Survivor Stories

No two people experience cancer in exactly the same way. Nevertheless, common themes emerge in conversations with cancer survivors, and these shared experiences form the basis for support, encouragement, empathy, and even humor.

Here, women and men who are living with cancer or have completed treatment and are cancer-free share their stories of survival, from initial diagnosis and treatment to recovery and the ways that cancer has transformed their lives.

• Jonna’s Body, Please Hold
• Hope in Bloom
• Robin Roberts: Abundantly Blessed
• Olivia Newton-John: Living to Thrive
• A Mother’s Legacy: The Lynne Cohen Foundation for Ovarian Cancer Research
• Peggy Fleming: Challenge of a Lifetime
• Hoda Kotb: Transform and Transcend
• Gratitude and Grace: The Sheryl Crow Interview
• Diahann Carrol: Sharing Her Benefit
• Jaclyn Smith: Knowledge is Power
• Lynn Redgrave: Strength Revealed
• Fran Drescher: Cancer Schmancer
• Cancer’s Glamour Girl
• Crazy Sexy Cancer Tips
• The Word is Vixen Not Victim
• Truly Mom, Truly Grateful
• Lessons from the Chemo Room
• One Survivor Makes Her Mark
• Survivors Become Peer Mentors
• Finding Faith
• Positively Determined
• Life’s Lessons Learned Early
• Writing for Her Life
• Living with Metastatic Breast Cancer
• In Their Own Words: Colorectal Cancer Survivors
• Hispanic Women Speak Out About Breast Cancer
• The Light Within: The Extraordinary Friendship of a Doctor and Patient Brought Together by Cancer