Cancer Articles

Reflections from the waiting room

Reflections from the waiting room

For all those living with cancer or the possibility of its return… I’m awaiting the results of my final annual cancer check-up and I sense myself slipping into my mind’s waiting room, the space between ‘got cancer’ and ‘haven’t got cancer’, my earthly purgatory....

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No more kicking cancer’s butt

No more kicking cancer’s butt

We think it's helpful to tell people who are struggling with a life-threatening disease like cancer to ‘keep fighting’. It isn’t. It’s shaming. Let’s stop the military metaphors and get real about what we’re facing. When Health Secretary Sajid Javid tweeted that we...

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