Survivorship

We arrived in a remote region of Long Island just in time to sit back on the deck overlooking the bay and catch a magical, breathtaking sunset. Five years of struggling through cancer, we’d damn well earned this moment.

Cancer survivors sometimes wonder about their purpose on earth as time passes and so many others pass away before us with cancer. We need to be gentle with ourselves and not stress to much.

An author and two-time cancer survivor offers fellow writers some advice on what they’ll need to know if they’re considering writing a book about surviving cancer.

On social media, CURE® recently asked its readers to share the most surprising thing that’s changed in their life since receiving a cancer diagnosis. Here, we share some of their responses.

The relationship that develops between a cancer patient and their oncology team is a most intimate thing.

Like the novel coronavirus, cancer is invisible, unrelenting, and always surrounding us.

Patients with cancer have a right to choose not to treat their illness, even if it’s not a popular decision.

A two-time cancer survivor discusses how survivors sometimes get assigned an unwilling task of being a cancer educator or ambassador to friends and family.

A former clinical trial designer at the National Cancer Institute offers patients with cancer advice on why they should consider joining clinical trials and provides insight into two common misconceptions about trials.

Be well and use good judgment at this time to manage your medical care, but don't be afraid to ask and inquire about accommodations that can be made to support your overall well-being.

Having lived with the possibility of early death as a two-time cancer patient, I’m used to the coronavirus threat and all that it entails.

Cancer therapies can take a toll on the skeleton, but the right moves can minimize the loss.

The LGBT community is faced with a disproportionate cancer burden that needs to be addressed.

A cancer survivor laments not getting more done until she realizes she just moves slower, and that's ok. As long as you don't stop.

Older survivors face increased symptom burden, which in turn affects their well-being, highlighting the need for cancer-related symptom surveillance and intervention.

One cancer survivor looks back on how a breast cancer diagnosis divided her life into a before and after, and looks ahead to what comes next.

To combat the stigma around mental health care for patients with lung cancer, survivor Nancy Cohen shares her own treatment story and why she feels it's important to include mental health care during cancer treatment.

We asked our readers, what is the most important lesson cancer has taught you?

The darkness of survivor’s guilt can arise at any point, but there are ways to lighten the load.

Patients with cancer who identify as lesbian, gay or bisexual face disparities in the care that they receive, according to study findings.

Three experts discuss the needs of cancer and bone marrow transplant survivors by offering medical and personal advice.

How do we describe the type of fatigue cancer survivors feel? Here is one explanation.

When cancer centers emphasize supportive care, patients, survivors and their families benefit and health outcomes can even improve. In this issue of CURE®, we take you inside a facility dedicated to this kind of care — The Supportive Care Center at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston.

This one-stop shop offers patients pain-management strategies, emotional support, nutritional guidance and more.

Katie Couric reflects on life and lessons learned after losing her husband to cancer.

A survivor discusses the decision to either accept each stage of the cancer journey or fight it with gusto.