Making Breakthroughs in ALL From Youth to Adulthood

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute | |

<p>When Ann Carroll was diagnosed with&#160;cancer&#160;at&#160;age&#160;28, her dream to&#160;get married and&#160;have a baby&#160;felt out of reach.&#160;Now,&#160;seven&#160;years&#160;later&#160;and cancer-free, she&#160;is living that&#160;dream with&#160;her husband&#160;and&#160;their&#160;7-month-old son,&#160;Teddy.&#160;&#160; “I didn’t think I would get this far,” says Carroll,&#160;of Boston, Massachusetts.&#160;“My whole journey&#160;started when I walked into&#160;my&#160;doctor&#8217;s&#160;office&#160;because I wasn’t&#160;feeling well.”&#160;&#160; As a graduate student in&#160;2019&#160;studying&#160;clinical psychology&#160;at Northwestern University,&#160;Carroll&#160;started experiencing&#160;lightheadedness and tunnel ... <a class="read-more" href="https://blog.dana-farber.org/insight/2026/02/acute-lymphoblastic-leukemia-young-adults-treatment-breakthrough/" title="Making…

Topics: lung-cancer, blood-cancer, cervical-cancer, research