Your Stories Podcast: Facing Cancer as a Young Adult
In this “Your Stories” podcast from Conquer Cancer, the ASCO Foundation, melanoma survivor Addison Brush talks with her oncologist, Dr. Jason Luke, about coping with cancer.
In this “Your Stories” podcast from Conquer Cancer, the ASCO Foundation, melanoma survivor Addison Brush talks with her oncologist, Dr. Jason Luke, about coping with cancer.
Cancer can affect anyone, including young adults and teens. In these “Your Stories” podcasts from ASCO’s Conquer Cancer Foundation, two survivors tell their stories about when a diagnosis of cancer changed everything.
Losing a loved one to cancer is hard. Learn how Valerie Guild is honoring her daughter’s life by working to save the lives of others through advocacy.
Cancer survivor Bryant Wieneke describes his experience receiving immunotherapy to treat metastatic melanoma.
In this Voices on Cancer post, patient advocate Gilliosa Spurrier Bernard shares her experience advocating for people with melanoma in France.
ON THIS PAGE: You will read about how to cope with challenges in everyday life after a cancer diagnosis. Use the menu to see other pages.
The word “survivorship” is complicated because it means different things to different people. Common definitions include:
Having no signs of cancer after finishing treatment.
Living with, through, and beyond cancer. According to this definition, cancer survivorship begins at diagnosis and continues during treatment and through the rest of a person's life.
Barbara Tako is a breast cancer and melanoma survivor. Throughout her experiences, she has tried to turn the negatives of a cancer diagnosis into as many positives as possible—what she calls her “super spidey cancer powers.”
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Los panelistas de consulta de Cancer.Net revisan el contenido como parte de la Junta editorial de Cancer.Net. Vea la lista a continuación de oncólogos clínicos, cirujanos, pediátricos y radiooncólogos; auxiliares médicos; personal de enfermería oncológica; trabajadores sociales y defensores de los derechos de los pacientes que componen este panel de consulta.
Deborah Axelrod, MD, FACS
New York University Medical Center
Pamela J. DiPiro, MD
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute