Patient Stories

“We’re thrilled. I’m grateful my father was treated at a hospital that offers the most progressive treatment possible.”

Robotic surgery, combined with an experimental therapy, stopped one patient's aggressive cancer in its tracks. The lab report ...

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"Everyone is very surprised at how quickly, how thick, how fast, my hair is growing back."

After receiving a breast cancer diagnosis, hair loss was low on the list of concerns facing New Jersey resident Jessica Heline. ...

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"When you go through an experience like this and feel that everybody you come in contact with, that's working on your case, is there for you — that feeling of being alone just dissipates."

Shawn Leyden was diagnosed with colon cancer and he was treated at Saint Barnabas Medical Center. Shawn is now cancer free. “I ...

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"Cyberknife is very non-intrusive, it allows you to go on with your everyday life."

Joe was diagnosed with prostate cancer and he was treated by the Radiation Oncology Department at Saint Barnabas Medical Center ...

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I’m so glad I had the screening, I’ve been very lucky.

Lung cancer screening helped one patient beat the odds. Making appointments has always been one of Kathryn Napier’s least ...

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With their complicated surgeries behind them, Patangi Amin and Ana Costa reflect on their experiences, sharing what has made them stronger.

Patangi Amin and Ana Costa, two New Jersey women who were diagnosed with breast cancer, made the difficult decision to have ...

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"I realize how important the human connection is—for example, when somebody holds your hand during a biopsy, or when you come back from surgery and the nurses put their hand on your head and say everything will be fine. A patient should be treated like a human being and not just a chart."

As an internal medicine specialist, Deval Gadhvi, MD , is usually the one performing exams, ordering tests and fielding ...

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Nearly three years post-transplant, Lael was finally able to thank her donor face-to-face during a heart-warming ceremony at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, where the transplant took place.

After being diagnosed with a high-risk form of acute myeloid leukemia, doctors at the Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey ...

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“There are a lot of things that we can do as patients that can help us feel better throughout the whole process. Learning to take care of yourself is a huge component of that.”

Grace Arlotta is a stay-at-home mom of two boys. At age 29, she started having issues with her right breast. Because of her ...

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