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Our blog covers a wide range of topics to help support, inspire, and inform members of our community, including those who have been personally impacted by cancer. Use the search filters below to find blog posts on topics that are important to you, from wellness tips, advocacy & policy news, and cancer research findings to stories and insights shared by patients, survivors, and caregivers.

CSC: Sustained by Community: Being an active community member
Read November 14, 2017

Sustained by Community

For our 35th anniversary year, as part of our Fall Cancer Awareness campaign, the Cancer Support Community would like to highlight how you can support someone with cancer so that you or your loved ones can feel “sustained by community.”
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Read November 1, 2017

How to Support a Loved One with Cancer

For our 35th anniversary year, as part of our Fall Cancer Awareness campaign, the Cancer Support Community would like to highlight how you can support someone with cancer so that you or your loved ones can feel “sustained by community.”
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Read October 30, 2017

Making Hard Decisions about Breast Cancer

Receiving a cancer diagnosis is never easy, but it becomes even more complicated when you feel pressured to make a quick decision about your treatment. The internet is teeming with so many breast cancer treatment options, studies, and opinions that it’s hard to determine what is best for you.
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Read October 26, 2017

12-Year-Old Makes Slime to Raise Money for Kidney Cancer Research

Slime has recently become the biggest thing next to fidget spinners and the Trolls movie. Catherine Porter’s 12-year-old daughter mixed passion with purpose as she turned her love of creating slime into a business and fundraiser for the Cancer Support Community.
CSC: strengthened by action: getting involved through the Grassroots Network Movement
Read October 25, 2017

Strengthened by Action: Join the Grassroots Network

For our 35 th anniversary year, as part of our Fall Cancer Awareness campaign, the Cancer Support Community would like to highlight how you can make a difference through advocacy so that you and your loved ones can be “strengthened by action!”
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Read October 20, 2017

National Mammogram Day: 7 Things to Know

Today marks National Mammography Day. Every year, this day falls on the third Friday of October, during National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, as a reminder to women that the best defense against breast cancer is early detection.
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Read October 18, 2017

Strengthened by Action: Ways to Donate

Studies show that people who donate money are happier and healthier than those who don’t. Giving activates pleasure centers in the brain that adds to a person’s self-esteem, sense of purpose, overall happiness and physical health, regardless of income level.
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Read October 12, 2017

Supporting Cancer Patients through the Dempsey Challenge

Every fall around the first weekend of October, Lewiston, Maine hosts the Dempsey Challenge. For two days, participants run, walk or bike to raise funds for the Dempsey Center— a organization that offers free support to anyone impacted by cancer.