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Liam De Brun - July 2025

British actor Heather Peace has been on the popular BBC soap EastEnders since 2021 and recently disclosed her breast cancer diagnosis. She underwent surgery during a Christmas break from filming and concluded chemotherapy last month. The producers of the show told her she could take time off, but she was determined to wrap up an important storyline

Peter Currier - July 2025

Patti Laurent was pursuing an MBA while caring for an aging parent and working full-time. She was diagnosed with cancer last year, and was able to navigate treatment amongst her already busy schedule and graduate with her MBA this past May.

Alice Kavanagh - June 2025

Lizzie Banbury is a teacher who was diagnosed with stage 4 breast cancer last year. She took four months off of work for treatment but is now back. She lost her hair during treatment and wears multicolored wigs each day saying, "My wigs have raised awareness for the children at my school"

Shaanth Nanguneri - June 2025

Oregon State Representative Hòa Nguyễn returned to the Oregon House on Friday for the first time since she announced her cancer diagnosis in February. "I think it’s the community, it’s all of you here and the support that really, really pushed me through," she said.

Scott Stump - June 2025

ESPN “SportsCenter” anchor Jay Harris has been diagnosed with prostate cancer and has surgery scheduled on June 10. He hopes to return to work after surgery and bring awareness to the illness. "My goal in sharing this is to join the many others who also want to normalize this conversation and hopefully provide a bit of guidance and preparation"

Ingrid Vasquez - June 2025

Grammy nominated singer Jessie J has been diagnosed with breast cancer. Her cancer was discovered earlier this year but is talking publicly this week saying, "I'm not processing it because I'm working so hard. I also know how much sharing in the past has helped me with other people giving me their love and support and also their own stories."

Ginger Blackmon - May 2025

CAC's Executive Director Rebecca V. Nellis spoke with the NCODA (Network for Collaborative Oncology Development & Advancement) podcast. They discuss CAC's mission, current work trends, how healthcare providers can offer workplace support for their patients and an overview of CAC's free services.

Jon Alba - May 2025

Jim Ross, better known as the “Voice of Wrestling,” is a WWE Hall of Famer, New York Times bestselling author, and former wrestling commentator. He revealed earlier this month that he’s been diagnosed with colon cancer, just four years after beating skin cancer. He shared the news on X with trademark grit.

Elizabeth Casolo - May 2025

Alex George was working at a local TV news station when she was diagnosed with a rare bone cancer. While in treatment she was fired from that job but was able to then follow a passion of hers creating baking content online.

The Sun - May 2025

Inter Milan defender Francesco Acerbi was diagnosed with testicular cancer in 2013, forcing him to temporarily step away from football. After undergoing treatment and making a full recovery, he returned to the pitch with renewed purpose, eventually earning a place in Italy’s Euro winning team and becoming a key figure in Inter’s defense.

Alex Mitchell - May 2025

Sean Wachter was diagnosed with stage 4 melanoma that had become a malignant brain tumor. Following the conclusion of his treatment, he decided to organize a charity match raising money for the pediatric cancer patients, appearing himself under the name The Cancer Fighter. He was approached with an opportunity from the WWE to appear at MSG

Maren Angus-Coombs - April 2025

Mike Larabee is the head coach of the FIU softball team, and was diagnosed last year with myelofibrosis. His treatment, which included a bone marrow transplant, has kept him away from the field this whole season, but last week he was cleared by his doctors to visit his team.

Tom Rose - April 2025

Selma Fernandes was diagnosed with breast cancer in July of 2022 when her son was just 7 months old. After some time off for surgery and treatment she got tired of sitting around and sought work. Following a few jobs that were "too tough" on her physically she found a job as a healthcare assistant in a hospital.

Eleanor Fleming - April 2025

Alice Bolton is a British doctor who was working abroad in an Australian emergency room. While training for a half marathon and regularly running 20km, she suddenly found it hard to get through 5km and noticed swelling in her lymph nodes and bruising on her legs which turned out to be an aggressive for of blood cancer.

