Authors
Ronny Allan is an award-winning international patient advocate for those with neuroendocrine cancer and he is a long-term survivor of the disease. He frequently writes about the many aspects of living with a long-term and incurable cancer including diagnostics, treatment, education, support and campaigning for more attention for unmet patient needs. He runs various social media outlets including a blog at https://ronnyallan.com/ and an award-winning community site at https://www.facebook.com/NETCancerBlog/ - both generating awareness amongst the global medical community about this less common cancer. He is passionate about moving his condition into mainstream health areas.
Rick Boulay, M.D., is a board-certified gynecologic oncologist. When cancer faced his family and his medical training left him ill-prepared to manage the day-to-day needs of cancer treatment and survivorship, he found wisdom, support and love in the patients he treated. As a result, Dr. Boulay, who is also a singer, now writes and performs on topics at the intersection of cancer and society.
Trisha Ready is a writer, psychologist, musician and author. She wrote for Seattle’s "The Stranger" from 1997-2017. Her essay, "How Listening To Music and Fighting with Susan Sontag Helped Me Cope with Chemo" was selected as one of Longreads’ essays of the year in 2015.
