The Heights

Sixth Staff Member Identified with Brain Tumor at Newton-Wellesley Hospital

Laney McAden • April 11, 2025

Newton-Wellesley Hospital announced Thursday that a sixth staff member had been diagnosed with a benign, non-malignant brain tumor

Mandato Looks Back on Biopsies, Beanies, and Life Changes

Simran Brar • April 30, 2018

Mandato describes the way the disease changed her life, but didn't change her, saying, “What I noticed was that people were really uncomfortable around me because they didn’t necessarily know what to say,” she said. “But I wanted to tell them no one’s changed, like I still like the same jokes, the same things.”

2018 Relay for Life Raises Over $133,000

Anthony Rein • April 22, 2018

“The strength instilled in me as a child came into play and I found the power I never knew existed in me," said Queenie Santos, a breast cancer survivor, to those gathered. "For the first time in my life I couldn't run away from what I was scared of or terrified of. I had to stand up to face it head on, and to fight.”