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 [...]

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 [...]

  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 [...]