Being a patient advocate, a cancer scientist and having loved ones lost to cancer can be tough, motivating and emotional. I started to work in cancer research when I was in my 30s and was recruited to Mount Sinai Hospital in Toronto for a post-doctoral fellowship. How could all my and others' cancer research fail them? (Submitted by Sevtap Savas)Throughout Mehtap's cancer treatment, my sister and I looked for information. My sister's diagnosis made me more determined to keep going in cancer research, though I was full of sorrow, fear and hopelessness.
