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Today, We Celebrate Life After Cancer. Today Is National Cancer Survivors Day.

Saturday, June 06, 2020

Today – June 7, 2020 – is National Cancer Survivors Day® 2020. Welcome to the celebration! Cancer survivors and supporters around the world are celebrating with you today. As we commemorate this 33rd annual National Cancer Survivors Day®, we come together – as can Read More

Don’t Forget to Document Your National Cancer Survivors Day Celebration

Thursday, June 04, 2020

National Cancer Survivors Day® 2020 will be one like no other. As we celebrate cancer survivors this Sunday, don't forget to document this historic moment. Though this year's NCSD celebration may look nothing like those that have come before, it will no doubt be filled with special m Read More

Who is a Cancer Survivor?

Tuesday, June 02, 2020

A survivor is anyone living with a history of cancer – from the moment of diagnosis through the remainder of life. If you’ve just been diagnosed with cancer – you’re a survivor. If you’ve been in remission for 20 years – you& Read More

Why I Stopped Talking

Tuesday, April 21, 2020

[NCSD guest blog post by Martina Reaves] I was minding my own business when a little chancre sore popped up on my tongue. Nothing unusual for me, really. But then it didn’t go away. When I saw my doctor for another reason, I pointed it out to her. “Have your dentist Read More

Lessons from a 10-Year Breast Cancer Survivor to Those Newly Diagnosed

Tuesday, April 14, 2020

[NCSD guest blog post by Melanie Young] You’ve just been diagnosed with cancer, and you are numb and scared. Your world just turned upside-down. Let me help you set it right. I am 10-year breast cancer survivor, diagnosed August 6, 2009. I was in your shoes, shocked, freaked, Read More

Long Time Cancer Survivor on the Power of Finding Her Cancer Tribe

Tuesday, March 31, 2020

[NCSD guest blog post by Erin Cummings] I have been a cancer survivor for most of my life. I am 62 years old. Diagnosed with Stage IV Hodgkin's Lymphoma in 1972, when I was just fifteen years old, my chances of making it to "sweet sixteen" were not very good. I had two recurrence Read More

A Brain Cancer Survivor Discovers the Power of Writing

Wednesday, March 18, 2020

[NCSD guest blog post by Matthew Newman] I have never written a blog before. I never saw any need to. Who would care what I had to say? Why would anyone care what I thought? It’s amazing how the darkest of times can teach some of the greatest lessons in life and shine a light Read More

What Breast Cancer Taught Me about Business

Thursday, March 12, 2020

[NCSD guest blog post by Diane M. Simard] Recently, I put a checkmark next to a bullet point I wish I didn’t have on my bucket list. I became a five-year breast cancer survivor. Ever since the day I was diagnosed, I have been determined to live like never before, which in Read More

Battling the High “C”s!

Monday, March 09, 2020

[NCSD guest blog post by Carol Ann Manzi] There I was on stage, singing for thousands. I had little confidence in myself or belief in my abilities. I was pursuing a career in opera, which required discipline not unlike training for the Olympics. Although my ego needed to be the size Read More

Laughing Away Cancer

Monday, March 02, 2020

[NCSD guest blog post by Mack Dryden] I’m a professional comedian and a two-time cancer survivor, and I make people laugh about my cancer journey until their faces hurt. That might sound counter-intuitive, but I do my best to convince people that it’s not only okay, but Read More