# The Patient Story \| For Cancer Patients \& Caregivers: Human Answers to Your Cancer Questions

> Explore in\-depth stories about symptoms, side effects, and treatment directly from cancer patients, care partners \& medical experts\.

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## Pages
- [Support After a DLBCL Diagnosis](https://thepatientstory.com/patient-stories/non-hodgkin-lymphoma/diffuse-large-b-cell-lymphoma/dlbcl-diagnosis-support-resources/)
- [DLBCL Expert Resources](https://thepatientstory.com/patient-stories/non-hodgkin-lymphoma/diffuse-large-b-cell-lymphoma/dlbcl-expert-resources-2/)
- [Bladder Cancer Stories](https://thepatientstory.com/patient-stories/bladder-cancer/)
- [The Patient Story: Human Answers to Your Cancer Questions](https://thepatientstory.com/)
- [Breast Cancer Stories](https://thepatientstory.com/patient-stories/breast-cancer/)

## Posts
- [14 Years Into Metastatic Breast Cancer, Lesley Glenn Asks for a New Biopsy at Every Progression](https://thepatientstory.com/patient-stories/breast-cancer/metastatic-breast-cancer-patient-stories/lesley-glenn/): \<\!\-\- wp:paragraph \{"fontSize":"normal"\} \-\-\>
\<p class="has\-normal\-font\-size"\>\<a href="/patient\-stories/breast\-cancer/metastatic\-breast\-cancer\-patient\-stories/lesley\-glenn/"\>Lesley Glenn, Breast Cancer, Stage 4 \(De Novo Oligometastatic\), HER2\-Low, ER\+\</a\>\</p\>
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\<p\>\<strong\>Symptom:\</strong\> Appearance of a palpable lump in breast
\<br\> \<strong\>Treatments:\</strong\> Chemotherapy, radiation therapy, surgery \(tumor resection\), hormone therapy \(tamoxifen\), targeted therapy\</p\>
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- [Polycythemia Vera \(PV\) Treatment Options](https://thepatientstory.com/patient-events/polycythemia-vera-treatment-options/): Join hematologist Dr\. Jennifer Vaughn of The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center – The James and longtime PV patient advocate Nick Napolitano for a direct conversation about living with polycythemia vera \(PV\)\.
- [Kristin Thought She Was Burned Out; It Was Stage 4 Ovarian Cancer](https://thepatientstory.com/patient-stories/ovarian-cancer/high-grade-serous/metastatic-high-grade-serous-ovarian-cancer/kristin-l/): \<\!\-\- wp:paragraph \{"fontSize":"normal"\} \-\-\>
\<p class="has\-normal\-font\-size"\>\<a href="/patient\-stories/ovarian\-cancer/high\-grade\-serous/metastatic\-high\-grade\-serous\-ovarian\-cancer/kristin\-l/"\>Kristin L\., Ovarian Cancer \(High\-Grade Serous Carcinoma\), Stage 4 \(Metastatic\)\</a\>\</p\>
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\<p\>\<strong\>Symptoms:\</strong\> Fatigue, bloating, shortness of breath, increased frequency of urination, chest pains, bleeding for 30 days straight, steady pain on left side
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\<strong\>Treatments:\</strong\> Chemotherapy \(paclitaxel, carboplatin, gemcitabine, doxorubicin\), surgery \(debulking surgery with HIPEC\), monoclonal antibody \(bevacizumab\), clinical trial \(mirvetuximab soravtansine and a PARP inhibitor\)\</p\>
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- [Kiana Had a Heart Transplant in 2023; Six Months Later She Was Diagnosed With Stage 4 DLBCL](https://thepatientstory.com/patient-stories/non-hodgkin-lymphoma/diffuse-large-b-cell-dlbcl/kiana-d/)
- [Growing Up, Her Father Had Stage 4 Colon Cancer, Then She Was Diagnosed at 43](https://thepatientstory.com/patient-stories/colorectal-cancer/colon/metastatic-colon/kathryn-w/): \<\!\-\- wp:paragraph \{"fontSize":"normal"\} \-\-\>
\<p class="has\-normal\-font\-size"\>\<a href="/patient\-stories/colorectal\-cancer/colon/metastatic\-colon/kathryn\-w/"\>Kathryn W\., Colon Cancer, Stage 4 \(Metastatic\)\</a\>\</p\>
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\<p\>\<strong\>Symptoms:\</strong\> Abdominal pain, shortness of breath, dark thin stools, exhaustion
\<br\> \<strong\>Treatments:\</strong\> Surgeries \(right hemicolectomy, right hepatectomy, abdominal resections, right lung resection, left lung resection\), chemotherapy \(FOLFOX\)\</p\>
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## Categories
- [Patient Stories](https://thepatientstory.com/category/patient-stories/)
- [Treatments](https://thepatientstory.com/category/treatments/)
- [Chemotherapy](https://thepatientstory.com/category/treatments/chemotherapy/)
- [Surgery](https://thepatientstory.com/category/treatments/surgery/)
- [Radiation Therapy](https://thepatientstory.com/category/treatments/radiation-therapy/)

## Optional
- [Sitemap index](https://thepatientstory.com/sitemap_index.xml)