The War on Cancer
Doctors today generally caution against framing malignancy as an enemy that one must personally defeat.
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Notes From The ‘Die-In,’ A Demonstration For Metastatic Breast Cancer
Die-in for metastatic breast cancer, Washington DC, October 13, 2015 (photo courtesy of Zachary Parker)
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Can Journalists Be Too Skeptical About Progress Against Cancer?
On Twitter this week, I happened upon a discussion having to do with the possibility of curing cancer.
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Finding Beauty: How Lisa Bonchek Adams Told Her Cancer Story
Lisa wasn’t quiet about life or living with a devastating condition.
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Why Yes, We Should Treat Cancer
To deny new cancer treatments that might prolong life in a good way, possibly for cure or a remission, or
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Who’s a Survivor?
Survivor seems a strange term for a patient like me, said by her oncologist to be in remission—meaning that there’s