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.
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."
July 14th 2015
Today, regardless of diagnosis, you are a survivor.
July 9th 2015
By Free To Breathe
Nancy Carpenter was FreeToBreathe's featured survivor of the month for April.
June 23rd 2015
A wide-angle view of life with cancer.
June 20th 2015
By Lesli Moore Dahlke
Cancer is a solitary event, and in that isolation lies empowerment, one survivor has found.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
April 16th 2015
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.
April 8th 2015
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.
November 17th 2014
By Janet Freeman-Daily
As a nonsmoker, lung cancer was never on my radar, especially not metastatic lung cancer.
Cancer Causes Me to Live Life With Uncertainty
A Ray of Sunshine on the Oncology Ward
During Cancer, I Find My Inner Goddess With Dinosaurs and Old Movies
Mike Peters of The Alarm Faces Cancer With Rock Optimism on New Album