Martha Carlson

Why it matters when hope isn't really hope at all (and tips on reading articles about cancer research).

Meeting others, learning tips, hearing from docs: breast cancer patients have it all when they get together.

Winter can aggravate this chemotherapy side effect that causes hands and feet to feel numb, tingly and painful.

Three ways this metastatic breast cancer patient has made research participation a part of her life.

Real resolutions to make 2019 feel like a year of finally putting away unachievable goals from the past.

Cancer has led me to men and women who grabbed onto life but died anyway.

Four years' worth of high-stakes scans have made me an expert in four excellent ways to ease intense anxiety.

Emotions are not an either/or proposition when it comes to metastatic cancer.

A psychiatrist mom with metastatic breast cancer shares her thoughts about cancer and life in a lovely new book

Metastatic breast cancer advocate goes to Washington DC to tell her own story and push for more research to be directed toward metastatic disease

Sometimes that product or campaign does good, but sometimes it doesn't. Here's how to sort through the pink marketing

A breast cancer patient's go-to resources for starting and continuing the cancer talk with your kids

The words celebrities use carry an enormous amount of weight.

A few thoughts and simple methods for finding a way to get back to the center of a life that includes all the emotions

Positive results, clinical utility, curtailed curiosity – has the desire for good news slowed the path to a cure?

As a person with metastatic cancer, I've surrendered a lot of my autonomy. Pay attention when I say I don't need your help.

Lost homes, delayed treatments, death. Metastatic breast cancer patients have a shot at changing the access paradigm.

Words matter when you talk about cancer.

Five techniques to help you when "wait and see" is the only option

Palliative care doesn't mean giving up treatment, it means getting the support you need as a patient with metastatic cancer.

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

For more than three years, oncology nurses have poked, prodded and put a smile on this patient's face.

If you've ever thought about clinical trials for your care, different resources may make that decision easier.

Don't be scared to write "legacy letters." Here's advice on getting started and why it matters from a woman with metastatic breast cancer

How I learned I was "no evidence of active disease," was reminded of an important appointment and the other benefits that the OpenNotes movement wants to make available to all patients

What it's like to live in a world that includes me, yet somehow keeps me out.

There are ways to bring a sense of belonging back to your world.

This cancer patient undertook a brain training regimen to knock out chemobrain.

How we think about things can have a powerful impact on our experiences. Here's why that matters for people with cancer.

Using some simple reminders that life is still happening can help put cancer anxiety and fear back where they belong.