Sharing Hope

Meet Laura Fliss, a successful, busy mother of two facing cancer of unknown primary, also called CUP. What makes CUP unique is that it is advanced to the point where its genetic characteristics are lost, making it impossible to identify where the cancer started. For this reason, it is almost always metastatic and difficult to treat.

Laughter may not be the best medicine, but being able to see the humor even in tough situations is helpful. Lila Green, an ovarian cancer survivor, shares a lighthearted look at cancer from a her perspective.

For Lisa Bourdon-Krause, curing head and neck cancer was only part of the challenge. Her cancer impacted her tongue and removing it (and the cancer) would make it impossible for her to talk. As a mother with young children, she needed more -- and doctors at the cancer center decided to do their best to save her ability to speak.