Journey
Diagnosis
Kathy
Age: 59
Diagnosed with Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma in March of 2004. Kathy was told by four other institutions that her form of Lymphoma was incurable and had two years to live.
Treatment
Our positioning on Kathy was the polar opposite of other institutions. She went through numerous clinical trials followed by a Bone Marrow Transplant that saved her life.
Recovery
Even during treatment, Kathy placed in two Ironman competitions and biked an average of 20 miles daily.
Life
Kathy is now 5 years post-transplant and living an active lifestyle, still running and biking competitively.
“The only thing I want to look up to me is cancer. I want cancer to look up to me because we beat it.” — Kathy
Healing the Body
As one of the most comprehensive cancer centers in the country – our patients have access to the latest cancer innovations, including new therapies which can offer an alternative to traditional chemotherapy. The depth and breadth of experience of our world class experts, who each focus on specific subtypes of cancer, results in the best available personalized care. Our state-of-the-art facility offers a healing and progressive environment located just outside New York City.
Healing the Spirit
When you come to John Theurer Cancer Center, we assemble the multi-disciplinary team of experts that you need to most effectively treat your cancer and support you during and after treatment. Each member of your team works seamlessly with the others to ensure you receive coordinated, comprehensive care. Our integrative approach to healing offers our patients the opportunity to take part in everything from our nutritional and yoga classes to support groups and social work program.
One of the largest Bone Marrow Transplant programs in the country
with over 6,000
performed to date.
Advances in blood and bone marrow stem cell transplantation have made this approach an option for more people with hematologic cancers and benign blood disorders. For more than 25 years John Theurer Cancer Center, part of Hackensack University Medical Center in New Jersey, has provided this lifesaving therapy.
