In the U.S., cancer patients must often be their own health care advocates. This has helped create a community of cancer survivors that offers the long-term support Swiss patients lack. A visit with doctors, activists and patients in Chicago and Bern.

This week’s Joy Beat honoree is proof that even in the darkest of times, when life throws you its biggest challenges, there are people who can turn moments of adversity into joy. Erin Cummings joined GBH’s All Things Considered host Arun Rath to discuss her organization and how it has helped cancer survivors find community.

In honor of National Cancer Survivors Day on Sunday, June 2nd, Bag It’s own Mikey Shock has shared her personal journey of coming to terms with being a cancer survivor.

12News (KPNX-TV, NBC) features survivor, Dorothy Lynn Boddy and Hodgkin’s International.

Roughly 50 years have passed since Erin Cummings beat cancer as a high school student.

This is a wonderful, short essay by a woman whose survivor experience has made her think twice about how she perceives herself.

In this insightful and intriguing essay, Dr. Stacey Wentworth looks at how to evaluate the doctor-patient relationship. She offers some key guidelines for helping survivors determine if they are in the right place, with the right person, at the right time.

The author hits the nail on the head with this one. This short piece beautifully and concisely describes yet another of the emotional battles that cancer survivors endure.

Here is a brief article on a subject that we know all too well. It seems to be virtually impossible to escape the “post cancer fear” phenomenon, no matter how well you may be feeling. It may be even more difficult for those of us who continue to experience the late effects of treatments. As the wonderful Roseanne Roseannadanna used to say, “It’s always something!” Owning those fears, as it turns out, could be part of turning the corner.

By Matt Ellis and Regina Norfolk – January 2024 marked 25 years that Elena Togashi has been in remission from Hodgkin lymphoma. To mark this incredible milestone, the 45-year-old cancer survivor will run this year’s Boston Marathon with the Dana-Farber Marathon Challenge team.