Mission
The Many Voices of Cancer is a year-long interview series exploring the real experiences of people touched by cancer — patients, caregivers, and the healthcare professionals who walk beside them.
Through open, honest conversations, we aim to uncover and share what truly matters in cancer care: what helps, what hurts, and what gives hope. Each voice adds to a collective understanding that can make the system more compassionate, connected, and human.
Every story matters.
Every voice teaches us something new.
Why it Matters
Behind every statistic is a person navigating confusion, resilience, and hope.
The Many Voices of Cancer is not just storytelling — it’s insight discovery. By listening deeply, exploring intelligently, and sharing widely, we turn personal experience into collective wisdom that can improve care and the experience for everyone touched by cancer.
Because stories change systems.
The Plan
One: every interviewee receives a professional recording of their own interview to keep or share as they wish.
Two: the interview content will be shared with the general public in hopes of helping others on cancer journeys through many channels such as social, YouTube, blog posts and others.
Three: the interviews will also be pooled together and assessed for patterns, insights and ideas that will be shared with healthcare stakeholders such as HCPs, health plans, pharmaceutical companies, specialty pharmacies, HUBs, others, and even the government, as well as the 'general cancer public.'
From voices to insights...to improvements.
The Future
While Phase one of 'The Many Voices of Cancer' is limited to only 10 interviews in 2025, 2026 is open to opportunities...for more patients, additional stakeholders, and partners such as advocacy groups, corporate entities with the same values, and everyday advocates who just want to help.
Enhancing the humanity in healthcare
Christopher
Christopher Van Denburg is a professional healthcare market researcher with a passion for interviews...with just about everyone in or impacted by health or healthcare. His biggest interest is WHY...the reasons behind WHAT people do and HOW. These all help us understand more, ideate better, and take effective action.
Samples of Chris' work:
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With Tina Valbh - cancer patient, CIO of Tina's Warriors, patient support program specialist: podcast part 1, podcast part 2, video (including Jessica Krauser from Changing Parkinsons)
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With Carole Tremonti - visionary creating solutions to advance clinical care delivery: podcast
Through compassion comes heartfelt understanding.
Share Your Story, Help Others, & Maybe Yourself
If you’ve lived through cancer — as a patient, caregiver, or healthcare professional — your story can help others. Also, in speaking with Chris you too might find new perspectives, purpose and personal empowerment.
We’re looking for 10 people in 2025 to participate in private, recorded interviews that explore your journey, your expressions and and your impressions.
Each conversation is handled with respect and care. Together, we can create strength, understanding, and practical guidance.
Every story is another door opened.
Sample Questions
For patients on or past a cancer journey, the following questions will help our participants articulate their experiences, thoughts and feelings.
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General intro - name; where you live; about your family life/people; things you love to do
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General review of your cancer journey: diagnosis, timing, general experiences
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Best and hardest days in your journey
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Things you want others to know about your cancer journey
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Questions you wish others would ask you, or ask your more often
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Advice for: pharmaceutical companies, pharmacies, HUBs, providers, like things you wish they would do (or do better)
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Advice for cancer patient caregivers
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"If you were on a hypothetical stage for 5 minutes in front of every cancer patient in the world who has just been diagnosed, what would you want to teach or remind them of?"
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Something you learned about yourself, some one else specifically, and/or "life" because of journey with cancer
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A dream you want fulfilled
We have other tailored questions for Care Givers and HCPs.
Questions are just a start.
REALLY listening helps others feel heard.
