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My 12-year Cancer Anniversary: A moment of reflective gratitude and realization of what I want to…

I just realized it is 12 years ago today, that I had my first surgery. Just two months before our wedding, I had open-heart surgery at NYU…
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Jennifer ManningMar 31
The Fertility Ghost: Young Cancer Survivors Deserve More

The Fertility Ghost: Young Cancer Survivors Deserve More

The two weeks after my cancer diagnosis were a blur. I’m surprised I made it through the daily tests, biopsies, and doctors appointments…
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Lindsay BrookshierMar 28
Dear Pharma: We’re Done Doing Your Dirty Work

Dear Pharma: We’re Done Doing Your Dirty Work

Most of the time I feel like, as a whole, the healthcare sector lives inside a hyperbaric chamber, comfortably isolated from rational…
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Matthew ZacharyMar 24

Dating with Cancer

Why don’t you have a boyfriend? I get asked a lot why don’t you have a boyfriend?
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Ali PowersMar 17
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder: The Emotional Scars of Cancer

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder: The Emotional Scars of Cancer

Before I was diagnosed with cancer, my knowledge of post traumatic stress disorder was limited to what I knew from the veterans in my life.
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Lindsay BrookshierMar 16
No, It’s Not Cancer. It’s A Rare Disease.

No, It’s Not Cancer. It’s A Rare Disease.

by: Erin Havel
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Erin HavelFeb 29

Cancer Stole My Identity

I have never struggled with identity issues, ever since I was really little I knew who I was, I knew what I wanted to be and I knew I was a…
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Ali PowersFeb 26
Ladies- We Need To Talk About Gynecologic Cancers- NOW!

Ladies- We Need To Talk About Gynecologic Cancers- NOW!

by Erin Havel
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Erin HavelFeb 25
Survivorship Anxiety: My Scans Will Be Fine…Right? RIGHT??

Survivorship Anxiety: My Scans Will Be Fine…Right? RIGHT??

About a week ago, I went through a rough patch. I was so tired — like “take a nap in the middle of making a sandwich” tired. Or “have to…
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Lanie Brewster QuinnFeb 23

5 Important Steps When Applying For Disability

By: Erin Havel
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Erin HavelFeb 22
When Mom Has Cancer: How My Son Gave Me the Strength to Survive

When Mom Has Cancer: How My Son Gave Me the Strength to Survive

When I was first diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, the first words out of my mouth were, “What will happen to my son?”
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Lindsay BrookshierFeb 16

Through the Looking Glass: Shattering my Old Perspective

I think about, look at, and work on therapeutics to target cancer every day. I now see cancer through the lens of a microscope in a…
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Lauren Elizabeth StahlFeb 10

I Wasn’t Depressed. I Had Cancer.

by: Erin Havel
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Erin HavelFeb 7

On Cancer and Fertility

(From the perspective of a mid-thirties female cancer survivor)
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Lanie Brewster QuinnFeb 4
Dear Pharma: There Is Nothing Centric About Patient-Centricity

Dear Pharma: There Is Nothing Centric About Patient-Centricity

The IOM (Institute of Medicine) defines patient-centered care as: “Providing care that is respectful of and responsive to individual…
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Matthew ZacharyFeb 4
Name Brand Drug Costs Are Too High and Generics Are Growing Out Of Reach

Name Brand Drug Costs Are Too High and Generics Are Growing Out Of Reach

by: Erin Havel
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Erin HavelFeb 3
Breaking the Cancer Stereotype

Breaking the Cancer Stereotype

When I tell people I have cancer, I normally get something like ‘but you don’t look sick” or “you can’t have cancer, you still have all…
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Ali PowersFeb 3

Thank you!

Dear Medium friends,
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Kenny KaneJan 31

Please Stop Pretending to Have Cancer. It Makes My Life Harder.

by: Erin Havel
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Erin HavelJan 31

Remission: A golden ticket to live

Being in remission is a good thing, it’s is something all cancer patients try to achieve. When you are in remission most people think you…
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Ali PowersJan 26

On Sex and Cancer

(warning: this post mentions sex and anatomy)
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Lanie Brewster QuinnJan 22
Feeling Safe After Surviving Cancer

Feeling Safe After Surviving Cancer

As I approach my first cancerversary, I can’t help but find myself reliving the events that happened this year. I’ve heard many different…
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Lindsay BrookshierJan 18
A Bouquet Of Death

A Bouquet Of Death

It is a well-proven fact that redheads metabolize drugs faster then people with other hair colors, because of this redheads need more…
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Ali PowersJan 14
5 Reasons to Blog About Your Cancer Experience

5 Reasons to Blog About Your Cancer Experience

One year ago I had surgery on a lump in my neck to determine my cancer diagnosis. I spent the next seven months blogging about my cancer…
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Matt PaolelliJan 11
The Truly Lasts Resilience

The Truly Lasts Resilience

Throughout years, I was wondering how a body could feel such extreme tired for all the times. Often I felt jealous of those of my friends…
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Bunga RamadaniJan 9
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Young adult cancer (age 15–39) is largely unknown in the war on cancer with 72,000 new diagnoses each year. That’s one every eight minutes.

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