Cancer Nation

We are heartbroken to share that Susie Leigh, one of Cancer Nation's founding members, has passed away.

Susie helped found this organization in 1986, helped change the language from "cancer victim" to "cancer survivor," and spent more than 50 years making sure the health care system had to listen to the people it served.

She was a five-time survivor, an oncology nurse, a mentor, and a dear friend to so many in this community.

We honor her by continuing the work she gave everything to.
Read our full tribute: https://canceradvocacy.org/remembering-susie-leigh-a-founder-a-force-and-a-friend/

A chest X-ray at the Mayo Clinic finally showed what months of appointments couldn't: a large mass. Jessie Lindemann was 28, sick, and had been dismissed too many times to count.

She finished six months of chemotherapy, completed radiation, and made a deal with herself: become a physician so she could be the doctor she needed. Now, 23 years later, she's a family doctor and cancer survivor building a survivorship center in North Dakota because the system still isn't giving survivors what they need when treatment ends.

Her message to every survivor: "The way you feel is normal. It is correct. And there are people out there who will help you."

Read Jessie's full story: https://canceradvocacy.org/from-diagnosis-to-doctor-jesse-lindemann-md-became-the-doctor-she-needed/

Travel costs shouldn’t decide who gets heard.
When survivors join us for the Summit in Washington, DC, they gain the tools, community, and platform to demand better cancer care for us all.

Support the Summit Scholarship Fund and help bring more voices to the table.

Link: https://nationalcoalitionforcancersurvivorship-bloom.kindful.com/?campaign=1408529