Steve shares his knowledge, experience, and wisdom to help better equip and empower your capacity to mount a robust and effective response to a serious challenge.
steveHOLMES
2 brothers diagnosed with the same aggressive terminal cancer and 6 months to live.
“Steve survived, but Graeme did not. Steve’s survival became a modern-day medical breakthrough that provided a new doorway to how patients can better respond and survive a serious cancer diagnosis.”
Surviving stage 4 metastatic and terminal cancer is remarkable in itself, it attracts attention, and therein lays a new unexpected responsibility.
Cancer patients suffer a lot, that’s what it is to be a patient, so anything that I can do to alleviate that suffering is a good thing, a positive thing, a meaningful thing. Sharing my story, knowledge, experiences, and wisdom in the best way possible does exactly that, it helps make other patient’s lives more liveable and shines a light on what is possible.
cancer READY
I find a lot of patient suffering comes from not understanding things and the confusion and overwhelm that comes from that. So helping people understand their diagnosis and options is a good start to improving their survival chances.
I have also learned the advantages of becoming cancer-ready, just as CPR awareness and basic knowledge can improve survival rates.
steveHOLMES
2 brothers diagnosed with the same aggressive terminal cancer and 6 months to live.
“Steve survived, but Graeme did not. Steve’s survival became part of a modern-day medical breakthrough, providing a new pathway for how patients can better respond to and survive a serious cancer diagnosis.”
Surviving stage 4 metastatic and terminal cancer is remarkable in itself, it attracts attention, and therein lays a new unexpected responsibility.
Cancer patients suffer a lot, that’s what it is to be a patient, so anything that I can do to alleviate that suffering is a good thing, a positive thing, a meaningful thing. Sharing my story, knowledge, experiences, and wisdom in the best way possible does exactly that, it helps make other patient’s lives more liveable and shines a light on what is possible.
cancerREADY
I find a lot of patient suffering comes from not understanding things and the confusion and overwhelm that comes from that. So helping people understand their diagnosis and options is a good start to improving their survival chances.
I have also learned the advantages of becoming cancer-ready, just as CPR awareness and basic knowledge can improve survival rates.
Keywords
Cholangiocarcinoma | Whipple | Clinical Trials; Attica, Keynote 158 | Translational Genomics | Cancer Toolkit & Patient Journal Series, CCF Foundation Australia, CCF New Zealand | The Empowered Patient | cancerREADY & cancerCPR
While Science Works for Tomorrow
As science and medicine diligently pursue tomorrow’s cures, my focus is on the better utilization of current cancer and genomic science, along with medical advancements, including evidence-based medicine and practices, for the benefit of today’s patient survival.
From Hypothesis to Fact:
I have walked and lived the hypotheses of the most brilliant medical minds alive today to overcome a previously unbeatable terminal stage 4 cholangiocarcinoma. My pathway from diagnosis to survival now provides living proof of transcending what appears to be impossible, serving as a pathway for others to follow.
The Future of Cancer Success
“Empower the Patient – Increase Survival;
‘Empowered Patients’ are better positioned to utilize the most current and available resources and opportunities. They more comfortably function at the forefront of pioneering survival breakthroughs, enhancing the effectiveness of science and medical advancements.
By demystifying and simplifying the complexities of cancer and genomic sciences into tangible insights and tools, we bridge critical knowledge gaps, fostering a new generation of ‘Empowered Patients’.
It is the Empowered Patients who have the greatest need and the capacity to drive new survival innovation, enriching the effectiveness of science, medicine, and healthcare.” ~ SteveH
Navigational Journals: Creating Empowered Patients and bridging the knowledge gap:
‘Newly Diagnosed Patients’ do not know what they do not know, yet absolutely must:
The Underutilized Power of Translation: By merging successful patient experience with the rigors of science and medicine, these journals are better positioned to equip and empower patients to more effectively respond and survive a cancer diagnosis – they help patients help themselves.
The Advantages of a Patient-Led Initiative: While science and medicine advance with necessary precision and caution, this very often creates silos of information that inadvertently restrict, slow, or confuse its availability to the patient’s toolkit. Initiatives such as the Patient Navigator Journal Series cut through these confines to provide an unobstructed, comprehensive flow of critical and actionable knowledge.
