About the Founder and Editor

Matthew J. Terry is a Hodgkin's disease survivor and Founder of CureHodgkins.com, an online news magazine for patients and their families. Matt established CureHodgkins.com to provide an internet alternative to scientific clinical sites that ignore the human side of cancer. Stories and columns by survivors hope to spread a message of survivorship, empowering patients to take a positive approach to treatment and living with lymphoma.

It was Terry's vision that led to the creation of the Violet Ribbon Campaign, California Non-Profit Corporation dedicated to increasing public awareness and community education for Hodgkin’s disease. 

Matt is a double Bone Marrow Transplant Hodgkin's Lymphoma Survivor. For close to three years, Matt has been receiving treatment. Most recently, he underwent a Non-Myeloablative Allogeneic Transplant at City of Hope National Medical Center in Duarte, California. Matt's treatment diary, "Lymphoma... and then on with life.," is available on this site.

Other Works By Matt Terry

"Lymphoma... and then on with life." (March 1999-present)
A diary of Matt's treatment for Hodgkin's Lymphoma.

"Me and Maggie" (September 2000)
The 2000 Andre Sobel Award winning essay about cancer and tolerance for young people.

2001 Fullerton Union High School Commencement Address (June 14, 2001)
Matt's speech to his classmates urging them not to take the life they have been provided for granted, and make the most of their days.  

College Application Essay (November 2000)

"Beyond The First Five Minutes" (June 2001)
A talk Matt gave before the start of the 2001 Inland Valley ACS Relay for Life.