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"Cancer Connections"

Newspaper columns on living with cancer.
Look for them every other Thursday in the Ithaca Journal.


Thoughts on Cancer

Cancer and Positive Thinking

Cancer and the Nature of Hope

The Importance of the Front Office Staff

Five Diagnoses Haven't Kept Szabo Down

Cancer in Darkness and Light

Head and Neck Cancers Present Special Challenges

Young Adults with Cancer

Why is Cancer so Scary?

The Ugly Stepsister of Cancer

The Human Side of Cancer Treatment

The Uncertainty of Cancer

Cancer and Sex

Exercise, Cancer & Dragon Boats

Mental Illness, Then Cancer

"I have cancer. What's new with you?"

Wearing My "Cancer Sucks" Button

Single with Cancer

Don't ask about my battle, ask about me


Practical Advice

Advice for Those Newly Diagnosed with Cancer

The After Cancer Treatment Blahs

Cancer and Chemobrain

Cancer and Second Opinions

Living with Advanced Cancer

Deciding Not to Treat Cancer

Treating Cancer: How Old is too Old?

What Patients Don't Always Share with their Doctors

Memo to Boss: I have Cancer

My Little Black Book of Cancer Resources

When Insurance Companies Deny Payment

Clinical Trials for Cancer

 

Family and Friends

What to say - and not say - when a friend is diagnosed with cancer

If Your Mom has Cancer

When Your Loved One has Cancer

Practical Ways to Help Those with Cancer

Be Honest with Your Children about Your Cancer

Telling the Parents that you have Cancer

Purple Ribbons at the Lincoln Street Diner

Helping, Even from a Distance

Groundhog Friends

Helping Those We Don't Like

Holiday Gifts for Those Touched by Cancer

Nothing Personal, but Keep Your Advice to Yourself

What to Say When Cancer Returns

A Better Phrase than "Staying Strong"

 

Random Articles

The Dog That Loved Flannel

Bob's Cancer Experience

A College Class on Cancer

Many, Many Thanks as 2007 Comes to a Close

A Very Brief History of the Breast Cancer Advocacy Movement

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