Archives - Part 2
National Cancer Survivors Day® is Cause For Celebration
By Beth Sanders Moore Today is National Cancer Survivors Day 2013, and the day is cause for celebration! Here’s why: The number of cancer survivors is growing. There are an estimated 13.7 million survivors living today. By the year 2020, that number is expected to increase by 30% to 18 million. Cancer survivorship care is…
The New Year Approaches: Penciling in Cancer on My Calendar
Editor’s Note: Beth Sanders Moore is the contributing author of this chapter taken from “Chicken Soup for the Soul: Hope & Healing for Your Breast Cancer Journey,” authored by Dr. Julie Silver of Harvard Medical School and published by Chicken Soup for the Soul Publishing, LLC (September 2012). Click here to purchase your copy of…
With Life-Saving Health Reforms Now in Place for Cancer Survivors, I Remember Elizabeth
Today, while cancer survivors like me are cheering, I am remembering a particular survivor – no longer with us – who must be looking down with great joy for her fellow survivors and in knowing hers was a job well done. Were she with us, attorney and health care reform advocate Elizabeth Edwards would be…
A New Focus On Cancer Survivorship: An Eye On Science And An Eye On Care
Cancer survivors are all a tweet about A Report: Cancer Treatment & Survivorship Facts & Figures 2012-2013 released yesterday at the kickoff of the 6th Biennial Cancer Survivorship Research Conference. There’s a great deal of excitement wrapped around the release of these new stats: the population of cancer survivors in the US has grown from…
Cheers On This National Day for Cancer Survivors
As cancer survivors, we can’t change the fact that we’ve had cancer. We can control how we approach it and how we deal with it. In part, it’s our choice…it’s up to us. It’s up to us to carry on, to live a full and meaningful life…to move forward. After all, a “survivor” is one…
Summertime and the Livin’ is Healthy
Summer is here…school is out. Compared to the fall and spring, there aren’t as many things to do or as many events on my calendar. All of a sudden, my life has become less deadline-driven. My mind has become less cluttered with competing thoughts. For me, the season allows me to indulge a bit in…
Planning to Survive Cancer
According to a study presented at the American Society of Clinical Oncology meeting in Chicago this week, more than 95 percent of the time, cancer specialists accurately recognize the presentation of side effects of cancer treatment years after the treatment is completed. That’s compared to primary care doctors who are much less successful in identifying…
Has Anyone Ever Fought Cancer More Tenaciously, More Gracefully?
On May 23 of this year, in celebration of National Cancer Survivors Day 2012, CancerForward will have the great fortune to honor a three-time cancer survivor whose journey with cancer is worthy of national news coverage. Yet, she has not sought to place herself under a key light or in front of a camera. Not…
Sarah Bray Suggests for Valentine’s Day, I Should Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter
Borrowed from Sharon Bray, Writing Through Cancer (www.writingthroughcancer.com) “Breathe in,” my yoga teacher spoke softly as she led us through a closing meditation. “Fill yourself with gratitude,” she said. I inhaled, filling my lungs with air, and then exhaled slowly, trying to clear my mind–a perpetually challenging task. “Gratitude.” I silently repeated the word to…
We All Hold Torches of Championship
Yesterday, CancerForward was fortunate to be recognized by Texas Children’s Cancer Center as its 2011 Torch of Champions Honoree. The occasion was the 4th Annual Celebration of Champions Luncheon which salutes survivors who have been treated at the Center. The event raises important funding for family-centered care for children, adolescents and young adults with cancer…