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October 23, 2019

Research to Help Women Prevent Breast Cancer or Live Their Best Life With It

These 3 scientists are contributing to research that may help families affected by breast cancer in the future. They're studying the most effective language to include in dense breast notifications after mammography, what makes a cancer cell that’s been dormant—not growing—suddenly reactivate, and the effectiveness of a program to help Latina breast cancer survivors overcome barriers to exercising regularly.

ACS Research, Breast Cancer, California, Exercise Physical Activity, Hispanic Latino, Massachusetts, North Carolina, Researcher
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October 16, 2019

Testicular Cancer Survivor: ‘Life is a Roller Coaster’

Niket Desai was at Google headquarters presenting a new project before a large audience when his phone began vibrating in his pocket. It was his doctor calling to tell him he had testicular cancer.

California, Cancer in Young Adults, Stories of Hope, Survivorship, Testicular Cancer
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April 11, 2019

Survivor of Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumor Finds Comfort in Music

Tom Bajoras says he’s written some of his best music during nights when pain kept him from sleeping. Bajoras has been playing and writing music since he was a child, and he’s found the creative process helpful during treatment for a pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor (NET).

California, Pancreatic Cancer, Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumor (NET), Stories of Hope, Survivorship
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August 24, 2018

How 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.

California, Cancer Basics, Colorado, Coping, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Living Well, Louisiana, Montana, North Carolina, Oregon, Puerto Rico, South Carolina, Texas, US Virgin Islands, Virginia, Washington
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August 17, 2018

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.

California, Ovarian Cancer, Stories of Hope, Survivorship
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July 26, 2018

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.

Breast Cancer, California, Cancer in Young Adults, Stories of Hope, Survivorship
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July 5, 2018

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.

California, Cancer in Young Adults, Nevada, Soft Tissue Sarcoma, Stories of Hope, Survivorship
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November 30, 2017

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.

ACS Research, California, Connecticut, Lung Cancer, Maryland, Massachusetts, Ohio, Texas
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