CHAMPAIGN-URBANA, Ill. (WCIA) -- Everyone impacted by cancer has a story to tell. Now, a team of researchers at the University of Illinois is trying to bring those stories together into a project called "Cancer Voices" – and they're looking to the community for help.

Craig Richard, a postdoctoral researcher, and Azlan Guttenberg Smith, a PhD candidate, joined WCIA 3's Kelly Finley in the studio to talk about their project.

The "Cancer Voices" project team is working to interview cancer survivors, family members, doctors, administrators and other medical professionals about their story. Then, the team will weave the stories together into a video clip. Latter, it will be turned into a live performance which will be performed in Central Illinois.

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