Voices

It can feel like you're running out of time to get it right, says this patient with metastatic breast cancer.

Once you have experienced cancer, you can take those learnings and help others when trauma hits in their lives.

Planting a tree can be a wonderful and lasting way to honor a survivor or a loved one who has passed.

A male breast cancer survivor reveals some startling statistics.

Cancer survivors worry about recurrence, but seldom think about their risk for new primaries.

I was the only flat-chested model among the group of fellow survivors of all types of cancers, as well as loved ones modeling in tribute to loved ones who succumbed to the disease.

Sometimes the days may be cloudy when we hurt from the chemo and side effects, but there is enough light to keep dancing.

This week, I'm celebrating all the new graduates, including myself.

Even if being asymmetrical or flat is a valid choice for women who have undergone mastectomies, and that is how I usually feel best, there are no rules that say we should not wear a prosthetic bra now and then, or every single day, if it makes us smile or forget for a fleeting second that cancer can be disfiguring. There is no reason to feel self-conscious.

Climbing mountains and facing cancer are similar in ways.