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Much cancer research approaches 10-year survival like the end of a story, but it's also a beginning.

Long-term breast cancer survivors can face recurrence for up to 32 years...but most won't.

Life after cancer can be complex and difficult, but can also yield unexpected richness and beauty.

On the 10-year anniversary of survivorship, it's worth reflecting on milestones, gratitude, and growth.

This is a song of messy gratitude .

On Thanksgiving weekend 2015, I was diagnosed with breast cancer. Though my life was not in imminent danger, as it was caught early, I had two types of cancer in my left breast and several factors—some known from the get-go and others that did not emerge until my bilateral mastectomy, pathology report, and specialized tests like the Oncotype DX, wh

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