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AN AUSTRALIAN STORY EXCLUSIVETwelve years ago Danielle Tindle came back from the brink of death to survive Hodgkin's Lymphoma. By extraordinary coincidence, it was her own fathers groundbreaking stem-cell research which ultimately saved his daughter's life.I hate the term cancer sufferer; it's such a disempowering, victimising word I've been through hell and back but I'm strong and I can be beautiful. - Dr Danielle Tindle (PhD)Since Danielle was given a second chance at life, this inspirational young woman has made it her mission to advocate for improved services and care for other adolescent and young adult cancer patients. She's become a world leader in the field.I've already faced my own mortality, so I had no fear of death. I wanted to focus on something which was meaningful, which was helping others. - Dr Danielle Tindle (PhD)Unfortunately, mid-way through her PhD, the now thirty-six year old Danielle Tindle was diagnosed with neuroendocrine carcinoma, a completely new tumour. Doctors think it's a consequence of the toxic treatment she was given in her early twenties.That she's got it is almost entirely the result of the draconian treatment she had ... for Hodgkin's Lymphoma. - Prof. Robert Tindle, fatherWith all conventional therapies ineffective against the cancer, once again Danielle, her father and her medical team are in a race to find the next life-saving breakthrough. It's come in the form of ground-breaking drugs which are subsidised for melanoma under the PBS, but for rare cancer patients like Danielle, are cripplingly expensive.If you are a melanoma patient and your chemotherapy happens to be one of these antibodies, you'll be paying about $6.50 a shot, and in the adjacent cubicle there'll be someone like Danielle, who is paying $5000 a shot. - Prof. Robert Tindle, fatherNobody thinks its fair... the lottery says she got a rare cancer, and our system doesn't respond in that circumstance. - Richard Vines, CEO Rare Cancers AustraliaAustralian Story has followed this extraordinary woman who never gives up right from the beginning.I can't not hope I'm just unstoppable. - Dr Danielle Tindle (PhD)Join the conversation: #AustralianStory |
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Closed captioning in English |
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Broadcast 2016-05-15 at 18:00:00 |
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Classification: NC |
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Cancer -- Treatment.
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Cancer in women -- Psychological aspects.
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Fathers and daughters -- Family relationships.
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Hodgkin's disease -- Patients.
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Young women -- Conduct of life.
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Stem cells -- Transplantation.
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Queensland -- Brisbane.
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Streaming video
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Jones, Caroline, host
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Gailer, Jasmine, contributor
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Gill, Davinder, contributor
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McGrath, Margie, contributor
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Steele, Anthony, contributor
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Tindle, Danielle, contributor
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Tindle, Elizabeth, contributor
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Tindle, Robert, contributor
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Vines, Richard, contributor
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