2017 National Cancer Survivors Day®
Exclusive Coverage
Coping® magazine is proud to be an ongoing national sponsor of National Cancer Survivors Day® (NCSD). In cooperation with the National Cancer Survivors Day Foundation, Coping is pleased to provide you with exclusive coverage of NCSD 2017.
This 30th annual Celebration of Life was held on Sunday, June 4, in hundreds of communities throughout the world.
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Making Progress Against Cancer
Partners on the Journey
Over the last few years, I’ve had the great privilege of visiting a variety of NCI-designated Cancer Centers and talking with various stakeholder groups across the country. While meeting with oncologists and researchers takes up most of my time, the highlight is always my interactions with patients. I am especially moved by the willingness of so many to take part in clinical trials – to become partners on our research journey – all in the hope that others won’t have to experience what they are going through. Their courage is a humbling reminder of the experiences of all cancer survivors and the reason why we do what we do every day at the National Cancer Institute.
Cancer and Fertility in Men
The American Cancer Society estimates that by January 2024 there will be more than 9.3 million men living with cancer in the United States. One of the most significant side effects facing male cancer survivors is damage to the reproductive system, which may lead to a reduced ability or inability to have children.
Just Move
A Step-by-Step Approach to Physical Fitness
for Cancer Survivors
As a medical doctor specializing in cancer rehabilitation, I often find myself echoing a common refrain to those around me: just move. Inactivity has both a direct and an indirect effect on our health and function. Historically, we, as a society and as medical professionals, have often underestimated the effects of inactivity. Over the past several years, a shift in thinking has begun.
Your Guide to Understanding Metastatic Breast Cancer
If this is your first cancer diagnosis, understanding the disease will help you talk with your healthcare providers. Here, we’ll discuss the basics of breast cancer, how it metastasizes, and how metastatic breast cancer is different from early-stage disease. This information may be useful to you whether the cancer has returned or metastatic breast cancer is your primary diagnosis – your first diagnosis of breast cancer.
For Lung Cancer Survivors
Creating a Transitional Care Plan
When you are diagnosed with lung cancer and start receiving treatments, you begin to realize the many changes that are happening in your life. As your health status and treatment plans change, the care you receive will also change. Your healthcare team should help you move between phases by working with you to create a transitional care plan.
Cancer is Only the Beginning
Surviving the Cure,
Choosing to Live
by Andrew Bundy
I guess you could say I was lucky – leukemia wasn’t too bad for me. I mean, sure, at the time, it was horrible, the worst thing I thought anyone could go through. But four rounds of chemotherapy, a bone marrow transplant, and six months later, I was in remission and already thinking about joining my high school friends in college, although I’d be a freshman, and they’d be sophomores.
