Despite encountering more than her share of health challenges, 92-year-old Delva Walker has the most positive outlook you are ever likely to encounter. A survivor of both stomach cancer (13 years ago) and breast cancer, Delva visited Hudson Institute armed with plenty of questions for Professor Richard Ferrero and Dr Caroline Skene.
A passionate advocate for medical research, Delva can often be heard asking, “Why isn’t there more funding for stomach cancer research?”
“In 2010, I had a radical gastrectomy for stomach cancer,” she said. “It was successful surgery, and I didn’t have to have chemo or radiation.”
“In Hudson Institute’s newsletter I saw that Professor Richard Ferrero was researching gastric cancer, so I wrote to him and he replied.”
Contacting Prof Ferrero was the start of a mutually beneficial relationship that gave Delva the chance to contribute to his vital research and helped Hudson Institute scientists further their work.
