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I choose to stay positive and remain strong through my cancer treatment.

My late husband and I spent a week holding hands and talking, but between the darkness and his sleep mask, without eye contact.

After my treatment ended for triple-negative breast cancer, I thought I was done with cancer — and then I was diagnosed with ovarian cancer.

Spending a fourth of my life as a cancer survivor, I’ve learned a few lessons along the way.

I wondered how much I could contribute to cholangiocarcinoma awareness, but determined that if I help just one person, then that's a success.

I was in disbelief when I was diagnosed with cancer, but then I turned my attention to crafting my surviving strategies.

Here is what I would say to King Charles III after his recent cancer diagnosis.

I had a friend who was diagnosed with the same bladder cancer as me, though our experiences were extremely different.

A 45-minute cancer procedure deemed me to be "cancer free," but it did not assuage all my anxieties.

I heard some bad comments and had scary thoughts after being diagnosed with breast cancer, but the good outweighed the bad.

After being diagnosed with stage 3 liposarcoma, my life’s choices came sharply into focus.

Now having conquered three cancers and am fighting metastatic pancreatic cancer, scars from all the surgeries within the last 26 years have shown victories and hope.

There is hope with cancer! Do not let anyone tell you differently — even a physician.

I used my tools as a psychotherapist after being faced with my own cancer diagnosis.

Looking back, here’s what I would tell myself shortly after being diagnosed with cancer.

After being diagnosed with cancer, I decided to turn my “whys” and “what ifs” into education and advocacy work.

Please don’t tell me I have the “good” kind of cancer or comment on how much weight I’ve lost.

While many parts of my cancer experience were extremely difficult, I tried to embrace it — and accept help when needed.

If I could go back and talk to my newly diagnosed self, this is what I would say.

Where I grew up, cancer was not openly discussed.