Pediatric cancer parent: Honor Childhood Cancer Awareness Month

BY Denise Rager

As the mother of a seventh grade cancer survivor, I have a lot of friends who know exactly what it means to hear the words, "I am sorry, your child has cancer." And, when Childhood Cancer Awareness Month rolls around every September, I know my Facebook Newsfeed will be filled with pictures of kids who have won and lost battles against cancer. 

But September also reminds me that our society has not really embraced...

Matthew Rager and Denise Rager

My dance with chronic lymphocytic leukemia

BY Harley Hudson

It was supposed to be a routine annual physical, and that is how it started. Lungs ... check. Heart ... check. Prostate ... check. Everything...

Chondrosarcoma patient: Thank you, cancer

BY Mike Snyder

Thank you, cancer. Yes, I'm serious when I say that. No, I haven't lost my mind. And I haven't discovered a strange, new side...

Inflammatory breast cancer patient: Living life fully after cancer treatment

BY Sandra Bishnoi

After I found out I had no evidence of disease (NED), my gynecologic oncologist told me to "live life fully."

I am not sure...

What makes cancer patients and caregivers smile on their toughest days

BY Kellie Bramlet

For cancer patients and caregivers, it can often be difficult to find a reason to smile. Depression, stress and fatigue brought on by cancer...

Salivary gland cancer patient on having a rare cancer

BY Caroline Meirs

All cancer patients face challenges, but few challenges are as great as being diagnosed with a rare cancer for which there is no known treatment...

Prostate cancer survivor spreads his positive outlook

BY Erin Pisters and Mary Brolley

Although some cancer survivors distance themselves from cancer after treatment, Art Herzog has taken another route.

Diagnosed with...

5 exercise truths for cancer survivors

BY Brittany Cordeiro

Cancer survivors: If you're feeling a little sluggish, it's better to get active than hit the couch. Exercise curbs fatigue, reduces stress...

My husband's courageous battle with glioblastoma

BY Elaine Eppright

My beloved husband, Frank Eppright, suffered a seizure on Christmas Eve 2010. We learned two days later he had a malignant brain tumor --...