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My smile today is one of compassion. It’s a smile that welcomes the stranger I meet. It radiates joy and presence.

Once the reality set in that my sister was cancer-free and in remission, I realized I was unprepared for what life would look like after cancer.

My experience with small lymphocytic lymphoma for the past 16 years has taught me many lessons.

If a car had a 50% chance of crashing, I would never let my son in it. With a hereditary cancer syndrome, though, there's no safety feature to lessen the odds. The mutation is simply there, or it isn't.

Although I know better, I gardened in a sleeveless shirt and ended up with a poison ivy rash on my lymphedema limb. This time, I was lucky. Hopefully I will follow my own advice and avoid tempting fate next time.

Eleven years with Stage 4 breast cancer, all on the first line of treatment. It isn’t chronic, but what is it?

Dr. Susan MacDonald, a urologist who has been diagnosed with stage 4 breast cancer, launches a new vlog series for CURE, “Demystifying the Darkness.”

I struggle sometimes, wondering, “Why me?” and “Why testicular cancer?” Was God telling me something? Maybe to slow down and let him take control. So, I try my best to let go.

So many friends I have met along the way wanted so badly to live and they weren't able to. They didn't lose and I didn't win. We all walked through something really hard and got different outcomes.

For me, Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month is about my brother, Jimmy, who died from colorectal cancer at the age of 36.

Though I don’t understand why I’m suffering, I try to hold onto my faith and believe that God is somehow still working in me.

A daughter’s cancer journey shows that survivorship is filled with constant waiting—from tests and treatment to life milestones — where each result can bring relief or fear.

No matter how hard this is, I still recommend clinical trials. Not as a last resort, but as an important option when weighing treatment choices. I don’t know what choice I’ll make, but I’m thankful I’m still here to have that choice.

A personal look at choosing to be a caregiver, the challenges faced, and the lessons learned while supporting a sister through years with cancer.

Transitioning into survivorship and relocating to a new city prompts reflection on identity, fear and freedom, showing survivorship as choosing to live forward.

March weather becomes a metaphor for survivorship as a mother describes anxiety, relief and uncertainty patients with cancer feel between scans.

Living long-term with cancer means learning to live in chapters. There are calm chapters and uncertain ones. Seasons of stability and seasons of intervention.

Six years after a colon cancer diagnosis, Carla Deschamps reflects on growth, independence and optimism shaped by survivorship.

Daily practices help one writer find calm and stability while living with multiple myeloma.

Olympians’ resilience and joy offer lessons in strength and support for patients with cancer.

My daughter is happy to tell her story so that others can learn that there is hope in the face of despair.

Gratitude didn’t erase my fear, but it gave me something solid to stand on. It became the coping strategy I needed.

After cancer, I learned how to weigh environmental risks and make informed decisions for long-term survivorship and peace of mind.

A patient with cancer reflects on participating in a clinical study and how community and creativity helped ease chemo brain symptoms.

Five years ago, I finished treatment and was determined to be no evidence of disease. Until my most recent CT scan, there’s been no sign of recurrence.

My intent in writing this blog is to make sure that other people whose loved ones have cancer understand just how amazing it is to be given short respites from being a patient.

Laura Yeager reflects on losses from theft and cancer, showing how resilience grows and gratitude emerges even after life's hardest setbacks.