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Bright Pink aims to ensure equity, model proactivity and promote agency for young breast and ovarian cancer warriors. The social leg of one of our favorite cancer charities features cancer fighters doing amazing things mixed with news about upcoming events and new innovations and treatments in the cancer research world.

This uber-popular insta for ihadcancer.com features words and pictures from the wider cancer community — before, during and after treatment. Their website is a home for people looking to share their experience, talk with others, and find some sort of solace throughout their journey.

Cancer, but make it f*cking hilarious. With a mix of humor and no-holds-barred real talk, this account really shines through its memes, which are geared specifically for the cancer community — because, as every person in treatment for cancer knows, sometimes the only thing you can do is laugh.

Anna Crollman’s bright and cheery feed has garnered her a loyal following by featuring both the good and the bad of life after cancer. She aims to empower cancer survivors to find beauty in their “post-cancer body,” and we can’t get enough of her down-to-earth personality and affinity for the color pink.

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MONSANTO
Cancer & Environment

One Bad Apple

For years, agrochemical company Monsanto has been hiding the truth about the cancer-causing herbicide glyphosate, but recent lawsuits have brought the truth to light.

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CANCER DEBT
Finance

Sick with Debt

After costly treatments and surgeries that aid in treating cancer, there is often one worry plaguing the mind of the average survivor—how to pay for it all.

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PLANT HEALING CANCER
Complementary Medicine

Horticultural Healing

Can a dose of gardening help your recovery? Horticultural therapists think so. Here’s the dirt on the power of plants.

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BILL THOMPSON BLADDER CANCER
(Y)our Stories

#FighterFriday: A Partnership of Healing

Bill Thompson thought he was in peak health, until a series of unexplainable symptoms led to his final diagnosis—stage IV bladder cancer. Fighting for his life was equal parts a physical, mental and medical battle.

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JOHNNY BENCH
(Y)our Stories

Baseball and Basal Cells

Johnny Bench of the Cincinnati Reds is “on the ball” when it comes to skin cancer. Cancer Wellness talks with Bench about his skin cancer diagnosis and how “an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.”

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