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In this most stressful of seasons, these seven specific steps can bring the joy back to the Holidays for those patients going through cancer treatment this time of year.

A caregiver uses poetry to work through their husband's cancer journey.

Winter brings added challenges for patients with cancer. Here's what you need to know to take into consideration as the weather gets colder.

A former oncologist discusses how yoga became a vital part of her recovery after a surprise breast cancer diagnosis.

A poem from a mother to her daughter after her breast cancer diagnosis.

The cost of cancer care is often an insurmountable challenge for many patients, in particular patients with lung cancer. Many of whom will die because they cannot afford treatment. Health care costs must not compromise care.

As the wife of a prostate cancer survivor, I’m eternally grateful for Colorado’s early blood draw program that helped my husband get lifesaving treatment early.

Paula Schneider, president and CEO of Susan G. Komen®, writes to her younger self on the lessons and challenges she faced as a patient with breast cancer.

Hope is a potent ally for the patient with cancer, and it is a response that helps inform a patient's journey with cancer.

Understanding cancer as a professional is one thing, but once you go through the journey it takes on a whole different understanding.

One cancer survivor details her winding treatment journey, and how by making herself a deal found the faith to keep moving forward.

For head and neck cancer survivor Jason Mendelsohn surviving cancer was only the beginning of his journey as handling severe side effects from treatment altered his day-to-day life.

Talking about cancer can be a great burden but sharing one’s story can be liberating. Even if you share it while fishing.

Looking to change your mindset when facing down breast cancer? Here are 3 hacks to keep you calm and happy.

I suffered a recurrence a few years ago and couldn’t bear to hear, or utter, the word “cancer.” So, I decided to counter-attack by belittling the disease and calling it “chocolate.” Then, I got my sweet revenge.

The call that raised the hair on my arms, which is the one I least expected, came at 7:30 a.m. during a sales meeting.

As difficult as my cancer journey was, there were a lot of good things that came out of it. Cancer changed my life. It changed my perspective. It showed me what is truly important and valuable in life.

Please, look for advice and resources that do not further complicate or adversely affect your own efforts to cope, but rather offers a path for you to do the best for your kids but still focus on all the aspects of you and your whole family living with cancer.

Fear of having cancer is not unusual, but there are a few actions you can take to help calm those fears

I received a phone call that would alter the course of my life in ways that I couldn’t possibly have imagined. On the other end was my 27-year-old daughter and I sat dazed and confused as she tearfully said, “Mom … it’s cancer.”

After her colonoscopy, Denise talks about what her doctor said that changed her life.

There are women all over the world advocating for flat closure and starting nonprofits to put flat on the menu and make it a viable choice when it comes to mastectomy.

Breast cancer makes you wiser and more mature, but it also opens your heart to see that love is around you. It has showed me something that I initially did not want to accept, which was to love myself.

Feeling overwhelmed and scared during cancer treatment is completely normal. Here are some tips to help patients conquer their fears each step of the way.

A former clinical trial designer at the National Cancer Institute offers patients with cancer advice on why they should consider joining clinical trials and provides insight into two common misconceptions about trials.

I am not pining for the end of the pandemic, which makes me a bit of a weirdo among people I know, even though the end of the pandemic would be wonderful. I have been changed as a result of my cancer diagnosis, for it taught me that things can change at any moment.

Anxiety, fear and panic may be some of the most difficult feelings to manage during cancer treatment. Here are some ways of dealing with these emotions to make you feel better.

Patients with stage 4 metastatic breast cancer need so much more. All I want is more time, because six years is just not enough.

Often overlooked is the potential connection between radiation from the mobile devices in our life and cancer. One patient details the potential impact on her life.

Every cancer journey is unique, and everyone's personal story is different. But COVID-19 has given many people the chance to see the world from the shoes of a cancer survivor.