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A woman describes the day she was diagnosed with breast cancer, which flipped her life upside down.

“The Next Food Network Star” runner-up shares his struggles with nutrition after a stomach cancer diagnosis and gastrectomy.

A stage 4 metastatic breast cancer survivor describes her experience with a clinical trials and how they changed the trajectory of her life.

A retired registered nurse with tremendous compassion for patients writes a poem about how keeping hope alive throughout cancer treatment can help people recover.

“Spending over a third of my life as a cancer survivor, I’ve learned a few lessons along the way,” said Lacey, who was diagnosed with chronic lymphocytic leukemia 13 years ago.

A breast cancer survivor explains that many people deal with long-term emotional trauma as a result of their cancer experience and argues that more should be done to address it.

A bladder cancer survivor discusses the importance of World Ostomy Day and shares her own ostomy story.

A retired oncology social worker shares some helpful tips for being a supportive caregiver while also maintaining your own well-being. “Caregiving is compassion in action,” he writes.

A woman describes how caring for her mother, who has stage 4 metastatic breast cancer, drastically changed her life and her priorities.

Through the emotions and anxiety of cancer, she realized she was not living her life to the fullest, and that it isn't over yet.

How do you move on with life after cancer? A two-time breast cancer survivor expresses her hopes and fears in the form of a poem.

A woman with breast cancer describes her cancer journey as an unconventional fairy tale, with hope scattered within the darkness.

A woman who was diagnosed with multiple myeloma in 2012 explains how she prevents cancer from taking over her life in her poem, 'Carpe Diem.'

A poem about cancer written by a man who subsequently died of the disease explores the idea of finding the small joys in life despite the pain of cancer and treatment.

Remembering the simple joys of living and transporting yourself beyond immediate concerns can be helpful for patients with cancer, one woman explains in a poem.

A psychotherapist who underwent a bilateral mastectomy writes a haiku about finding acceptance of cancer.

A woman describes how cancer changed her life for the better in her poem, 'Gift.'

A woman uses a poem to explain how seeing a double rainbow before and during her cancer journey gave her hope.

A man writes a poem about an ex-girlfriend who discovered she had cancer.

A woman writes about the PTSD she suffered as a result of her breast cancer experience, and how cancer finds its way into her therapy sessions.

A lymphoma survivor writes a poem about her sources of resiliency when dealing with cancer treatments.

A woman writes a poem about how she leaned on family, faith and friends when a suspicious spot was discovered during her annual mammogram appointment.

A cancer survivor whose mother died from the same disease writes a poem about the emotions she has related to being a 15-year survivor.

A cancer survivor who is now in remission writes a poem dedicated to the oncologist who helped save his life but later died from brain cancer.

In a special poem dedicated to his aunt who died from breast cancer, Javishkar Reddy writes about their connection and the emotions he felt after losing her.

A survivor of myxofibrosarcoma expresses his thoughts about cancer recurrence and treatment options in a poem.

A retired oncology social worker offers several tips on supporting a friend who has cancer, as well as ways to ask for support as a patient with cancer.

A woman with triple positive breast cancer shares an ode to her scars in hopes that other cancer survivors will find solace and connection in her words.