Dallas man takes fight against cancer to the North Pole

"As soon as we're able to get people the treatment that are diagnosed the more likely they'll survive the disease."

For most of Wayne Maynard’s life, cancer was a foreign language.

But when his brother-in-law was diagnosed and eventually succumbed to the disease eight years ago, everything changed.

Soon after, one of Wayne’s closest friends lost his battle, too.

“For so long I didn’t know anything about it and now it seems like it’s been around me time after time after time,” Maynard said.

Lauren Smith