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Four-Time Iditarod Champion Lance Mackey Battled Throat Cancer While Competing In One Of The Toughest Sports Competitions In The World

Terry Crews' Reaction To Wife Rebecca's Breast Cancer Diagnosis: "I Felt Like My Insides Were Melting"

Welcome to SurvivorNet - We're Here To Help

Four-Time Iditarod Champion Lance Mackey Battled Throat Cancer While Competing In One Of The Toughest Sports Competitions In The World

Terry Crews' Reaction To Wife Rebecca's Breast Cancer Diagnosis: "I Felt Like My Insides Were Melting"

Cancer in the News - Keep Up With The Progress

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If Female Doctors Are Shamed For Bikinis-- How Can Women Hope For Empathy As Patients?

Treatment

Immunotherapy Drug Keytruda Approved For Colon Cancer Patients With Specific Tumor Abnormalities

No Conclusive Evidence Baby Powder Causes Cancer, Yet Johnson & Johnson Hit With Another $2 Billion Verdict

Will COVID-19 Actually Lead To More Skin Cancers? Experts Suspect That More Time Inside Increases Risk

After Losing a Child to Cancer, the McDowell Family is Creating an Attraction to Fund Research - Why Are Some Neighbors Upset?

You've Seen the Commercials Claiming Johnson & Johnson Baby Powder Causes Cancer - Is There Science to Back it Up?

Not All Cancer Research Money Is Going Away During COVID - University of Chicago Receives $10M Gift For Cell Therapy

Cancer Screenings Have Dropped Nearly 70% Amid The Coronavirus Pandemic - Delays In Routine Checkups Disrupt Early Detection

Higher Fiber Intake Linked to an 8% Lower Risk of Breast Cancer, New Research Shows

5 Things Women Can Do to Reduce Cancer Risk

Prevention

Breastfeeding Can Reduce the Risk of the Deadliest Type of Ovarian Cancer, New Research Shows

Dramatic Improvement in Melanoma Survival Rates-- The Treatment Revolution is Working

An Invisible Gas, Radon, Is the Second-Leading Cause of Lung Cancer in the Country – Here’s How You Can Prevent Getting Sick

New Harvard Research Finds A Chemical In Cannabis Can Help Fight Pancreatic Cancer

Eating Chicken May Actually Decrease The Risk of Breast Cancer, According to New Research

New Study Says Clinical Trials Don't Have Enough Diversity, But Are Still Used To Determine Government Approvals For Cancer Drugs

Can The Stuff In My Gut Cause Cancer? Here's What We Know About The Microbiome and Cancer Risk

Radiation in the Cockpit: The Brave American Fighter Pilots Demanding Earlier Cancer Screenings

“The Cancer Problem That No One’s Talking About”: The High Cost of Traveling to a Clinical Trial

Cancer in the News - Keep Up With The Progress

Disparities in Cancer Care - Let's Close the Gap

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The Infamous Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment-- Understanding Why Some African-Americans Don't Trust Doctors

How Can African-American Communities Trust Clinical Trials During Coronavirus? It Must Be Built Over Time, Says Expert

Black Melanoma Patients Experience Significant Treatment Delays, According To Research

Georgina Berbari
Prevention

Increasing Access to Breast Cancer Care in Underserved Communities

Disparities in Cancer Care - Let's Close the Gap

Important Topics In Cancer

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Nobel Prize Winner: What's Next For Immunotherapy?

Dr. Jim Allison
Department of Immunology, MD Anderson Cancer Center

Former Match CEO Mandy Ginsberg On Health and Her Decision to Step Down

Laura Gesualdi-Gilmore
SurvivorNet

Does Smoking Marijuana Cause Lung Cancer? Top Experts Tell SurvivorNet a Public Health Crisis is Coming

Treatment

The Father of Immunotherapy Recommends Multiple Opinions

Dr. Steven Rosenberg
National Cancer Institute

Important Topics In Cancer

Extraordinary Survivor Stories

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Living

SurvivorNet Interviews Tom Brokaw: "I Just Want to Stay Vertical" -- Politics Keep His Mind Off Cancer, And Medical Marijuana Helps Too

