PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — The battle towards most cancers takes heart stage this weekend with the Abramson Cancer Center’s Philly Fights Cancer occasion.

“I’m so excited. I support them so much,” mentioned Jessy Kyle, who’s on the brink of sing for Philly Fights Cancer.

For her, it is private. Penn is the place that saved her life.

“I’m a three-time survivor of Hodgkin’s lymphoma,” Kyle mentioned.

Her most cancers ordeal began at age 16 and included rounds of surgical procedure, chemo and radiation. But the life-saving therapies induced problems.

“I had radiation treatment in high school and, unfortunately, it damaged my heart,” Kyle mentioned. “I had a heart attack. I’m on dialysis [and] I need a kidney transplant.”

However, the 50-year-old singer is fast to supply vital context.

“For anyone recently diagnosed, please get the treatment,” she mentioned. “The problems I’m having now stem from treatment I had in 1989 — things they don’t do today.”

New and higher most cancers therapies are the main focus of the Philly Fights Cancer occasion. The annual occasion has helped fund analysis that has led to 12 FDA approvals, altering the face of most cancers remedy. 

“Abramson Cancer Center is on the forefront of clinical research and funding,” Kyle mentioned. “We are just leading the nation and it’s so exciting to be a part of it.”

Kyle mentioned she feels fortunate to have the ability to give again together with her voice.

“Singing. It’s a joy, it’s my first love. I started singing as a kid and it’s been a blessing,” Kyle mentioned.

It’s a efficiency with a goal to assist combat most cancers, with a giant dose of leisure.

“I practice in the shower ’cause it is true, you do sound better in the shower,” Kyle mentioned.

Her soulful music resonates by way of three many years of medical problems, together with a giant dose of positivity.

“I’m not rich or famous but I’m happy,” she mentioned.

CBS News Philadelphia has discovered a kidney donor has been recognized for Kyle.