December 2022 Vol 8 No 6
Sharon Frances found this type of painting and drawing to be a positive and creative way to give back to friends and family who helped her. She then started a nonprofit organization to assist those affected by cancer. Read More ›
Receiving a diagnosis of stage IIIB diffuse large B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma at age 26 at the start of COVID-19 meant that Steffi Ilagan had to sideline a lot of her plans. Her story illuminates the meaning of “T-W-I-C-E” when facing cancer. Read More ›
Our own Lillie Shockney dives into the differences between managing and preventing treatment side effects, including the benefit of walking before radiation and how to deal with hair loss. Read More ›
Prostate cancer is the second most common cancer in American men; roughly 1 in 8 men will be diagnosed with it. Dr. Brooks offers important, practical information, including screening, for men about this all-too-common disease. Read More ›
By Mike Morris
By 2012, Mike Morris has completed a triathlon in all 50 states. In 2015, he hiked Mt. Kilimanjaro. Then, a CT scan showed that he had metastatic renal-cell carcinoma that spread to his brain. Read More ›
By Brian Sluga
Parsing through tough decades-old memories, Brian Sluga takes us through what it was like to be diagnosed with testicular cancer in his 20s and to end up on the other side as a survivor. Read More ›