Living

The Courage to Be You: Meet Survivor Ericka Hart

She Beat An Extremely Rare Skin Cancer -- Thanks To Her Teenage Daughter -- And Now She's Paying It Forward With Cancer Awareness Campaign

"Instead of a Sick Person, He Saw Bravery"

Living

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

Survivor Joel Naftelberg Dances on His Problems

Extraordinary Survivor Stories

A Journey in Focus: Ovarian Cancer

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A Step-by-Step Guide to Making Decisions Around Ovarian Cancer - Diagnosis & Treatment

Living

Living with Ovarian Cancer-- How Scientific Progress Has Made Life With the Disease More Manageable

Dr. Beth Karlan
UCLA Medical Center
Living

Facing An Ovarian Cancer Diagnosis Mid-Career -- Ex-NYPD Sergeant Shares Her Story

Maintenance

PARP inhibitors for ovarian cancer

Dr. Jose Alejandro Rauh-Hain
MD Anderson Cancer Center

A Journey in Focus: Ovarian Cancer

The SurvivorNet Community: "We've Been Through It"

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Living

The Wall Street Trader Who Became a Tattoo Artist to Help Women Become Whole Again

SPONSORED

I'm Able to Be Here For More Milestones - One Cancer Survivor's Incredible Story

Living

Finding the Light After a Cancer Diagnosis

Living

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

I Didn't Think I'd Live to See My Kids Get Married -- Judy Golz on Learning to Live With the Disease

"Mommies Make It Through Cancer" says Joan Lunden's Best-Selling Co-Author, The Amazing Laura Morton

In an Industry So Focused on Looks, Ramy Gafni Didn't Let Cancer Get in His Way

Kelly Shanahan

METUP
Living

It's Not My Boobs, It's Not My Hair -- It's Just Me That Makes Me Beautiful

The SurvivorNet Community: "We've Been Through It"

The Immunotherapy Revolution

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What's Next for Cancer Now That There's a Nobel Prize for Immunotherapy?

Later Stage

Immunotherapy Helps Your Body Help Itself

Dr. Cecilia Larocca
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Later Stage

Immunotherapy Has Changed The Game For Lung Cancer

Dr. Brendon Stiles
Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork-Presbyterian
Treatment

The Promise of Immunotherapy for Cancer Treatment

Dr. Steven Rosenberg
National Cancer Institute

Dr. Ronald Natale

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

Dr. Scott Strome

University of Maryland

The Immunotherapy Revolution

Take a look at our step-by-step guides to individual cancers.

You'll find top doctors taking the time to lay things out. We're here to help on your journey.

Breast Cancer Colon Cancer Leukemia (AML) Leukemia (CLL) Lung Cancer Melanoma Multiple Myeloma Ovarian Cancer Prostate Cancer

SurvivorNet Guide: Genetics

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Prevention

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

Dr. Ophira Ginsburg
NYU Perlmutter Cancer Center
Prevention

Buyer Beware: Direct-to-Consumer Genetic Testing

Dr. Ophira Ginsburg
NYU Perlmutter Cancer Center
Prevention

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
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Later Stage

The Importance Of Genetics In Late Stage Lung Cancers

Dr. Geoffrey Oxnard
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Prevention

Genetic Testing For Breast Cancer

Dr. Elizabeth Comen
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

SurvivorNet Guide: Genetics

Things They Don't Always Tell You

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Prevention

Does Smoking Marijuana Cause Lung Cancer?

Dr. Raja Flores
Mount Sinai Health System
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
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

Things They Don't Always Tell You

You Should Understand The Marketing Around Cancer

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Dr. Raja Flores

Mount Sinai Health System
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 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... Read More

Judy Perkins

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

Dr. Jaime Knopman

CCRM NY
Living

Can I Have A Baby After Breast Cancer?

Dr. Elizabeth Comen
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

SurvivorNet Guide: Sex & Fertility

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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