Running for Her Life
In her new book, professional race announcer and fitness innovator Fitz Koehler shares the laughs and tears of her breast cancer journey for other warriors.
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Saying Yes to Life
Bridal shop owner Lori Allen had it all, including two successful TV shows, a strong marriage and loving children. But it took a breast cancer diagnosis for her to finally care for the most important thing of all—herself.
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Fighting Her ‘Inheritance’
By trusting her gut, Alejandra Campoverdi took genetic likelihood into her own hands and remained steadfast in her approach to breast cancer even when her support network didn’t fully understand. She hopes to inspire other women to do the same through her new ...
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The Loudest Voices
Whether it’s through news briefs, weather forecasts or traffic reports, journalists play an important role in the way we plan our day. These six Chicago women journalists take that influence one step further when it comes to cancer.
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Power Play
Pro hockey player Sam Fields was working toward the NHL bid he had dreamed about since childhood. But after an unexpected CML diagnosis, he suddenly found himself in a very different kind of faceoff.
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Keeping the Legacy Alive
Seventeen years after Grammy Award-winning musician Warren Zevon’s death from pleural mesothelioma, his legacy lives on through the advocacy work of his son, Jordan.
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cW Chat: Morhaf Al Achkar
In this new quarterly series, the cW team chats with a notable figure in the cancer community with something to share. For this issue, we talk to Morhaf Al Achkar about his new memoir about lung cancer, "Being Authentic."
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#NoFilter
Social media has provided a platform for cancer warriors and thrivers to unapologetically share their journey while offering support and resources. Here’s six of our fave follow-worthy influencers doing just that.
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Getting Into ‘Good Trouble’
The revolutionary work of congressman and civil rights activist John Lewis isn’t taking a backseat in the face of a pancreatic cancer diagnosis. We talked with director Dawn Porter about capturing that resilience for the screen in the new documentary “John Lew...
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A Literary Love Story
Jason B. Rosenthal, husband of the late award-winning author Amy Krouse Rosenthal, chatted with us about “My Wife Said You May Want to Marry Me,” his memoir response to Amy’s viral New York Times column published just 10 days before her death from ovarian canc...
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