Khevin Barnes

Khevin Barnes

Khevin Barnes is a writer and breast cancer advocate living in Vail, Arizona with his wife, two cats and a desert tortoise. He is a retired stage magician and now, a hopelessly obsessive five-string banjo player. He was diagnosed with male breast cancer in 2014.

Articles by Khevin Barnes

The holidays are different this year for everyone, but for patients with cancer and cancer survivors, the holidays in 2020 are a unique challenge that presents difficult thoughts to contemplate.

“Laughter is the best medicine” is a principle that CURE Voices contributor Khevin Barnes takes, well, seriously. In this edition of CURE Community Vlogs, Khevin takes a minute to discuss how laughter can help men with breast cancer find a new outlook on their diagnosis.

When a cancer diagnosis is handed down a new commitment to the cancer journey is made, but for every patient, it's a different commitment with its own sacrifices, challenges and perspective.

"Organ Recitals"

When senior citizens gather to discuss our latest medical interventions, procedures and replacement parts - there's just one way to describe it.

The Numb Zone

Facing those drawn-out days between a breast cancer diagnosis and mastectomy surgery.