LFS Family Stories

Mr. Peter Weru was born in 1983 born healthy with no medical issues at the age of 32yrs. I started experiencing some pain on my left leg and later I developed a growth on my knee . I sought medical attention, and I did many scans and x-rays later after a sample was extracted from

Debora Scardino Mancebo, 34 years old, from São Paulo, Brazil. She had breast cancer at 30 years old. Cancer has always been something I had to deal with in my family, because my dad, aunt and grandfather has passed away of cancer. So I already knew that, someday day, I could have it too. I

Olívia Naves, 22 years old, she never had cancer, from São Paulo, Brazil Hello! My name is Olívia Naves and I’m 22 years old. Having Li-Fraumeni has changed completely the way I deal with my health. In the beginning it’s hard not to drown with the anxiety about the fact you’re more vulnerable to cancer.

Ana Caroline, 37 years old, from Belo Horizonte, Brazil. Never had cancer. When I was diagnosed with Li-Fraumeni, I was impacted in many ways because I already had a feeling that I would have it since my family has many cases of cancer. I felt the fear of having cancer, apprehension with the test results

Lakita was born healthy with no medical issues in 2006 and loved dancing and art. At the age of 10 In the year (2017) she was diagnosed with cancer of the bones (Osteosarcoma) related to LFS. She went through tough cancer treatment and surgery and after one year she was done with treatment. In January