Tag Archives: cancer

K Hospital, Hanoi

By ctaylorphoto | Published: March 29, 2012
We (Chris and I) have been meeting with Dr. Linh and Dr. Thuan at the K Hospital in Hanoi this past week. We are working with them on ways to increase the scope of the Breast Cancer Club and ideas for the development of the Bright Future Fund. Yesterday, we spent some time on the [...]
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Global Focus on Cancer

By ctaylorphoto | Published: March 24, 2012
It was impossible for me to ignore the impact traveling for my photo project had on myself and those closest to me. Seeing first hand the devastation that cancer causes around the world left me feeling compelled to do more than just tell stories and take photos about it. In so many of the countries [...]
Posted in Breast Cancer, Can Tho Oncology Hospital, Cancer, cancer support group, Carolyn Taylor, Children's cancer, Dr. Thang, hanoi, Ho Chi MInh City, Ho Chi Minh City Oncology Hospital, Misc., vietnam | Also tagged , , , , , , | 3 Comments

Nairobi

By ctaylorphoto | Published: December 17, 2011
This was my third trip to the African continent in 6 months. I had spent a scant 30 hours in Cairo and an all too brief 10 days in Cape Town earlier in the year, but those places were not the Africa I had envisioned as a child. Sitting on the front porch of Jane [...]
Posted in Africa, Breast Cancer, Cancer, cancer support group, Carolyn Taylor, Kenya, Misc., Nairobi | Also tagged , , , , , , , , | 4 Comments

Le Hoang Rina

By ctaylorphoto | Published: April 29, 2011
Le Hoang Rina is 4 years old and has Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia.  For the next 3 years of her life she will spend more time at the Ho Chi Minh City Oncology Hospital than she will in her own home.  Her mother will be there, by her side for all of it. Taking care of [...]
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The Children’s Ward in HCMC

By ctaylorphoto | Published: April 26, 2011
It is always difficult to see children with cancer and in HCMC this is very much the case.  The same overcrowded conditions exist in this part of the hospital.  Some families prefer to camp out in the halls or the stairwells because if you can believe it, they actually have a little more room and [...]
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Ho Chi Minh City Oncology Hospital

By ctaylorphoto | Published: April 3, 2011
Take Can Tho multiply it by 10 add a children’s ward and you get the Ho Chi Minh City Oncology Hospital.  It is a sprawling complex of wards, radiation rooms, chemo units and surgical suites.  With 1,100 beds, their inpatient population ranges between 2,000 – 2,500 patients.   I don’t know how many outpatients they treat [...]
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My final BA flight

By ctaylorphoto | Published: March 13, 2011
I can’t believe that a year has gone by since I took my first trip to Geneva to start this project rolling.  It has literally flown by (haha, pun intended).  Honestly though, as my flight was taking off from NY last Wednesday night I was deeply emotional.  What a year it has been for me. [...]
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Upcoming Lecture/slide show with the Connecticut Challenge

By ctaylorphoto | Published: March 1, 2011
I was really lucky to be introduced to the wonderful people at The Connecticut Challenge.   They are a fantastic support group that work in Connecticut to help empower cancer survivors to live healthier, happier and longer lives.  Their website provides a wealth of  resources for those suffering from or surviving cancer.  I am very honored [...]
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Patient’s in Can Tho

By ctaylorphoto | Published: February 13, 2011
Ngu Hue Chau was diagnosed in 2003 with breast cancer, she was 35 years old.  She was petrified.  She is a single woman, supporting herself working as a seamstress.  She underwent a mastectomy and chemotherapy.  In late 2009 her cancer returned.  By the time it was found it had metastasized to her lungs and brain.  [...]
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