Essays

Just 3 weeks after her 43rd birthday, and after discovering a lump on her left breast, Megan Knight learned that she had breast cancer. Read More ›

Karen Rice offers her reaction to her cancer diagnosis. Read More ›

Melissa Eppard tells her story of dealing with her children amidst a breast cancer diagnosis. Read More ›

Megan Pomputius' book is based on her cancer journey through her daughter's eyes. Read More ›

When Breath Becomes Air is a memoir by Dr. Paul Kalanithi that was published after his death; his wife finished the final chapter of the book. Read More ›

Parenting can be hard enough when things are “normal.” Throw in a cancer diagnosis, and your world can spin out of control. Read More ›

Breast cancer survivor Mary Ficco used Facebook as a way to detail her cancer experience, serving as an advocate to other women about the importance of health screenings and showing empowerment in the face of treatment. Read More ›

After several weeks of hematuria (blood in the urine), lab tests, a visit to the emergency department, a CT scan, and a biopsy, Robert Aron, PhD, sat in the urologist’s office awaiting his results. Read More ›

Following 6 months of intensive chemotherapy to treat his stage IV non-Hodgkin lymphoma, Dan Dean decided he wasn’t comfortable having a bone marrow transplant. Read More ›

Tonya Richardson offers a glimpse into how a cancer diagnosis changed her outlook on life, and she writes an open letter to her 9 children. Read More ›