Daniel “Dan” Long — a rectal cancer survivor — sits down with Selma Schimmel at the Community Cancer Care Advocacy Day Forum to talk about his work as a cancer advocate with the COA Patient Advocacy Network and the Northwest Georgia Cancer Centers. The Community Cancer Care Advocacy Day Forum was held in Washington D.C. [...]

Joan Digirolamo, RN/Cancer Survivor and Ruth L. Lander, FACMPE/Practice Administrator/Cancer Survivor sit down with Selma Schimmel at the Community Cancer Care Advocacy Day Forum These women and friends and work together at the Columbus Oncology and Hematology Associates in Columbus, Ohio. They inspire, but telling us how they continue to use their voice for life [...]

Shirley Bianca is a breast cancer survivor and artist.  She created with gouache and oil paint called Message of Hope. The series expresses the myriad of emotions she experienced after being first diagnosed with breast cancer in 2000. Shirley does her part to encourage other breast cancer patients and survivors with her story; since 2005, [...]

Kay Kays, an 18 year pancreatic cancer survivor is our feature interview for Voice for Life from ASCO 2012. Kay Kays, Patient Advocate in Research, with a special focus on pancreatic cancer, a DoD Pancreatic Cancer Consumer Reviewer; and on the University of Arizona GI SPORE External Advisory Board; and their Tissue Donor Awareness Project. [...]

In this episode of Voice for Life, native Texans, Bob Payne (prostate and non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma cancer survivor), and his daughter, Sheri Haddock (currently battling esophageal cancer) tell their story of survivorship and triumph as a family. The Group Room interviews at the Community Oncology Alliance (COA) 2012 annual meeting in Las Vegas was made possible [...]

11th Annual National Young Adult Cancer Awareness Week April 1-7, 2013 Meet Gloria Borges.  Gloria is a young adult colon cancer survivor and our featured Advocate In Action® for National Young Adult Cancer Awareness Week 2013.  At the age of 28 doctors found a tumor in her colon and was diagnosed with Stage IV colon [...]

  Caren Cook Lee, a Texas native, was diagnosed with breast cancer at the age of 36, just days before getting engaged to her now husband, William. As an advocate for breast cancer, Caren has raised more than $60,000 for Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure®.  Caren’s message of keep on keepin’ on and [...]

Jordan Berlin, MD: What is the hedgehog protein pathway and current GDC0049 trail results? Dr. Berlin is the Clinical Director, Gastrointestinal Oncology, Vanderbilt University.

  Vital Options Living with Cancer series is a collection of life stories featuring patients, their loved ones, and medical providers, in which the cancer journey is told from different perspectives and circumstances. Meant to inspire knowledge and hope, participants in these videos address the myriad issues that living with cancer presents. Living with Lung [...]

Q. A nodule was found in my friend’s stomach and she has trouble eating. I know what is being said (10 months). Is there anything new? She is my best friend. A. It is important that your friend speaks to her nurse and doctor about the trouble she is having with her eating because of [...]