Camp Fire Survivor Continues Cancer Care at Scripps MD Anderson
Note to Patients: The following news is posted for archival purposes only. Scripps no longer has a formal partnership with MD Anderson Cancer Center. We currently provide comprehensive cancer care through Scripps Cancer Center.
Cancer care plan quickly re-established in San Diego
Dr. Peter Chen, radiation oncology, Scripps MD Anderson Cancer Center, consults with brain cancer patient Olav Johannessen.
Cancer care plan quickly re-established in San Diego
Scripps MD Anderson Cancer Center specialists recently stepped in to help Olav Johannessen, 85, who was awaiting cancer treatment in Northern California when the Camp Fire blaze forced him to flee to San Diego where his daughter lives.
Johannessen, who has brain cancer, is receiving chemotherapy and radiation treatment at Scripps MD Anderson.
Read the story in The San Diego Union-Tribune: He survived the Camp Fire, but can he survive cancer and the loss of his medical team?
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