It’s A Symbiotic Cycle:
Empower the Patient, Increase Survival. The Empowered Patient better utilizes the incumbent medical science and resources, increasing survivorship, driving innovation, and embodying the very essence of medical science.
A Symbiotic Future
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By translating and simplifying complex cancer genomics into tools, we bridge the crucial gap between science, medicine, and patient communities. This equips and empowers a patient’s capacity to respond from the moment of diagnosis, aligning them with their physicians and synchronizing their support networks onto the same page.
A Guiding Thought:
There is nothing in life or science that is not vulnerable to being knocked off its pedestal of certainty – the only certainty is there is no certainty, just possibilities. As such the challenge within the opportunity of life is to look and see the possibilities, then set about transforming them into realities that add value beyond yourself.
AboutMe
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“Hi there, I’m Steve. Navigating through cancer’s labyrinth can be daunting, but it’s my mission to illuminate the path ahead.
Whether you’re a patient, a healthcare provider, or someone touched by a cancer journey, my goal is to simplify the complexity of cancer to reveal tangible hope and strategies within.
I’m here to share insights that I hope will be actionable and empowering for you.”
Thanks,
Steve
Originating from Waikanae Beach in New Zealand, I’ve been calling the Gold Coast home since 2005.
Family:
I share my life with my wife and best friend Claire and our two children, Georgia and Zach.
Cycling:
An avid cyclist, I once had a head-on with a kangaroo on my first ride back after breaking my neck in a Gold Coast Cycling event 10 months prior – yes a true as a roo’s tale Aussie experience!
Cancer:
When Cancer comes to your door it doesn’t knock, it busts straight through intent on destroying everything in its path. To survive such an unwelcome intruder leaves you with a new reality. Cancer never leaves your mind, you see its path and it sees yours, the mission is to forever keep those paths parallel. Click to read my Story and Diagnosis, surgery, and Treatments
Part of the Solution:
Be nimble: Eat light, Move Light, Live Light – Be Open, Be Willing – Be Consistent, and Be Ready.
To be cancerREADY I need to become a part of the solution so I’m committed to better utilizing my experiences and acquired skills with translational cancer and genomic science to provide cutting-edge knowledge tools that directly improve cancer patient survival outcomes.
My 10,000 km for 1,000 cycling challenge initiative is an example – ensuring that all newly diagnosed cancer patients receive a patient navigational journal.
Off the Bike and Cancer
I’m the founder and editor of ‘The Villager’, an edgy and slightly classy villager-styled email magazine cherished by an ever-growing following.
Cycling Shapes My Response
Cycling is probably more than a passion. I ride 50-75 km’s most days and really enjoy a Sunday lunch ride to a Classic Country Pub somewhere on the Goldie.
Why so passionate about cycling? In a nutshell, it shapes my effort, fuels introspective dialogue, offers an outlet for expression, and opens doors to aspirational pathways still untraveled. Through the many challenges of life, I have crafted the following words – Ride Within, Ride With Rhythm, Ride For Tomorrow – They shape my effort both physically and mentally. Lean into life or life will lean back even harder – cycling helps me lean with purpose, it opens me up, it unlocks the willingness and potential within – Thinking is probably my biggest activity, the words and phrases I have shared here have been an important component in rising above significant challenges, especially cancer.
The Obstacle has to be the Opportunity – if you let it
Cancer presents one of life’s most daunting obstacles, yet within it lies opportunity—if we choose to perceive it as such. By separating shadows from facts, we diminish its hold and unveil possibilities once hidden from view.
For me, the real challenge was no longer cancer itself, but rather the quest to make those newfound possibilities my reality.
Navigating through a labyrinth of diverse and contradicting realities—strewn with doubt, resistance, and stirred emotions—demanded a steadfast grip on the possibilities that drove my own reality.
In recognizing that my reality is mine, and theirs is theirs, a crucial distinction emerges, one that is vital for survival. It’s this kind of determination and clarity that carried us to the moon and continues to turn yesterday’s impossibilities into today’s realities.
My driving principle is simple yet profound:
‘Empower the Patient – Increase Survival.’ So following that logic, the more empowered patients the greater the improvement in survival rates.
Through the power of translational cancer and genomic science, I strive to demystify and simplify complex cancer and genomic science into tools that:
- Better equip and empower a patient’s capacity to respond and survive an unexpected cancer event from the moment of diagnosis.
