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Birthdays Come With Tears After Cancer"Moments feel better when they are stolen," wrote a cancer survivor.
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Ranch Princess: How My Horse Helped Me Through CancerEven when I didn’t feel like riding, brushing and grooming her kept my spirits up and provided a social outlet that wasn’t medically oriented.
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A Cancer Nurse Heals the Body, Mind and SoulFor a young girl dying of cancer, whose mother had other children at home to take care of, Sobha Akkar, B.S.N., RN, OCN, became a motherly figure.
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Experiencing My 'Firsts' at the Cancer CenterMy firsts walking into the cancer center was a defining moment for me.
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My Difficult Decision to Stop Hormone Therapy After Breast CancerI hated the way that hormone drugs made me feel, so I spoke with my loved ones and oncology team and made the difficult decision to stop.
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Bringing Hope at a Dark Hour for Patients With Brain MetastasesA colleague honors Dr. Nancy U. Lin for her dedication to improving outcomes for patients with metastatic breast cancer by creating a team of neuro experts to help women with brain metastases.
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How One Cancer ‘Thriver’ Finds Peace and Strength From the OceanA “thriver” of triple-negative breast cancer shares a poem to mark the 10th anniversary of her survivorship.
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Image Visualization Helped Complement My Cancer TreatmentA cancer survivor, who is in her 14th year of remission, recalls how image visualization complemented her cancer treatment and suggests the practice may help others.
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A Journey Toward Hope for an Oncology NurseAfton Dickerson, M.S.N., ACAGNP-BCP, CBCN, came across many nurses and nurse practitioners who changed her life for the better. Once in remission of her own cancer, she immediately enrolled in school to become an oncology nurse.
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When A Child is in Treatment for Cancer, Their Caregivers Become A Vital ResourceA pediatric oncology nurse offers advice for parents or primary caregivers on how to support their child during cancer treatment.
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Taking a Drink From the Fire HoseSeveral colleagues, patients and caregivers nominated Jill May, B.S.N., RN, OCN, for the 2024 Extraordinary Healer Award for her dedicating to caring for those with gastrointestinal cancers.
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American Success Story and Lung Cancer Hero"Dr. Hossein came to the United States by himself in his teens as a political refugee from the turmoil in Iran," writes a colleague who nominated him for the Lung Cancer Heroes® Award. "Completely on his own and through his hard work, scholarship, initiative and refusal to let things get him down, he went to college and then to medical school."
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Soul Survivor: How One Breast Medical Oncologist’s Personal Experience With Surviving Cancer Influenced Her Patient CareA colleague writes about a medical oncologist who has a rare metastatic breast cancer diagnosis but still manages to go above and beyond for her patients while dealing with her own cancer treatments, and how her empathy guides her.
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Support and Advice for Patients with mCRPC and Their CaregiversJoseph Wood and his caregiver, Deborah Wood, provide advice for patients and caregivers with prostate cancer who may be in similar situations, and comment on the support they have received from their family and community.
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My 6 Rules for Navigating Cancer and Medical MisdiagnosesI was misdiagnosed twice before receiving my kidney cancer diagnosis, and along the way, I learned the importance of expert doctors and clinical trials.
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Launching a Project to Change the Public Perception of Lung CancerBy creating a community of survivors, researchers, physicians and clinicians, The White Ribbon Project — under Heidi Nafman-Onda’s direction — has influenced real change.
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Guiding Hope for Patients With Lung CancerTwo colleagues of Amy Wallace, an oncology nurse, nominated her for the Extraordinary Healer Award based on her care of patients with lung cancer.
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Lessons From Cancer: Help Yourself by Helping OthersHelping others through their cancer experience helped with my own feelings of survivor's guilt.
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HER2-positive Breast Cancer and COVID-19Patient Jocelyn Mueller and oncologist Julia Fisher, M.D., describe some of the adjustments that had to be made to Jocelyn’s treatment for HER2-positive breast cancer due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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The Solitude of Reality With Multiple MyelomaI was diagnosed with stage 1 multiple myeloma in 2018 and writing poetry helped me work through feelings of anger and acceptance.
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More Than a Hero: My Mom’s Cancer Doctor Made It Possible For Her to Watch Me Grow UpWhen I first learned about my mom’s breast cancer, I was just a toddler — but thanks to her incredible oncologist, my mom is here to see to me grow up.
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Unconventional Candidate For a Lung Cancer Hero"Although there is no shortage of problems to be solved across the health landscape, Marty made his bio debut by tackling one of the biggest addressable markets in oncology: lung cancer."
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An Oncology Nurse’s ‘Tremendous Impact on My Quality of Life’A patient with lung cancer details her experience with her certified registered nurse practitioner who has been her guiding light even when she feels guilty about smoking for so long.
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Easing the Way for Thousands of Patients With CancerIn her 40 years as an oncology nurse and supervisor, Kerry O’Neil, B.S.N., RN, OCN, has eased the way for thousands of patients with cancer and their families
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Unmet Needs and Challenges in Metastatic Uveal MelanomaExperts discuss unmet needs and challenges faced by patients with uveal melanoma. This program was made possible with support from Immunocore.
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An Oncology Nurse With a Superhero’s CapeA patient with metastatic breast cancer credits her oncology nurse’s compassion for giving her the strength to persevere during her cancer journey.
