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A woman shares her thoughts on the number of oral medications she's taken to treat her metastatic breast cancer.

A woman living with Lynch syndrome discusses the importance of preventive strategies.

A woman writes about how being labeled a ‘cancer patient’ gives her a feeling of lost identity.

A breast cancer survivor lists 5 steps that she will take to get her health back on track.

A caregiver writes about her daughter’s breast cancer odds. “One of the most difficult things I deal with on a daily basis is realizing that I didn’t have to say goodbye to my child because of luck,” she writes.

A survivor makes a comparison between cancer and a game. "Our bodies are the box the game comes in. How we deal with our cancer is the game we play," she writes.

A woman living with metastatic breast cancer writes a poem about her reality.

Our first imperative as cancer survivors is to travel on a journey of wellness and peace of mind, not fear and stress.

A survivor writes about the experience of being diagnosed with cancer and understanding his odds of survival.

“There is every reason sunscreen can be promoted on what it does in its ability to reduce your risk of skin cancers over its cosmetic application to prevent the signs of aging,” writes a melanoma survivor.

An ovarian cancer survivor shares her experience receiving a radiation treatment on her lymph nodes.

“Each of us has our own way of marking what cancer brings to our lives, sometimes in a simple three-letter word,” writes a woman with breast cancer.

A survivor of prostate cancer celebrates the news that his cancer has not spread and describes how remission has made him feel.

“My stories are my trail of crumbs leading back to my heart and my innermost thoughts,” writes a woman living with metastatic breast cancer.

A cancer survivor shares the valuable lessons she learned from the COVID-19 pandemic, almost six months after receiving her vaccination.

Where should you turn after receiving a cancer diagnosis? A cancer survivor offers advice on handling the difficulties of treatment.

“I could’ve implemented my bucket list, backed away from writing contracts, outlined my end-of-life wishes and prepared my children for my possible, impending demise,” writes a woman with ovarian cancer. “Instead, I signed a four-book publishing contract and started a full-time career as a fiction writer.”

A patient reflects on the comfort and grief within the world of metastatic breast cancer.

A cancer survivor describes how happy she was to return to the public swimming pool after getting her COVID-19 vaccine.

A woman in remission from her cancer ponders why the disease seemingly chooses to steal certain lives and spare others.

A woman with metastatic cancer explains how she found a copay assistance program and specialty pharmacy to help manage the cost of pricey medications, though not without a few bumps in the road.

A survivor of pancreatic cancer looks back on the day he received his diagnosis, and shares advice for others in the same shoes.

Dealing with cancer at a young age can cause regular milestones to feel rushed or misplaced.

Celebrating “cancerversaries” is important to cancer survivors, but what happens when years pass, and the celebrations feel too good to be true? One survivor shares her story.

A cancer survivor confesses that he feels mislabeled by the words “fighter” and “warrior” when used in reference to his journey.

A cancer survivor describes how frustrating it can be to experience toxic positivity.

A caregiver explains how she and her daughter soaked up as much joy as possible during the few hours her daughter felt close to normal after breast cancer treatment.

A woman who underwent surgery for breast cancer shares a transformative experience in which she posed for a photographer who documented her mastectomy scars.