Episode 37: From brain tumor at 21 to America's first cancer rights lobby
"I found one anchor. It was unique to me."
Matthew Zachary was 21, a piano prodigy, when a brain tumor diagnosis stripped him of nearly every bodily function and left him completely alone in a system that had no language for what he was. He went on to build the most successful AYA cancer ecosystem on the planet and now he's starting America's first cancer patient voter bloc.
They dive into:
Getting diagnosed over an answering machine in 1995 and the chance Friday-night meeting with a neurosurgeon who spent three hours with his family when no one else would
Refusing chemo at 21 after a…
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