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CaliforniaHow to Get Ready for a Natural Disaster When You Have Cancer
If you are a cancer patient or caregiver and you learn a hurricane, wildfire, or other natural disaster is coming your way, take steps to prepare in advance.
Ovarian Cancer Survivor Views Each Day as a Gift
When Mercedes Mundaca was diagnosed with stage 4 ovarian cancer at age 43, her doctor told her she had 4 months to live. That was 6 years ago.
Breast Cancer Survivor Treated While Pregnant Has Healthy Baby
So far, nothing this year has gone the way Paola Chavez expected. She had planned to begin the year newly married, living in Mexico, and planning her future with her new husband. Instead, she was diagnosed with breast cancer around the same time she learned she was pregnant.
Liposarcoma Survivor Shares Story to Inspire Hope
When soft tissue sarcoma survivor Apreal Cloutier first noticed a lump on the back of her thigh in late 2015, she had no idea it might be cancer.
Lung Cancer Dream Team Makes Progress
Dr. Pasi Janne gives an update on the research lead by the Lung Cancer Dream Team, which was created and funded by a partnership between Stand Up For Cancer and The American Cancer Society.
Brain Tumor Survivor Is Thankful for the Little Things
Brain tumor survivor Sarah Delawder says it took a lifechanging experience to learn to be thankful for the little things in life – things she says she didn’t even notice before.
Lung Cancer Survivor Faces Life’s Challenges Head-on
In 1998, Ruthe Cain was living life in California and enjoying being close to the fresh air and the great outdoors, but that year she would face a diagnosis that would change her life: she learned she had lung cancer.
Life Begins to Return to Normal for Breast Cancer Survivor
Vicky Davis, 55, says she’s finally beginning to feel like herself again. She has only 3 more treatments of Herceptin (trastuzumab) – a targeted therapy drug – to treat her breast cancer and she’s anticipating breast reconstruction surgery in a few months.