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Getting Some Sleep: New Strategies for Survivors

September 1st 2015

By Kathy LaTour

Sleep disorders are finally getting the attention they deserve.

Bookshelf: Surviving Cancer: Our Voices & Choices

August 27th 2015

By Marion Behr

A lifelong artist, Marion Behr didn't lose that sensibility when she was diagnosed with breast cancer.

Healing in the Key of C: Joy in Music for Cancer Survivors

August 27th 2015

By Khevin Barnes

The discord of our cancer is only a wrong note in our expression of the score of life. And I believe that, with due diligence and conscious camaraderie with our own bodies, we can live in harmony once more.

20 Inspirational Quotes for Cancer Survivors, Fighters and Caregivers

August 26th 2015

Keeping a positive outlook is proven to help with stress management, but when someone says to "think positive" or "be optimistic" during a time such as cancer, it can be much easier said than done.

Frederic C. Kass on Dealing With Fear Associated With a Cancer Diagnosis

August 11th 2015

By Frederic C. Kass

Frederic C. Kass, from the Cancer Center of Santa Barbara, discusses the importance of a multidisciplinary team in dealing with a patient's fear.

Frederic C. Kass on the Importance of Genetic Counseling

August 10th 2015

By Frederic C. Kass

Frederic C. Kass, from the Cancer Center of Santa Barbara, provides an overview of the importance of genetic counseling.

Adele Croteau Discusses the Impact of Her Mother's Cancer

July 21st 2015

By Adele Croteau

We sat down with Adele Croteau, a survivor of cervical cancer from Ottawa, Canada, at I Had Cancer's "A Celebration of Shared Experiences Honoring You."

Havoc

July 14th 2015

Today, regardless of diagnosis, you are a survivor.

Survivor Spotlight: Nancy Carpenter

July 9th 2015

By Free To Breathe

Nancy Carpenter was FreeToBreathe's featured survivor of the month for April.

The "Breadth" of Breast Cancer

June 23rd 2015

A wide-angle view of life with cancer.

A Singular Sensation

June 20th 2015

By Lesli Moore Dahlke

Cancer is a solitary event, and in that isolation lies empowerment, one survivor has found.

Focus on Yoga: Yoga and Cancer

June 18th 2015

While the medical community delves into the mysteries of cancer and its undoing, we cancer survivors need immediate and long-term health practices that might tip the scale in our favor of survival.

Cancer Survivorship: A New Way of Living

June 15th 2015

By Kathy LaTour

Being diagnosed with cancer changes everything about your life. Yes, there are those few who have a simple diagnosis, breeze through treatment and then actually get back to some form of "normal" — the life they lived before they heard the words, It's cancer.

Weight Training Helps Stave Off Physical Decline Among Breast Cancer Survivors

May 29th 2015

By Lauren M. Green

In a new study, weight training was shown to help stave off deterioration of physical function in breast cancer survivors, conferring a benefit twice that of women in a control group.

Sleep: An Unmet Need in Patients, Survivors, and Caregivers

May 5th 2015

By Elizabeth Whittington

Insomnia, restless leg syndrome, sleep apnea, and other sleep issues often affect quality of life in cancer patients, their caregivers, and survivors. Unfortunately, sleep complaints can often be overlooked by the medical staff or not mentioned by the patient.

Meeting the Needs of Survivors

May 4th 2015

By Gina Columbus

When former president Richard Nixon signed the National Cancer Act in 1971, survivorship care was not even a topic of discussion due to extensive inpatient care and high mortality rates from the disease.

Pampering the Nation's Cancer Patients and Survivors

April 16th 2015

By Gina Columbus

Cancer Survivors Beauty and Support Day is an annual event on the first Tuesday in June where those in the beauty industry volunteer services to cancer patients and survivors.

A Healthy Change

April 8th 2015

By Lauren M. Green

For survivors of colorectal cancer, struggles can include negative body image, persistent gastrointestinal problems and sexual dysfunction—issues that can diminish quality of life and jeopardize relationships.

From a Cough to Metastatic Lung Cancer

November 17th 2014

By Janet Freeman-Daily

As a nonsmoker, lung cancer was never on my radar, especially not metastatic lung cancer.