For Mary Guckert, Vice President, Oncology Delivery Unit, Global Development, Johnson & Johnson, this work is deeply personal. Her story, and the stories of patients everywhere, inspire and remind us why we will never settle until the disease is behind everyone.
Every year, roughly 2 million people in the U.S. are newly diagnosed with cancer. But new scientific breakthroughs—including ones made at Johnson & Johnson—have dramatically changed the prognosis of many of these patients.
Colorectal cancer is now the leading cause of U.S. cancer deaths among people under 50, and rates of the disease are rising globally, too. For Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, find out how to protect yourself—no matter your age.
Paul Reidy, a Johnson & Johnson warehouse technician in Ireland, never imagined that an oncology therapy made at the facility where he works would help save his life.