ACE member Wenora Johnson recently published a powerful article When Service Becomes Legacy: My Story of Family, Cancer and Purpose. in Cancer Community. “Veterans are trained to ‘tough it out,’ to put mission first and themselves last. Preventive care often takes a back seat. We need stronger outreach in the veteran community to make it…
“Ending Dementia Stigma could Change its Trajectory: Cancer’s History Shows Why” highlights the impact of cancer advocates from the perspective of the slow progress in the world of dementia research. This article by Saskia Sivananthan recently appeared in The Conversation. “Cancer did not change its stigma entirely because it became curable. It became curable faster…
Cancer Research UK (CRUK) has prepared a toolkit to assist researchers in patient and public involvement (PPI), noting that PPI can improve the quality and relevance of the research, and help articulate its benefits for cancer patients and members of the public.
Tim McDonald (an advocate himself) conducted this terrific interview with colorectal cancer survivor JJ Singleton. The article originally appeared in Tim’s substack and caught our eye.
ONWARD!! Jo Lynn Collins It will be 7 years next month since my diagnosis of Stage 4 Metastatic Breast Cancer. Median life expectancy is around 3 years, and it never escapes my attention how fortunate I am to have lived beyond those statistics. That being said, the numbers are a bit outdated and don’t accurately…
This is an excellent summary of many of the top cancer stories of 2025 from the staff at Cancer Today.