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When I found out my PSA levels were rising, I was so overwhelmed moments leading up to my telehealth session with my urologist.

As a society, we shouldn't accept the "norm" of people younger than 50 receiving diagnoses or dying from cancer.

Good news in the cancer space is great, but we need to share more cancer stories about the good, bad and the ugly

All my life, I've been told that smoking leads to lung cancer. I never smoked, but I still got lung cancer.

Finding out that some family members have the BRCA gene makes me worried for them regarding the prospect of cancer.

As I approach my 10-year cancerversary, I reflect on the worst and best experiences.

After recovering from testicular cancer, I feel as though I've earned a second life where I face my fears head-on.

Through so many cancer scares, I'm trying to live in gratitude that my sister's time is not now.

I need to acknowledge and address the impact stress from multiple myeloma has on my mental and emotional wellbeing.

After nearly 10 years as a breast cancer survivor, I've received so many questions I can't answer about cancer.

Prompted by a celebrity diagnosis of breast cancer, I looked at tools that could help my own kids.

I must admit when people call us cancer survivors "strong," it's a double-edged sword.

After reading a book about how Imbruvica was revolutionized for SLL and CLL, I now have a greater appreciation for the drugs I receive.

The day I found out I had cancer, my wife and I thought I would just be going in for a scan.

At first, I wanted to avoid receiving chemotherapy at all costs, but I realized taking it would be the beginning of staying cancer-free.

While strolling through the woods, my eyes landed on a woodpecker, whose actions sparked a cancer analogy in my mind.

What it’s like having a “second birthday” after receiving a bone marrow transplant for my AML.

My goal is to focus on what I want as a cancer thriver, especially after moving to the other side of the country.

Finding support as a cancer survivor helps me get through the unpredictable twists and turns of cancer.

Walt Disney died of lung cancer, leaving an important lesson to my son.

My metastatic breast cancer has caused metastases to my brain, so it's important I advocate for my brain when symptoms arise.

While I have a good prognosis, I still sometimes find myself in cancer’s quicksand of the past, pulling me out of current moments of joy.

After cancer, I've been learning to maintain a positive attitude regarding my self-image and rehabilitation.

Surviving breast cancer showed me that life is precious, but I also would like to prepare for life's eventualities.

I've found that nutrition and healthy foods play an important role during cancer.

I was surprised that COVID-19 taught me how to cope with the daily annoyances of cancer.

Anxiety over scans makes sense, but isn’t there more anxiety about other cancer tests, too?

It was disconcerting to me when my oncologist was unsure about the treatment he was giving me and knew what the next would be without giving the first a chance.

After five years of being cancer-free, my oncologist said I'm graduated and can live my life freely.

Undergoing cancer treatment is like pulling weeds — we hope we got the last of it and it does not return, but we can never be sure.