It’s amazing the cancer resources and community we have now — something my mom didn’t have.
I 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.
When I met my myeloma care team, something just clicked, and I knew I was in good hands.
After being diagnosed with breast cancer, I learned more about the disparities that Black women with the disease face.
An expert discusses the impact on patients and families lacking equal access to counseling and testing.
A woman describes how cancer changed her life for the better in her poem, 'Gift.'
Dr. Nancy U. Lin dedicated her life to improving outcomes for patients with metastatic breast cancer. In this essay, a colleague honors her hard work.
A doctor describes a nurse that he recruited for his own practice while she was receiving treatment for breast cancer.
A fellow nurse describes how her colleague is a healing presence to not only her patients but also the clinical team.
A 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.
How 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.
I’m looking back and sharing the lessons learned from 10 years of cancer survivorship.
Three different people describe similar experiences with someone who stands alongside them during their journeys.
A 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.
Brian 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.
After 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.
None 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.
There 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.
Since your diagnosis and treatments, how many life direction changes have you made?
Writing about my breast cancer experience became cathartic to me, and eventually my journal entries were compiled into a book, “Feisty Righty.”
For 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.
A 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.
A patient details the peace he felt in the presence of his oncology nurse while receiving treatment for bladder cancer.
A patient notes how her advanced practice provider made such an impression on her that she even switched offices to continue their experience.
Two decades ago, I received a stage 4 lymphoma diagnosis, and since then, I’ve learned that life goes on — even with cancer.
After being diagnosed with stage 4 colorectal cancer, I made it a mission to share my story and help others.
A 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.
A 13-time cancer survivor shares his complex, long and frustrating cancer journey, and explains how he is able to keep hope alive.