Ms. Lindley Goes To Washington

This February, when the U.S. Congress was trying to help make medical radiation safer for patients and providers alike, one of the experts it turned to for advice was Suzanne Lindley, a Stage IV colon cancer survivor of more than 11 years.

Lindley, co-founder of YES, a national resource for those fighting liver tumors and those in need of advanced medical imaging treatments, told Congressional leaders that multiple radiation oncology techniques, including external beam radiation, Gamma Knife, CyberKnife, and SIRT (selective internal radiation therapy), “Have allowed me to watch my daughters grow up; to see them walk across the stage for their graduations; to start college; to become adults. Today they are 19 and 22. These technologies have also allowed me to walk hand in hand with my husband and will, hopefully, allow us to share our rocking chairs together.”

Her testimony, before the House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee, was living proof that Stage IV colorectal cancer, diagnosed nearly 12 years ago with metastases to the liver, is not the fatal disease it once was.

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