carer
Family members and carers whose stories are told on the heroes page. 3 records carry it: 3 people.
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Ann Lurie Nurse and philanthropist behind Northwestern's Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center After her husband Robert was diagnosed with advanced colon cancer in 1987 at 46, she turned the family's fortune to Northwestern's cancer centre, which carries his name, and to the children's hospital that carries both. | Colorectal cancer | none | hero, donor | ||
Katie Couric Widow, journalist and later patient; the on-air colonoscopy that lifted screening rates After her husband died of colon cancer at 42, she had a colonoscopy live on national television in 2000. Screening rates rose measurably afterwards: the "Couric effect". | Colorectal cancer | none | public-figure, advocate, patient | ||
Nancy Brinker Founder of Susan G. Komen She promised her dying sister, Susan Komen, that she would end breast cancer, and in 1982 founded the organisation that created the Race for the Cure and made breast cancer a mainstream cause. | none | none | hero, advocate |
