Sharing Hope

When Christina Costa was diagnosed with a brain tumor at 27, she relied on her professional training to navigate treatment. An assistant teaching professor of psychology at Wayne State University, Christina, then a graduate school, studies the positive benefits of gratitude on the brain and stress response.

The challenges of Judith Hoge's melanoma treatment and recovery were off-set by the joys of pursuing her love of pottery.

When cancer patients, survivors and their visitors walk through the Voices Art Gallery at the University of Michigan Health Rogel Cancer Center, they’re met with the calming beauty of nature.

After an awake surgery to remove a cancerous brain tumor, a Michigan man is living “more deliberately” than ever — officiating a high school wrestling state championship and participating in research for a potential cure.

A monthly peer discussion group for those genetically predisposed to colorectal and other cancers has created connection for an often isolated demographic.

This project will honor what patients and staff find personally “healing”. Through this community project we will bring a range of images together to represent our collective ideas of what is “healing”, creating an exhibition of shared ideas and images that will benefit us all!

All of us find hope and strength from the words of others -- so we've compiled words of hope and advice from patients who have been diagnosed with or treated for advanced cancer at Rogel Cancer Center.

After being diagnosed with prostate cancer, Scott Ward learned it had spread and was stage 4, advanced cancer. He shares how this devastating news impacted how he views life and how he's worked to create a legacy for his son.

As Steve Keating lives with a stage 4 cancer diagnosis, he considers how to share his knowledge with others. One way he's found is by joining the Patient and Family Advisory Council at the cancer center.

Each summer during Swim Across America’s Motor City Mile event, swimmers paddle through the Detroit River to raise money for Rogel cancer research. By funding work that aims to solve cancer’s most puzzling problems, they’re really investing in their own future. Here, we outline how their dollars (and dolphin kicks) could lead to life-saving results.