My diagnosis with colorectal cancer at age 32 affected my fertility. As a result of my experiences, I help others who have been diagnosed with cancer understand their choices related to fertility preservation and their options for becoming a parent.

by Allison Rosen

I have brain cancer, and my wife is a health care worker. These are some questions we had to consider leading up to and after her diagnosis with COVID-19.

by Adam Hayden

I was afraid that my thyroid cancer diagnosis would derail my graduate school plans. Instead, it helped shape my career path.

by Carly Flumer

The first time Liza Bernstein was diagnosed with cancer, she wouldn't allow it to be part of her identity. After her third cancer diagnosis, she became an advocate for other patients.

by Liza Bernstein

A father with metastatic kidney cancer embraces moments with his 3-year-old son while pondering how he'll be remembered.

by Adam P. Stern

Amanda Rose Ferraro's leukemia diagnosis forced her to spend time at the hospital away from her 3-year-old-son. She calls focusing on her health and leaving her son “the hardest thing I have ever had to do.”

by Amanda Rose Ferraro

Many people know thyroid cancer as a cancer type with a relatively good prognosis, but the disease still has profound effects on patients and survivors, writes thyroid cancer survivor Carly Flumer.

by Carly Flumer

After her diagnosis with ovarian cancer, Patricia Anne Ward noticed that some friends and family pulled away. She found connection outside her usual circles.

by Patricia Anne Ward

My most meaningful moments at my first cancer research conference came from embracing my experience as a patient—not as a researcher.

by Jamie Aten

An American expat in Norway describes how a favorite walking trail aided him during treatment and recovery.

by Steven Ford