Humor & Cancer

There’s nothing funny about cancer, but the benefits of laughter are great even during cancer. Khevin Barnes uses his breast cancer diagnosis to bring the healing power of humor to others.

When Page Leggett found out that HPV infection, a common sexually transmitted disease, had caused her anal cancer, she relied on her incredible sense of humor to get through that experience and start a conversation about this taboo topic.

Dr. Rajiv Samant presents the health benefits of humor.

Dr. Kate Hersov describes the medical comic book series she and her colleague came up with as a creative way to communicate directly with children about cancer.