From Shadows to Life: A Biography of the Cancer Survivorship Movement

by Judith L. Pearson

Book Overview

In 1986, twenty-three men and women-all with a personal connection to cancer-came together for a weekend summit. Their goal was not to cure the disease, but to destroy its myths. The creation of the National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship (NCCS) that weekend launched the cancer survivorship movement, and forever changed the definition of what it means to be a "survivor."
Twelve years later it led to a march on Washington, D.C., of more than...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1947187120
• ISBN13: 9781947187122
• Release Date: March 2021
• Publisher: Lincoln Square Books
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"