Many long-term Hodgkin lymphoma survivors face an increased risk of developing secondary cancers, often as a result of earlier treatments like chemotherapy or radiation. These risks can emerge years or even decades after treatment, making ongoing awareness and screening a critical part of survivorship care.

In a heartfelt reflection, Cancer Fighters Specialist Avery Garn explores the emotional complexity of cancer survivorship. Survivors often carry both joy and sorrow—celebrating milestones while remembering the difficult journey it took to get there.

Insomnia is one of the most common late effects of cancer treatment, yet it is often overlooked in survivorship care. Fewer than half of NCI-designated cancer centers routinely screen for sleep problems, and many oncologists and nurses rarely ask about it. As a result, fewer than one in five survivors struggling with sleep ever mention it to their care team. Effective treatments for insomnia do exist, but they are not always discussed due to lack of time, knowledge, or resources.

Dr. Keith Bellizzi, a four-time cancer survivor and psycho-oncology researcher, shares lessons on resilience and survivorship. He highlights focusing on what you can control, managing emotions, and pausing to conserve energy as key strategies. Ultimately, he believes cancer is “beaten” by living with purpose and passion, on one’s own terms.

Advances over the past 3 decades in improvements in cancer prevention and screening strategies and more effective diagnostics and therapies in cancer care have led to unprecedented declines in death rates from all cancers, including prostate, gynecologic, and colorectal/anal cancers.

Initiating annual breast cancer screening at a younger age may prevent more than half of all breast cancer-related deaths among childhood cancer survivors treated with chest radiation, according to results of a comparative modeling study presented at this year’s ASCO Annual Meeting.

Survivors of childhood Hodgkin lymphoma are at an increased risk of developing an entirely new cancer later in life, according to new research published in Cancer—the American Cancer Society’s international peer-reviewed scientific journal—and conducted at University of Alabama at Birmingham.