STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Marie Beyers was just 34 when she heard the words that would change everything: Stage 4 breast cancer. Years later, standing before a room filled with fellow survivors on Staten Island, she spoke not about fear — but about resilience.
“I get up every day and keep fighting,” Beyers told the crowd, her voice steady with determination.
Her story set the tone Friday, June 6, at the Hilton Garden Inn in Bloomfield, where cancer survivors, caregivers and medical professionals gathered for a National Cancer Survivors Day event hosted by Northwell Staten Island University Hospital’s Florina Cancer Center — a day marked by powerful testimony, shared strength and unwavering hope…