Meet Rae Norrod (MS, RN, AOCN, CNS) a Manager in the Oncology Service Line at Kettering Health in Ohio. 

Since cancer treatment can seem like a fast-moving medical train, it’s easy to lose focus on both. Focusing only on a patient’s body can too often result in the neglect of their soul. As the train approaches the end of our earthly life, it is vitally important to address the needs of our cancer patient’s souls.

Even the most amicable divorce can be debilitating. Add a cancer diagnosis to the mix and you have cancer patients whose quality of care and quality of life can be adversely affected

Meet Chris Buck a Nurse Coordinator Oncology Research at Overlook Medical Center in Summit NJ.

As a Nurse with over 54 years of experience, Marilyn Weitzel has joined Cancer Companions as a Bible Study Facilitator in our brand new Onco Heroes Bible Study specifically for Oncology Workers and Volunteers.

Triage Cancer is a national, nonprofit organization that provides free education on the legal and practical issues that may impact individuals diagnosed with cancer and their caregivers, through events, materials, and resources.

Cancer is not easy for anyone to understand and yet children and teens have an additional difficulty due to the way they think. People do not learn abstract thinking until 12-15 years old or later. What does this really mean? It means that without abstract thinking younger people think everything is black or white, good or bad. We see a bright, articulate young person and believe they think like an adult when really they see situations as two sided instead of multi-faceted.

“When we admit to God that it feels out of control, it really strengthens their faith. We show them its okay: They can have their doubts and fears. The best thing to do is take their fears to God. They’re going to take their questions someplace. Why not take them to God?”

Whether you are 8, 18 or 28 when your parent is diagnosed with cancer, your world suddenly shifts. The questions of what to do, what to say and how to act affects not only the child but the parent too. At a time when instability is the norm, how do you maintain stability in the parent/child relationship?

Karen Tripp, LMFT, founder Cancer Companions, shares about how we can offer support through the holidays to those experiencing cancer, and what to do and not to do to care for those loved ones. Listen below to Karen’s interview with Andy Bates on KFUO’s Faith and Family.

Join Karen Tripp as she discusses ways to cope with a cancer recurrence.

There is no question that God designed our bodies to move. Watch the video and listen to Dr. Karen Wonders discuss what happens inside the body physiologically during exercise.

The average caregiver has been providing care for 4 years on average, spending 24.4 hours a week. She is typically employed and working full time (an average of 34.7 hours per week).

Clinically significant depression and anxiety have been shown to negatively impact cancer treatment tolerance, quality of life, and overall survivorship. Conversely, scientific literature has demonstrated the stress-buffering effects of religion and spirituality on physiological processes such as reduced cardiovascular reactivity, hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis activation, and inflammation.

Stupid Cancer is a nonprofit whose mission is to help empower everyone affected by adolescent and young adult (AYA) cancer by ending isolation and building community.

Kristi Davis, an otherwise healthy 45-year-old woman and single mother of 4, was diagnosed with triple negative breast cancer in January. Her experience has been somewhat different than previous years due to Covid-19.

It's amazing how easily we can talk ourselves out of asking someone to be a volunteer. Here are some of the myths that can get in the way.