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Katie Asturizaga was getting dressed before helping her son get ready for school when her thumb grazed a lump on her left breast. She quickly compared it to her right side, then asked her husband if he felt something. He didn’t.”Thankfully, I was going to my yearly OB-GYN appointment the…
Brooks Bell and Sarah Beran connected online in July 2023 over something unfortunate they had in common: they were both treated for colon cancer in their 30s after doctors misdiagnosed them. Now, they’re working together to prevent others from having the same experience.Before Beran was told in 2020 at age…
As a child, my mother had a habit of pointing out various military planes in the sky and explaining their names and purposes.I heard those same planes zoom overhead on various military bases when I watched her, clad in an Air Force uniform with her short red hair peeking out…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Eric Morrow, a prostate cancer survivor, US Air Force veteran, and volunteer advocate for Zero Prostate Cancer, a nonprofit focused on supporting patients and eliminating prostate cancer. It’s been edited for length and clarity.I was diagnosed with prostate cancer on June…