David Bruce - March 2025

Dale Bildhauer was diagnosed with colon cancer and underwent surgery followed by five weeks of radiation and five months of chemotherapy. The treatments shrunk the tumor which was removed in a second surgery. He continued to work through treatment as a live-in custodian at Gannon University when he felt strong enough.

Alana Anderson - March 2025

Chris Stark, one of the hosts of The Capital FM Breakfast Show in the UK returned to work this week following a testicular cancer diagnosis. While initially he chose not to disclose publicly or to his co-workers, he spoke on air about having surgery while he was out of work as well as chemotherapy to reduce the likelihood of the cancer returning.

Vanessa Etienne - March 2025

Actress Lyndie Greenwood revealed she has been diagnosed with invasive ductal carcinoma. She received the call from her doctor while she was in the middle of filming a movie in Canada. Making the decision to stay and finish the film she described as "one of the most intense and rewarding experiences of my life."

Amanda Goh - March 2025

After going through cancer treatment, Low Seow Yee realized she did not want to return to her job and instead opened a laundromat with her husband.

Kate Selig - February 2025

Dr. Bryant Lin is a clinical professor at Stanford University and a primary care physician. When he was himself diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer, he decided to use it in his work. He continued practicing medicine and created a course called "From Diagnosis to Dialogue: A Doctor’s Real-Time Battle With Cancer".

Katie Nicholl - February 2025

Katie Nicholl's job is to report on the Royal Family for Vanity Fair. Within a year of her own diagnosis, she was unexpectedly reporting on the cancer diagnoses of King Charles and Princess Kate.

CBS News - February 2025

Inside Edition reporter Alison Hall has returned to work after four weeks off for surgery. Following a story she did on actor Olivia Munn's breast cancer diagnosis, Hall took the same risk assessment test that helped Munn discover her cancer. Hall's test came back with a diagnosis of stage zero breast cancer.

T Maruthi Acharya - January 2025

Indian actor Shiva Rajkumar has returned home following surgery. Prior to surgery, he continued to work while undergoing chemotherapy saying, I was a bit scared, but the support from my fans and well-wishers gave me the strength to go through with it. I’m looking forward to getting back to acting and entertaining my fans."

Karine Jean-Pierre - January 2025

Karine Jean-Pierre revealed that she was a caregiver to her mother while serving as the White House Press Secretary. Diagnosed with stage 2 colon cancer, her mother is a very private person and told her, "Don’t tell anyone. Do not tell the president I have cancer."

Ben Botkin - January 2025

Rep. Sarah Finger McDonald found out her cancer had returned five days after being elected to the Oregon state House for the first time. "There will be days when I’m getting treatment and or I’m tired, where I may not be as available as people may think I should be. But that doesn’t mean I’m not getting the work done."

BBC - January 2025

Ashley Dalton, an MP in UK Parliament, has been diagnosed with breast cancer. She was previously diagnosed and treated in 2014. She is continuing her duties in Parliament and considers things "business as usual".

John Garcia - January 2025

Michael Truskoski was diagnosed with an incurable lung cancer. He plans to continue coaching youth hockey, something he has done for nearly his whole life. "I've been trying to be as normal and do as many normal things as I can".

Jessica De Nova - December 2024

Jason Freese, a musician touring with Green Day for the past two decades, took some time off in 2024 for treatment of lung cancer. His diagnosis came after thinking he pulled a muscle cleaning his gutters brought him to the ER. He was instead diagnosed with Stage 3 lung cancer.

Charlotte Phillipp - December 2024

NFL Hall of Famer Randy Moss recently disclosed he's been diagnosed with cancer.

Liz Reyes - December 2024

Liz Reyes, an anchor at Fox 8 in New Orleans, was at work about to go on air when she received her thyroid cancer diagnosis in August. "It’s news that rocks you to your core. To this day, I don’t know how I completed the newscast that day."

Chris Mannix - December 2024

a new Sports Illustrated profile revealed he was diagnosed with prostate cancer earlier this year as well. In his retirement statement he said, "Time isn't in endless supply" which was a realization his diagnosis helped him discover.