Coping with Cancer
A wide variety of professionals share their knowledge and experience in easy-to-read, relevant articles, and patients, caregivers, and survivors share their strategies for coping with cancer.
How to Handle Difficult Emotions After a Cancer Diagnosis
It’s OK to talk about your worries and fears. In fact, it’s good for you to open up.Finding out that you have cancer – and...
Metastatic Breast Cancer
Today, more and more women and men with metastatic breast cancer are living longer, meaningful, and productive lives. While the search for a cure continues,...
What Do You Get for the Person Who Saved Your Life?
Kate Houghton. My cancer journey begins like that of many young adults: I didn’t feel well. My plan was to go to the doctor and get...
Caring for Your Loved One with Lung Cancer
In recent years, there have been some exciting developments in treating lung cancer. But a diagnosis of lung cancer can still be overwhelming and leave...
When Cancer Happens Does It Take Courage to Hope?
Kelly Grosklags (Photo by George Byron Griffiths) In my oncology psychotherapy practice, I see people daily who dance with hope. It is a bittersweet word to...
Frequently Asked Questions about Cancer-Related Fatigue
Cancer related fatigue is a very common problem that affects many people living with cancer, as well as cancer survivors. Unlike routine fatigue, which generally...
Boxer Daniel Jacobs
Daniel Jacobs shows off his World Boxing Association middleweight championship belt near the Brooklyn Bridge in his hometown of New York, NY. (Photo by Rosie...
Learning to Advocate for Yourself to Get the Support You Need through Cancer
Communicating your needs when you have cancer may seem straightforward, but for many people, self-advocacy can be challenging. However, once you learn how to advocate...
Aftershocks
Aftershocks, that’s what I call them. Those sudden, jarring reminders that I’ve twice danced with cancer and lived to tell the tale. Most days, I forget...
On Becoming a Gastrointestinal Cancer Survivor
Gastrointestinal (GI) cancers are those that arise from the esophagus, stomach, liver, pancreas, bile ducts, anus, and small and large intestines. These cancers are often...
The Power of the Journey
Mary Sand. Seven miles outside of Grand Forks, North Dakota, on I-29 South, is a billboard, advertising a state college, that says “The Power of the...
Put Down That Cigarette and READ THIS
You have cancer. The biopsy and the scan results are back. Some days, you feel like you’re stuck in a bad dream. There are more...
Log into Your Account
New here? Create and Account
Your account has been created. Close this popup and you're ready to go!