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A Journey to Mastectomy: Here’s What I LearnedIt’s amazing the cancer resources and community we have now — something my mom didn’t have.
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How Superwoman Battled Stomach Cancer at Age 78I am a nurse practitioner and a professor. But my best job was being a daughter and caregiver to the most wonderful mother anyone could ever have.
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Caring Cancer Clinicians Make All the DifferenceWhen I met my myeloma care team, something just clicked, and I knew I was in good hands.
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My Cancer Diagnosis Connected Me With My CultureAfter being diagnosed with breast cancer, I learned more about the disparities that Black women with the disease face.
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Making Strides and Breaking Barriers in Breast CancerAn expert discusses the impact on patients and families lacking equal access to counseling and testing.
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The 'Gift' of CancerA woman describes how cancer changed her life for the better in her poem, 'Gift.'
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Advancing Outcomes and Quality of Life for Patients With Metastatic CancerDr. Nancy U. Lin dedicated her life to improving outcomes for patients with metastatic breast cancer. In this essay, a colleague honors her hard work.
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Impacting Communities Around Her as a Patient and NurseA doctor describes a nurse that he recruited for his own practice while she was receiving treatment for breast cancer.
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Kindness and Healing Play a Strong Role to Patients and Their Care TeamA fellow nurse describes how her colleague is a healing presence to not only her patients but also the clinical team.
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Our Extraordinary Angel During the COVID-19 PandemicA wife and caregiver describes the oncology nurse who helped her husband until he died from cancer and made an impact on his whole support system.
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Moving Forward With Life As a Two-Time Cancer SurvivorHow do you move on with life after cancer? A two-time breast cancer survivor expresses her hopes and fears in the form of a poem.
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Cancer Overwhelmed Me, But It Didn’t Overtake MeI’m looking back and sharing the lessons learned from 10 years of cancer survivorship.
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Lifting Weight Off of Patients’ ShouldersThree different people describe similar experiences with someone who stands alongside them during their journeys.
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The Nurse Who Puts Life on Hold to Connect With Patients With CancerA colleague nominates her fellow oncology nurse who welcomes everyone who walks through their doors and makes every effort to make patients feel as comfortable as possible.
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CRC POP: Arming Newly Diagnosed CRC Patients With Useful ResourcesBrian Dooreck, MD, of the Gastrointestinal Diagnostic Centers, Pembroke Pines, Florida, spoke with the Colon Cancer Foundation about their newly launched Colorectal Cancer Provider Outreach Program (CRC POP)—it’s evolution and mission.
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What I’ve Learned About Having CancerAfter reflecting on my own experience and speaking to others who also had cancer, here are 12 things I’ve learned about dealing with the disease.
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Presurgical Opdivo-Yervoy Combo Has ‘Very Strong Potential’ to Be Standard of Care for Subgroup of Patients With Colon CancerNone of the more than 100 evaluable patients with mismatch repair deficient colon cancer have experienced disease recurrence after treatment with presurgical Opdivo plus Yervoy, according to study results.
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Acceptance and Adaptation Are Essential During CancerThere are limits and adaptations that are needed during childhood, adulthood and retirement, and I can say the same for every step of my cancer experience.
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Cancer: The Ultimate Detour in LifeSince your diagnosis and treatments, how many life direction changes have you made?
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Writing ‘Taught Me to Become’ After CancerWriting about my breast cancer experience became cathartic to me, and eventually my journal entries were compiled into a book, “Feisty Righty.”
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When Surviving Cancer is only the BeginningFor head and neck cancer survivor Jason Mendelsohn surviving cancer was only the beginning of his journey as handling severe side effects from treatment altered his day-to-day life.
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A Physician-Scientist With a Huge Heart for Patients With Lung CancerA colleague describes Dr. Nagla Abdel Karim’s exemplary compassion for patients with lung cancer and how she works hard to increase representation in cancer clinical trials.
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An Angel of Healing During Cancer TreatmentA patient details the peace he felt in the presence of his oncology nurse while receiving treatment for bladder cancer.
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An Oncology Nurse’s Great Attitude Can Leave a Lasting Impact on PatientsA patient notes how her advanced practice provider made such an impression on her that she even switched offices to continue their experience.
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I Survived and Thrived With Stage 4 CancerTwo decades ago, I received a stage 4 lymphoma diagnosis, and since then, I’ve learned that life goes on — even with cancer.
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If I Can Save One Life By Telling My Cancer Story, It Was All Worth ItAfter being diagnosed with stage 4 colorectal cancer, I made it a mission to share my story and help others.
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A Tireless Champion for Change in the Metastatic Breast Cancer FieldA colleague describes how a woman who was diagnosed with breast cancer that later metastasized felt a lack of support and research, leading her to launch support programs for other patients and step into the advocacy field.
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As a 13-Time Cancer Survivor, I’m Not Doing Too BadlyA 13-time cancer survivor shares his complex, long and frustrating cancer journey, and explains how he is able to keep hope alive.
