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Living

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Living

The Courage to Be You: Meet Survivor Ericka Hart

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Living

"I Have to Live With This, And I Can Do It": Dealing With Cancer at 18 Years Old

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A Journey in Focus: Ovarian Cancer

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Living

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Dr. Beth Karlan
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Living

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Maintenance

PARP inhibitors for ovarian cancer

Dr. Jose Alejandro Rauh-Hain
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The SurvivorNet Community: "We've Been Through It"

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Finding the Light After a Cancer Diagnosis

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Living

Dancing Her Way to Recovery - How Zumba Helped Survivor Vera Trifunovich Cope

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The Immunotherapy Revolution

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Later Stage

Immunotherapy Helps Your Body Help Itself

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Immunotherapy Has Changed The Game For Lung Cancer

Dr. Brendon Stiles
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Treatment

The Promise of Immunotherapy for Cancer Treatment

Dr. Steven Rosenberg
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Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

Dr. Scott Strome

University of Maryland

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SurvivorNet Guide: Genetics

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Prevention

Should I Get Genetic Testing to Assess My Risk for Cancer?

Dr. Ophira Ginsburg
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Buyer Beware: Direct-to-Consumer Genetic Testing

Dr. Ophira Ginsburg
NYU Perlmutter Cancer Center
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Where Can I Get Genetic Testing?

Dr. Elizabeth Comen
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Treatment

Genetics Help Researchers Get Closer To A Cure

Dr. Eli Van Allen
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Later Stage

The Importance Of Genetics In Late Stage Lung Cancers

Dr. Geoffrey Oxnard
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Prevention

Genetic Testing For Breast Cancer

Dr. Elizabeth Comen
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SurvivorNet Guide: Genetics

Things They Don't Always Tell You

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Prevention

Does Smoking Marijuana Cause Lung Cancer?

Dr. Raja Flores
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Prevention

Common Misconceptions About Colon Cancer

Dr. Heather Yeo
Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork-Presbyterian
Living

Prostate Cancer Surgery Reduces Penis Size

Dr. Stephen Freedland
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You Should Understand The Marketing Around Cancer

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Treatment

Do Your Own Research on Prostate Cancer Treatment

Dr. Patrick Swift
Stanford Medicine
Treatment

Proton Therapy: When Is Expensive Cancer Treatment Really Worth It?

Dr. Keith Cengel
University of Pennsylvania
Treatment

CyberKnife as Effective as Traditional Treatments

Dr. James Brooks
Stanford Medicine

Dr. Heather Yeo

Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork-Presbyterian

You Should Understand The Marketing Around Cancer

Later Stage

An Immunotherapy Breakthrough: The Judy Perkins Story

Judy Perkins

Judy Perkins is a name that will be in the medical text books. She is the first person to be declared free of metastatic breast cancer after a course of immunotherapy. That's a big deal. She is what's known in the world of clinical trials as an "exceptional responder." SurvivorNet went to meet Judy about a year ago at her home in Florida and we shot this short documentary. In 2003, Judy was diagno... Read More

SurvivorNet Guide: Sex & Fertility

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Living

A Healthy Sex Life Is Possible Following Prostate Surgery

Dr. James Brooks
Stanford Medicine
Treatment

Ask Your Doctor About Nerve-Sparing Surgery

Dr. Jim Hu
Weill Cornell Medicine

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Living

Can I Have A Baby After Breast Cancer?

Dr. Elizabeth Comen
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

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Our Philosophy

Cancer is such an exciting and hopeful field these days. There are more and more ways we can think about treatment. We hope SurvivorNet empowers people to ask their doctor the “what about this?” question.

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