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For more than 20 years, Barbara Abernathy, Ph.D., has been living with cancer and its aftermath. She was diagnosed with a rare type of blood cancer collectively known as myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPNs), which transitioned into acute myeloid leukemia. In 2013, she underwent a stem cell transplantation — a lifesaving gift from a young man in Germany.

Music has a way of deeply touching people’s emotions. Songs can stir memories that create joy, loss, happiness and heartbreak. Emotions like these are only part of the mix of feelings that accompany a lung cancer diagnosis. For Hildy Grossman, music has the ability to touch a person’s highest emotional and spiritual level. Because of this, music can be healing, comforting, therapeutic, a means of hope.

NFL Hall of Famer Jim Kelly confirmed his cancer has returned, according to recently issued statements from the Buffalo Bills.

Having cancer is like going to work every day, but without the commute.

It's important to make the effort to push past the anxiety that comes with a cancer diagnosis.

Researchers studied state-specific measures of disease incidence, adult smoking prevalence, radon zones, five-year survival, stage at diagnosis, five-year survival by stage at diagnosis, surgery as part of the first course of treatment and accredited lung cancer screening centers.

These findings bring light to a pressing problem in this patient population, and will hopefully pave the way for more awareness and potential change in practices.

Even though we tend to teach kids, sometimes they are the ones who can teach us the most.

Words are powerful, and the way we use them says a lot about the way we think. It's time to rethink the way we speak about cancer.

What do you want your legacy to be?

A variety of factors go in to the staging of a head and neck cancer diagnosis, however, the number of malignant lymph nodes may very well be the key to prognosis and treatment moving forward in this patient population.

Americans have a lot to learn. We need to embrace the importance of not always talking, but of touching. I have been so lucky.

Is it possible to grieve for someone who is still alive?

Many patients with lymphoma need treatment with both chemotherapy and radiation, but these treatments may be accompanied by significant late-term effects, according to a new study presented during the 2018 American Society of Clinical Oncology Cancer Survivorship Symposium.

A professional magician with cancer shares some mindfulness magic.

When patients don't receive quality medical care, they have a right to seek help elsewhere. One survivor shares her experience.

Breast cancer survivor decides the "right" thing now, due to genetic testing results and family history, is a prophylactic double mastectomy with reconstructions

Now I have constant back pain. What's next?

Treatment of HIV has drastically improved since the 1980s, but many of these individuals are still facing barriers to proper cancer care.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Verzenio (abemaciclib) for use in combination with a hormonal therapy for initial treatment of postmenopausal women with hormone receptor (HR)-positive, HER2-negative advanced or metastatic breast cancer.

There are people out there who have never dealt with a devastating loss, yet apparently are experts when it comes to losing a spouse.

Learning to combat negativity with positivity can help cancer survivors find ways to cope during stressful situations.

No phase of life is totally good or bad. There is always rain.