It’s hard to know what to say when someone you love is diagnosed with breast cancer. Some comments can hurt ... Read More The ...

When Katie Thurston was diagnosed with Stage IV metastatic breast cancer earlier this year, at age 34, people kept telling her they knew someone with the same diagnosis. Solidarity, you might think. A ...

It's hard to know what to say when you hear the devastating news that a loved one has cancer. Even if the person sharing their diagnosis isn't that close to you, navigating the conversation can feel ...

I was wearing a beautiful turban to cover my bald head on a Zoom call when I got this joking message from an acquaintance. It hit me right in the gut. I didn't know how to react to that, so I just ...

There are few words as frightening as cancer. The term has been around since 400BC, when Hippocrates, the Ancient Greek father of medicine, named a mass ‘karkinos’, or ‘crab’. When his work was ...

Cancer is a tough topic, but one most everyone confronts at some time or another. But what is proper “cancer etiquette?” Everyone is different, and there are different approaches.

You might talk about someone “fighting” cancer to show your support, or say a person has “lost their battle” to soften the blow of death – but thousands of cancer patients do not like hearing these ...

COMMENT: British political journalist Nick Robinson on the incredible care he received from his MacMillan nurse, and why ...