The impact of cancer care can be seen in a variety of ways. Sometimes it changes one’s whole approach to a future vocation.
The student ballroom at the University of Kentucky was packed Friday when the formal announcement came; UK’s Markey Cancer Center now carries a National Cancer Institute “Comprehensive” designation. One of those with a personal story is Anna Cox. A 2017 UK grad in math economics, everything changed with a stage four blood cancer diagnosis less than two years later. Her care at Markey now has her in medical school. But Cox isn’t sure if she’ll pursue a career related to Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma.
