials Advocacy Program
(Newly-Diagnosed Patients and Colorectal Cancer Survivors)
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Lisa Dubow
Colorectal Cancer Patient Advocacy Program
(Genomic Issues and Clinical Trials)
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Rick Oertel
Cancer Patient Advocacy Program
(Colorectal Cancer Biomarkers)
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Thomas M. Suglio
Colorectal Cancer Patient Advocacy Program
(Stage IV Patients)
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LaDonna Jean Courtney
Colorectal Cancer Clinical Trials
Advocacy Program
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Rhoda Schneider
Colorectal Cancer Patient Advocacy Program
(Pain Management Issues)
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Esophageal Cancer

Edwin Chesler
Esophageal Cancer Patient Advocacy Program
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Lane T. Nielson
Esophageal Cancer Clinical Trials Advocacy Program
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Gallbladder Cancer

Patricia A. Berardi
Gallbladder Cancer Research Program
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Gastric Cancer

Harmony Melynchuk
Gastric Cancer Patient Advocacy Program
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Genitourinary Cancers

Earl E. Weeks
Cancer Patient Advocacy Program and
Clinical Trials Advocacy Program
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Helen Peggy Hoidale Parker
Cancer Patient Advocacy Program
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Head and Neck Cancers

Michael J. Frisby
Cancer Patient Advocacy Program
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Christopher I. Tweeton
Head and Neck Cancer
Patient Advocacy Program
(Newly-Diagnosed Patients)
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Babette "Batya" Rosen
Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Head and Neck
Clinical Trials Advocacy Program
(Stage IV Patients)
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Hematological Malignancies

Thad Delos Duel
Patient Advocacy Program and
Public Education Program
(Differential Diagnosis Issues)
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Kidney/Renal Cell Carcinoma

Robert Jones
Kidney Cancer Patient Advocacy Program
(Newly-Diagnosed Patients)
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Arnold N. Schechter
Renal Cell Carcinoma Patient Advocacy Program
(Metastasis Issues)
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Leiomyosarcoma

Gertrude Rosen
Leiomyosarcoma Patient Advocacy Program
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Leukemia

Felipe Gonzalez, M.D.
Leukemia Clinical Trials Advocacy Program
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Liver Cancer

Oliver Perry
Liver Cancer Patient Advocacy Program
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Lung Cancer

Maureen Purdy-Aramino
Lung Cancer Clinical Trials Advocacy Program
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Barbara Cussler
Lung Cancer Patient Advocacy Program
(Newly-Diagnosed Patients)
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Sandra L. Queli
Lung Cancer Clinical Trials Advocacy Program
(Stage IV Patients)
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Gary M. Avey
Cancer Patient Advocacy Program for Native Peoples
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Fred Runnels Padgett
Lung Cancer Patient Advocacy Program
(Palliative Care Issues)
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Lymphoma

Shirley Morrison
Lymphoma Patient Advocacy Program
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The Ognjen ("Ogi") Kovacevic
T-Cell Lymphoblastic Lymphoma/ALL
Patient Advocacy Program
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Melanoma

Mary Ann Granger-Alderson
Clinical Trials Advocacy Program
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Loryn Simone
Melanoma Patient Advocacy Program
(Newly-Diagnosed Patients)
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Multiple Myeloma

Judith and Martin Gang
Multiple Myeloma Patient Advocacy Program
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R. Neil Barnes
Multiple Myeloma Program
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Ovarian Cancer

Marilyn Fagan
Ovarian Cancer Patient Advocacy Program
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Emily Stone Fail
Ovarian Cancer Patient Advocacy Program
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Joyce F. Hediger
Ovarian Cancer Patient Advocacy Program
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Prostate Cancer

Poul Erik Nielsen
Prostate Cancer Survivors Program
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Kim Ian Madsen
Prostate Cancer Survivors Program
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Rare Cancers

Herb Glicksman
Program for Rare Cancers
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Rhabdomyosarcoma

Florence S. Heffron
Rhabdomyosarcoma Patient Advocacy Program
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Sarcoma

Carol Jean Zemba
Sarcoma Patient Advocacy Program
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Waldenström's Macroglobulinemia

Debra Shuman Berger
Waldenström's Macroglobulinemia
Patient Advocacy Program
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Caregivers

Nora Lee Gregory
Caregivers Advocacy Program
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Compassionate Use

Muriel Finlayson Williams
Compassionate Use Drug Information Program
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Special Empowerment Programs

Migdalia C. Hernandez
Cancer Patient Advocacy Program
(Indigent Patients)
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Kenneth Strong
Cancer Patient Advocacy Program
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Public Advocacy and Education

Sybil Erden
Marketing Communications Program
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Lydia Marie Hawkins
Public Education Program
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Jewell McFarland Lewis, Ph.D.
Public Education Program
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Brenna Lacey
Information Technology and Public Education Program
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Patricia B. and William H. Lyons
Physician-Patient Communications Program
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ICAN maintains additional Patient Advocacy Programs, Clinical Trials Advocacy Programs, and
ICAN Tumor Information Services in over 200 separate cancer areas
along with Public Education/Drug Pipeline Program Services and
Patient Information Clearinghouse activities. For information about
naming a program in honor, or in memory of a loved one,
please call the ICAN Program Services Team at 602-861-9642.