Cancer survivors, supporters embark on 10-day cycle around Taiwan
Cancer survivors, supporters embark on 10-day cycle around Taiwan
2025-11-05
It’s not unusual to see people biking around Taiwan, but this group of cyclists are far from ordinary. A group of over 50 cancer survivors and their families from across the country embarked recently from Mackay Memorial Hospital in Taipei for a ride around the island, covering 1,100km in 10 days. They hope to prove through their fitness that cancer cannot cow them. If you face challenges with courage, you can still ride toward a bright future.
Cancer survivors from across Taiwan converge on Mackay Memorial Hospital in Taipei. They set out to much fanfare, relying on their own strength to bike around the island.
Alice
Cancer survivor
I was diagnosed in 2014. I figured after eight years, I must be fully recovered. I want to challenge myself. It’s one way to prove that I’ve regained control over my health.
70-year-old Wu Hsing-chuan similarly did not bow to cancer. In 2009, he was diagnosed with third-stage colorectal cancer. After enduring surgery and 12 rounds of chemotherapy, as well as the devastating loss of his wife to the disease, he chose to face it all with determination.
Wu Hsing-chuan
Cancer cycling event founder
Using our lives to influence life—that’s what best describes our group. In the hospital, we rely on doctors. After getting out, we depend on exercise to boost our immunity. That’s how I’ve lived on happily for 16 years.
Hsu Hsi-hsien
Macay Memorial Hospital vice superintendent
Even now, when my patient is undergoing chemotherapy, I always encourage them to engage in appropriate exercise.
This year’s bike tour brought together participants from 40 to 84 years old. They set off from Taipei for a 10-day trip around the island—1,100km in total.
Huang Wen-chieh
Taiwanese Anti-Cancer Association chair
Today we’re sending these survivors off on a trip around the island. At each health department we pass through, we’ll share our experiences fighting cancer. The first ride only had 13 participants. But last year and this year, we’re up to 60 or 70 survivors and volunteers.
The annual ride gets bigger every time, this year welcoming 50 survivors as they bravely face hardship together.
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不懼病魔! 癌友組成"不倒騎士團" 挑戰10天單車環島
2025-11-05
騎單車環島不稀奇，但這回挑戰的人，是一群罹癌病友，來自全台各地，超過50位癌友以及親屬，組成不倒騎士團，從台北馬偕醫院出發，展開騎單車環台10天，全程1100公里，用身體證明，癌症並不可怕，勇敢面對挑戰，也可以騎出精采人生。
來自全台各地的癌友，組成不倒騎士團，從台北馬偕醫院，浩浩蕩蕩出發，要靠自己的力量，完成環島旅行。
[[癌友 Alice]]
“我本身是在2014年的時候生病，我覺得八年了，我應該復原了，我也想挑戰自己一下，證明自己已經重新再掌握，自己的健康的主導權的一個方式”
同樣不向癌症低頭的還有他，今年70歲的吳興傳，2009年診斷出大腸癌第三期，挺過開刀及12次化療，還有妻子癌逝的打擊，選擇堅強面對。
[[不倒騎士發起人 吳興傳]]
“用生命影響生命，這是在我們團隊裡面最貼切的，在醫院要麻煩醫生，出來以後要靠運動，來增加自己的免疫力，我就是這樣子，快快樂樂活了16年”
[[馬偕紀念醫院副院長 許希賢]]
“像我現在，我的病人在做化學治療時，我也是都鼓勵他，要一些適當運動”
今年的不倒騎士團，年齡從40歲到84歲，從台北出發，展開10天環台旅程，要完成1100公里。
[[台灣抗癌協會理事長 黃文傑]]
“我們今天要帶著，我們所有的癌友，一起去環島，在各個城市各個衛生局，來分享他們的抗癌經驗，第一屆只有13人，到了去年到今年，(癌友及志工)都已經增加到60、70人了”
不倒騎士陣容越來越龐大，50位癌友一同勇敢面對癌症，騎出精彩人生。
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