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OUR MISSION is to enable the world’s most promising future leaders to lead today.

WE’RE TAKING THE FIGHT TO CANCER 

with the world’s best students. As seen in:

1 in 2

1 in 2 people will be diagnosed with cancer in their lifetime

#1

Information & education
about cancer are the #1 most requested support services by patients

8 mins

On average, new doctors are only able to spend 8­-minutes per patient

Our Students Navigators Have Assisted Hundreds of Patients Since 2013

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Student-to-Patient “Pairing” Continues!

TaketheFight is a Radical Intervention in Healthcare

Cancer Strategists fight alongside patients at their local cancer center to help patients be more supported, more engaged, and more efficient in their fight.

“It removes the anxiety from the patient better than anything I’ve ever seen.”

Dr. Brian Lally, The Comprehensive Cancer Center at Wake Forest Baptist

We Give Patients an
Edge Against Cancer

Students attend doctors’ appointments and treatments with patients, facilitate the exchange of medical information, increase compliance to the doctor’s treatment plan, and provide emotional support.

“You’re supporting patients, and not only that– you’re supporting the whole healthcare system in general.”

Dr. Brandi Page, Johns Hopkins

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  Patient

They’ve been my total moral support. With their help…I defeated cancer and I defeated alcoholism. Without Hannah and TaketheFight I would have probably just given up.”

Larry Jordan
Lung Cancer Survivor

  Doctor

The patients do better. They miss fewer appointments. They have their records complete and up to date…I just think they increase the quality of healthcare and the experience for the patient.

Dr. Brian Lally
Radiation Oncologist
The Comprehensive Cancer Center at Wake Forest Baptist

  Patient & Caregiver

We were having some things we didn’t understand about [Disability] and Brett was able to go and research that and open up whole new avenues for us on the Disability…Brett has really helped us, in more ways than we can probably ever describe.

Ronnie and Carol Burns
Caregiver & Survivor of Squamous Cell Carcinoma

  Hospital Administrator

TaketheFight is such a fabulous program. It’s so patient-centric. They organize their patient’s treatment. They empower the patient. They help educate the patient and help them understand their treatments.

Kerry Husted-Snyder
2014 Administrative Director
The Comprehensive Cancer Center at Wake Forest Baptist

  Doctor

One of the things I thought helped a lot when Nicole came to visits with [her patient] is that she was able to take [the patient’s] concerns and the families concerns and piece them together with [the patient] and express them to me in a way that I really knew what they were worried about.

Dr. Bayard Powell
Section Chief, Hematology Oncology
The Comprehensive Cancer Center at Wake Forest Baptist

  Cancer Strategist

My time as a cancer strategist with TaketheFight was filled with every emotion under the sun from that feeling you can only get from helping others to a sadness I had never really experienced before. I learned more than I ever could have imagined.

Bailey Goodwin
Wake Forest University

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OUR MISSION is to enable the world’s most promising future leaders to lead today.

Established 2012. We fight in loving memory of Co-Founders, J. Steve Warren and David Z. Warren.

We are deeply grateful to the Comprehensive Cancer Center at Wake Forest Baptist, who believed in us before it was cool.

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