Today is National Cancer Survivors Day
Everyone likes to feel like they’re part of a crowd. Except when it comes to the “cancer crowd.” That’s a crowd we’d all like to…
Father's Day tribute shows the importance of cancer prevention and early detection
I always thought my father had nine lives. My father had a few close calls with death during his life but he amazingly always seemed…
Sunny Walia's Skin Cancer Screening Story
The Determined Dermatologist It’s no surprise that dermatologists care about skin cancer. But what happens to a dermatologist who has a family member diagnosed with…
Mary Ellen Kirkbride’s Lung Cancer Story
A True Fighter Nearly five years ago, Mary-Ellen Kirkbride responded to a lung cancer researcher’s call for help. Her intent was simple — to honor her…
Colorectal Screening Story: Patrick and Michael Skehan
The funeral was packed with over 300 people, each one wanting to pay their respects to Patrick Skehan – one of the most light-hearted and…
Donna Gutierrez's Breast Cancer Story
A Wake-Up Call From Cancer Donna Gutierrez, a home mortgage broker in Virginia, was living the fast life. A single mother with two grown children,…
Grace Bender's Breast Cancer Story
Armed with Information If watching her mother have a radical mastectomy, her father suffer from kidney cancer and her brother struggle with multiple myeloma taught Grace…
Heather Banz: Skin Cancer Survivor
Dear Prevent Cancer: I was diagnosed with melanoma about 5 years ago, when I was 35. I had a mole on my stomach that was…
Gordon Cole's Prostate Cancer Screening Story
Cancer Survivor, Squared When his doctor diagnosed him with prostate cancer, Gordon Cole’s reaction was not what one would have expected. He didn’t think, I’m going…
Mayor Thomas Menino: Skin Cancer Survivor
Mayor’s Message is Loud and Clear The mayor of Boston, Thomas Menino, is also a skin cancer survivor. As an advocate for raising skin cancer…
