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Fueling Patients' Drive to Treatment [Sponsored]

Science Quickly

Scientific American

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4.2639 Ratings

🗓️ 15 August 2022

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Celebrating those who significantly improve access to cancer care for underserved populations, the Cancer Community Awards, sponsored by AstraZeneca, presents an individual or organization with a Catalyst for Change Award. We spoke with the 2021 award winner, Tomma Hargraves, to learn more about what’s happened since she received the award. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Understanding the human body is a team effort. That's where the Yachtel group comes in.

0:05.8

Researchers at Yachtolt have been delving into the secrets of probiotics for 90 years.

0:11.0

Yacold also partners with nature portfolio to advance gut microbiome science through the global grants for gut health, an investigator-led research program.

0:19.6

To learn more about Yachtolt, visit yawcult.co.

0:22.6

.jp.

0:23.6

That's y-a-k-U-Lt.co.jp.

0:27.6

When it comes to a guide for your gut, count on Yacolt.

0:31.6

Every year, the Cancer Community Award, sponsored by AstraZeneca, presents an individual or organization with the

0:39.5

Catalyst for Change Award. This award celebrates those who significantly improve access to

0:44.7

cancer care for underserved populations. In 2021, Tomahar Graves received the award for her work

0:52.2

as a volunteer for the Lung Cancer Initiative of North Carolina.

0:56.4

She developed their Access to Care Gas Card program, which helps patients travel to their treatment.

1:02.2

As we prepared for this year's awards, we reconnected with Tama to learn more about what's happened since she received the award.

1:09.2

Well, Tama Hargraves, it's such a pleasure to get a

1:11.8

chance to talk with you and catch up on everything you've been doing over the past year.

1:15.8

Thank you. Thanks for having me. So for people who don't know your story, do you mind briefly

1:21.1

talking about your personal cancer journey? Sure. It's a 15-year cancer journey, and I was diagnosed in 2006 with stage 3B non-small

1:33.3

cell lung cancer. I participated in a very aggressive clinical trial for nine months,

1:40.0

and it was initially successful. I did go out of remission three years later, had a little more treatment, had a craniotomy

1:48.8

along the way, and 15 years later, I now am so educated about lung cancer.

1:55.6

I know that I have a mutation that I didn't know when I was diagnosed.

2:05.1

And I believe that I'm still here. I'm supposed to share my journey so other people can have the same experience I've had.

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