She Emailed the Researcher Herself. She Got In.
Wenora Johnson is a patient advocate, an eight-year U.S. Navy reservist, and a survivor of three cancers. She was 45, fit and symptom-free when a FIT test she'd ignored for two weeks led to a stage 3B colorectal cancer diagnosis. Genetic testing later found Lynch syndrome (an MSH2 mutation). A preventive hysterectomy then found endometrial cancer.
On this episode of Kicking Cancer's Ass, Wenora tells Joelle Kaufman how she found a Lynch syndrome vaccine trial on clinicaltrials.gov and emailed the principal investigator herself. She offered to help with the research even if she didn't qualify…
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