Marisa Sullivan

Marisa Sullivan

Senior Reporter

Marisa Sullivan is a staff writer for SurvivorNet, and a triple-negative breast cancer survivor.

Motherhood In Hard Times, How Katie Couric, 65, Told Her Daughters About a Breast Cancer Diagnosis

Teen In Her Eighth Year of Fighting Cancer Praises Her ‘Amateur Sleuth’ Mother Who Found a Clinical Trial To Help Her Battle

Eight-Months-Pregnant Woman, 29, Felt ‘Burning’ In Her Breast And Was Told By Her Doctor It Was ‘A Clogged Bile Duct:’ It Turned Out To Be Cancer

New Mom, 29, Suffering Terrible Pelvic Pain Was Told By Doctors It Was ‘Scar Tissue’ And ‘An Abscess:’ It Turned Out To Be Cancer

Mom Notices Strange ‘White Shadow’ In Her Toddler Son’s Eye: It Turned Out To Be Cancer That Was Caught In The Nick Of Time

Mom-of-Four, 47, Thought Her Persistent Cough Was Long COVID: It Turned Out To Be Cancer After Doctors Found 20 Tumors

Mom Of Three, 38, Was Told By Doctors Her ‘Unusual Stomach Pain’ Was A ‘Digestive Tract Condition:’ It Turned Out To Be Cancer

Miami Woman, 56, Recalls Extreme ‘Bloating’ Before Stage 3 Ovarian Cancer Diagnosis: ‘I Went From a Bit Chubby to Looking Like I Was 6 or 7 Months Pregnant’

A Mother’s Nightmare As Twin Newborn Girls are Diagnosed with Eye Cancer Just Three Days Apart: How They Made It Through

‘Frustrated’ Teenage Girl Was Tired for FOUR YEARS And Doctors Told Her She Had ‘Tonsillitis:’ It Turned Out To Be Cancer

‘Cheeky’ Underwear Campaign Showcasing Bizarre Men’s Undies Raises Awareness About Prostate Cancer

‘Fit’ Retired Teacher, 65, Refused to Accept She Had ‘Months to Live,’ Went On a Clinical Trial for Leukemia and is Now Cancer-Free

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