Robert DesJarlait

Mora, Minnesota
Enrolled member of the Red Lake Band of Chippewa

Husband, father, grandfather, artist, and cancer survivor

Diagnosed with colon cancer at age 67;
Metastatic liver cancer at age 69

3+ year survivor

Brittany Dobias

Bemidji, Minnesota
Mother and Wife

Diagnosed with germ cell tumor at 12,

Metastatic to lungs

12+ year survivor

Luella Williams

Minneapolis, Minnesota
Mother and Wife

Breast cancer survivor and educator

First diagnosed with breast cancer at age 29
New diagnosis at 49 and again at age 51

28+ year survivor

Welcome to the Minnesota Cancer Alliance

The Minnesota Cancer Alliance is committed to reducing the burden of cancer for all people living in Minnesota. We are a coalition of over 100 organizations from diverse backgrounds and disciplines dedicated to reducing the burden of cancer across the continuum from prevention and detection to treatment, survivorship, and end-of-life care.

Be guided and inspired to action by these individuals and their families who represent the courage, hope and spirit of fellow Minnesotans who have experienced the burden of cancer. They remind us that the work of cancer control is about people.