Feature Video: Cancer Survivor Funds Innovative Treatments

Apr 22, 2011 by MidChix Staff

Fifteen years ago, Kathy Giusti received a diagnosis of a blood cancer called multiple myeloma, and was told she only had three to four years left. At that moment, she made the life-changing decision she had to buy time for her infant daughter.

Giusti used her business background to create a start-up, The Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation. It’s raised over $160 million since 1998. The results have been unheard of in cancer research: four new drugs approved, with another seven in late stage development. Geraldine Ferraro was a fellow patient who became a close friend. Giusti is still in remission and doing well.