Martha Raymond, the Founder/CEO of The Raymond Foundation and the GI Cancers Alliance, shared a post on LinkedIn by CancerWorld, adding:
“My sincere thanks to Knarik Arakelyan, Managing Editor of CancerWorld, for her thoughtfulness and extraordinary care throughout the interview process.
She created an environment where it felt less like an interview and more like a meaningful conversation. I am deeply grateful for her professionalism, compassion, and remarkable ability to tell stories that honor the people behind them.
Although this article shares parts of my personal journey that I have rarely spoken about publicly, I hope readers see something much bigger than my story.
I hope they see the extraordinary progress our global oncology community has made by embracing partnership, listening to lived experience, and recognizing patients as essential partners in research, care, and innovation.
This work has never been about one individual. It has always been about the patients, caregivers, advocates, clinicians, researchers, nurses, industry partners, and professional societies who choose to work together to improve the lives of others.
Thank you to everyone who has been part of this journey over the past four decades. It has been and continues to be the privilege of my lifetime.”
Quoting CancerWorld’s post:
“CancerWorld #118 (August 2026) is live!
Who will write the next chapter of oncology?
For generations, progress in cancer care has been driven by scientific discovery, technological innovation, and clinical excellence.
Today, another force is helping shape its future: lived experience.
The August issue of CancerWorld explores how patients, survivors, caregivers, and advocates are becoming partners in research, policy, education, and the delivery of cancer care.
Our two cover stories embody this transformation. Martha Raymond, a pioneer in gastrointestinal cancer advocacy, reflects on more than four decades of advancing patient partnership in oncology. Gloria Okwu shares how her own breast cancer diagnosis became the catalyst for one of Nigeria’s leading patient advocacy movements.
Beyond our cover stories, this issue explores how lived experience is reshaping every dimension of oncology – from survivorship and mental health to patient-reported outcomes, AI-supported patient navigation, and the growing role of patients as partners in research, policy, and cancer care. Together, these stories remind us that the future of oncology will be shaped as much by human experience as by scientific discovery.
Because the future of oncology will be written not only by those who study cancer, but also by those who live with it.
Read the August issue of CancerWorld here.”
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