- Connect and synchronize patients, physicians, and their supporters into a unified, informed, and highly focused response.
These tools are more than mere aids; they herald a seismic shift in the way we approach survivorship and innovation in healthcare. This is how we can more effectively help save today’s patient with today’s medical science – a critically important distinction over the race for tomorrow’s cure.
The proof is in the survival rates: Empowered Patients achieve higher survival rates, showcasing the formidable impact of informed knowledge, preemptive detection, and scientific advancements working in concert.
My vision extends to a healthcare system that is fundamentally shaped by its most crucial stakeholder – the patient. Empowered patients are the vanguards, illuminating the pathway to improved health outcomes and invigorating and enhancing the synergy between science and medicine
Overview
About Translational Work:
- Type: For-profit: Develop Tools and Resources through Translational Genomics and Cancer Science
- Primary Problem: Closing the critical knowledge gap between science, healthcare, and patient communities which leaves patients and caregivers overwhelmed, and disempowered.
- Approach: Bridge the knowledge gap using translational genomics and cancer science. Develop easily formatted tools and resources that better equip and empower both patients and clinicians, synchronizing their efforts for effective response and survival.
About CCF Australia:
- Type: Cancer Research and Patient Advocacy Foundation (Charity)
- Primary Problem: Bridging the knowledge gap for newly diagnosed patients. Newly diagnosed Patients do not know what they do not know but absolutely must from the moment of diagnosis; CCF bridges this crucial knowledge gap.
- Approach: Better equip and empower patient’s and caregiver’s response capabilities from the moment of diagnosis to increase survival. More effective and targeted utilization of evidence-based medicine and simplification of complex science.
Current Projects:
The Cancer Toolkit and Patient Journal Series are great examples of being white-labeled for Cholangiocarcinoma. Another project example – the “Remote Second Opinion Project” of matching diagnosis to exact expertise and experience is also in use with the Cholangiocarcinoma Foundation Australia
Translation Unlocks the power of “Understanding” – a big advantage to overcoming cancer.
Today’s Urgency and New Opportunities
Ensuring Science Breakthroughs Reach the Patient Toolkit
Science isn’t taking a break, so neither are we. While research aims for tomorrow’s cures, our immediate focus is on today. We’re boosting survival rates by cutting down avoidable deaths—starting now. We equip and empower patients to respond effectively from the moment of diagnosis. Translational cancer science and genomics is a key to this.
About Commercial Opportunity
It’s not just about better healthcare; it’s about driving systemic change. My approach offers commercial opportunities that span from the grassroots community level to broader workplace environments. Patient empowerment isn’t just a catchphrase; it’s actionable change, and it’s what will redefine healthcare – well-equipped and empowered patients will lead this change. This opens doors for impactful collaborations and partnerships, transforming not just lives but also the healthcare market itself.
RealityCheck
HEALTHY PEOPLE GET CANCER TOO; We are all healthy until we are not.
None of us can predict when we might face a cancer diagnosis. Even healthy individuals, including doctors, nurses, and scientists, are not immune. That’s why being well-equipped with knowledge and resources (The Cancer CPR) becomes a crucial factor and advantage if we are ever unexpectedly diagnosed with a serious cancer.
TheCHALLENGE
It has been a significant challenge to separate out my emotions which have been such an integral part of my battle, from the harsh lessons learned within them. Initially, I tried to separate them so as to provide greater clarity when sharing. However, I came to realise that these emotions were in themselves an incredibly important component that essentially encased and carried the lesson(s).
It is my hope that I can present both in a way that you can take away something that really helps.
Pathway &Navigation
My journey as a patient has been meticulously documented to arm future patients with critical know-how right from their diagnosis. To know what must be known, in the order it must be known—that’s my guiding principle. This has opened up new pathways in patient care that go beyond the doctor’s office.
I found myself right at the forefront of a healthcare revolution—one that’s laser-focused on patient empowerment, cutting-edge research, and fresh funding approaches. We’re not just talking about longer lives; we’re talking about better lives, and I can’t wait to see what’s next.
This new era? It’s fundamentally about empowering patients and reshaping how we tackle cancer an unexpected cancer diagnosis.”
ContactME
For more information on the Cancer Toolkits, Patient Journal Series, and other projects mentioned, please contact me to have a chat and discuss how I may be of help.
Steve
- +61 415 153 522
- steve@steveholmes.net.au