Breast Cancer

Kara Maxwell, instructor, medical oncologist, Basser Research Center for BRCA, University of Pennsylvania, explains how a breast cancer clinical trial works.

Even my own family doesn't get it, and I'm glad. Two-time cancer survivor describes an isolating, fear-of-recurrence moment.

Kara Maxwell, instructor, medical oncologist, Basser Research Center for BRCA, University of Pennsylvania, provides advice for a patient with early stage breast cancer.

The ability to choose a compassionate death helps me to live in the moment I have now.

Kenneth Freundlich, neuropsychologist, Morris Psychological Group, Parsippany, NJ, and FORCE volunteer, discusses the importance of advocacy for patients with hereditary cancers.

Kenneth Freundlich, neuropsychologist, Morris Psychological Group, Parsippany, NJ, and FORCE volunteer, comments on supporting patients with hereditary cancers.

Living on the top floor with cancer.

Eleanor Miller, a nurse at the University of Pennsylvania, writes about considerations for a patient who is pregnant with a breast cancer diagnosis.

Jennifer Klemp, PhD, MPH, director, Breast Cancer Survivorship Center, The University of Kansas Cancer Center, discusses survivorship for patients with hereditary breast cancer.

Jennifer Klemp, PhD, MPH, director, Breast Cancer Survivorship Center, The University of Kansas Cancer Center, discusses breast cancer survivorship.

Jennifer Klemp, PhD, MPH, director, Breast Cancer Survivorship Center, The University of Kansas Cancer Center, discusses breast cancer survivorship.

Sue Friedman, Executive Director, FORCE (Facing Our Risk of Cancer Empowered), discusses the ABOUT Network and the importance of informed decision-making.

Sue Friedman, Executive Director, FORCE (Facing Our Risk of Cancer Empowered), discusses the ABOUT Network and the importance of informed decision-making.

Advances in molecular profiling technologies have made it easier to understand the molecular characteristics and clinical behavior of breast cancer.

Melanie A. Nix, co-founder of the Breast Cancer Comfort Site, discusses the various stages of advocacy.

A cancer diagnosis brings with it a world of fears, but living with advanced/terminal cancer puts the other fears into perspective.

Having been a 12-year cancer survivor, metastatic since 2006, I've gained a lot of experience with what long-term palliative care looks and feels like.

Don't go to the funeral until the day of the funeral.

We all want our doctors to be experts in treating our diseases, but what else do they need as they lead us through CancerLand? I wish my doctor knew ...

A wide-angle view of life with cancer.

A cancer survivor discusses a problem, even with good intentions, of the public's lack of cancer education.

Moderate consumption of soy-based foods may lower the risk of breast cancer or recurrence.

Sharing your pain is scary, but leaning in to therapy was the best thing I did to heal emotionally from cancer.

HOPE IS HARD TO FIND IN A CANCER WARD, especially when the news is stage 4 metastatic breast cancer to the liver.

MY FAVORITE NURSE, Susanne, is a model in courage and persistence.

MY WIFE passed away on Feb. 2, 2014, from a six-year battle with cancer. It is my honor to nominate one angel in particular who, in the end, became much more than a nurse to my wife.

Get active in cancer advocacy, fight for increased medical research funding, and we won't need cancer awareness ribbons.

I am a 13-year breast cancer survivor who has had the honor of observing and being cared for by the unsung hero and angel on earth, Kathy Ammirata.

I've always heard of breast cancer survivors, but I never imagined I would become one.

It's not every day that one receives a cancer diagnosis.