Vice talks to three cancer patients and survivors to get a better understanding for how to treat people with the illness.
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“The hardest part of my cancer experience began once the cancer was gone,” says author Suleika Jaouad.
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When being diagnosed with cancer, it is easy to feel anger or self-pity, but I have never allowed myself to dwell on these negatives.