Blog
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.
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.”
The Necessity of Immunotherapy Education for Cancer Patients
Though knowledge about immunotherapy is still relatively low, Immunotherapy continues to offer promising treatments for many tumor types.
Engage with the Cancer Community at a November Affiliate Event Near You
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 support someone with cancer so that you or your loved ones can feel “sustained by community.”
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.”
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.
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.
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!”
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.
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.
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.