Knownst to Matthew Zachary, but unknownst to others, long before the Award-Winning documentary "The Cancer Mavericks: A History of Survivorship"... more

Welcome to the series finale of The Cancer Mavericks. In this final episode, we reflect on the first seven episodes... more

A cancer diagnosis sucks no matter what — but factors like income, education, racism, geography, housing, and access to health... more

For decades, the portrayal of cancer in movies and television was grim. If a character was diagnosed with cancer, it... more

Young adult cancer patients face a unique set of problems, but not so long ago they were a largely invisible... more

In just over 20 years, the number of cancer survivors in the United States has doubled to 17 million survivors,... more

Advocacy can take many forms in the cancer community — from advocating for yourself or a loved one to receive... more

By the 1980s, cancer was no longer a death sentence. But the question of what surviving actually meant was unanswered.... more

Mary Lasker used to say that more money was spent on advertising campaigns for gum than was spent on cancer... more

Most people don’t know that you’re considered a cancer survivor at the moment of diagnosis. It wasn’t always this way.... more