Cancer Survivors

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Talk to someone: Chat with Linda, a cancer survivor, about staying healthy after cancer.
Talk to someone: Chat with Linda, a cancer survivor, about staying healthy after cancer.
Talk to someone: Chat with Linda, a cancer survivor, about staying healthy after cancer.
Patients and Survivors
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Learn how you can stay healthy during your treatment, and after your treatment is finished.

Cancer Caregivers
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Get tips for staying healthy while you support a survivor’s physical and emotional health.

Health Care Providers
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Get information on caring for cancer survivors and training to improve their mental health care.

Breast Cancer Survivorship—A Personal Story
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“I have what I call a ‘new normal.’ That means a different attitude towards life. I do as much as I can by eating well, exercising, and keeping my stress levels down,” says Pam.

Cancer Survivor Stories

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Ginny never thought she’d get skin cancer even though she knew she had many risk factors.

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“I never would have found it early if I hadn’t been screened,” says colorectal cancer survivor Robert.

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“The impact of cancer doesn’t stop as soon as treatment is finished,” says Jordyn, who got cancer at age 16.

More Cancer Survivor Stories

CDC works with partners to help the growing number of cancer survivors in the United States. Learn what CDC is doing.

Page last reviewed: October 22, 2019
Content source: Division of Cancer Prevention and Control,, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention