“Full of wisdom….There are lessons for everyone—patients, friends, family, and caregivers.”

—Laura J. Esserman, MD, MBA - Director, UCSF Carol Franc Buck Breast Care Center, TIME’s 100 Most Influential People in the World

“This Is Cancer is a must-read for all cancer patients.”

—Alan Ashworth, FRS - President of the UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center

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“She’s been there. She knows cancer. She knows survival.”

—Kimberly Allison, MD - Director of Breast Pathology at the Stanford University Medical Center and author of Red Sunshine: A Story of Strength and Inspiration from a Doctor Who Survived Stage 3 Breast Cancer

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“Here’s the one book you really need when cancer comes knocking.”

—Kelly Corrigan - New York Times bestselling author of The Middle Place and Glitter and Glue

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This Is Cancer:

Everything You Need to Know, from the Waiting Room to the Bedroom

The “What to Expect When You’re Expecting” for cancer patients

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Excerpt from This is Cancer

I am a Stage IV inflammatory breast cancer survivor. I went from perfectly healthy (lots of yoga, lots of broccoli) to not feeling great to being told I had an extensive tumor in my left breast and cancer that had spread to my lymph nodes and potentially a rib. I was given roughly three to five years to live, all at the age of thirty-seven. With the help of an incredibly diligent family and a team of brilliant doctors and a tiny green chemotherapy clinical trial drug, I’m still here. It is not an exaggeration to say it’s a miracle that I’m alive. I am a survivor, and I am grateful.

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