A Pap smear during pregnancy revealed Bethany Hart had a rare and aggressive type of cervical cancer. Her baby, a girl she and her husband named Hallie, was born via c-section, but did not survive. "I remember, vividly, the quiet, the shock … I will never forget that feeling," said Bethany, who was told treatment would leave her unable to give birth to children. "Those are very big things to wrap your mind around, let alone all together at once." Now cancer-free and an advocate for other survivors, Bethany speaks with fellow survivor, Brenda Brody, about learning to live with profound loss and how she created the family she'd dreamed about before cancer.

Mark Crafts – who passed away in 2022 after living with stage IV colorectal cancer for more than four years – experienced an excruciating journey he describes as "climbing Cancer Mountain." "I just envision that I am on this long path that goes up and up and up," said Mark, who shared his experiences with Conquer Cancer since the beginning of his diagnosis. An avid cyclist, Mark spent much of his "Cancer Mountain" climb on a bike; he pedaled nearly 5,000 miles while in treatment. With an unflinching hope in cancer research, he told Dr. Mark Lewis how Team Crafty kept him rolling toward the next big breakthrough.

Jana Hirsch's mom died from cancer when she was a little girl, so she knows all too well the feelings of pain and loss her 11-year-old daughter, Nika is enduring. Nika's dad, Rico, died from cancer last year.

In this Your Stories podcast, Jana offers advice for helping children mourn and Nika shares how helping others keeps her dad's memory alive.

In 2022, one of our most popular Your Stories episodes was the conversation featuring Karen Winkfield, MD, PhD, who is a Biden-appointed member of the National Cancer Advisory Board and one of the country's leading experts in advancing health equity. We're re-releasing this episode to highlight the lasting importance of addressing health disparities and working to eradicate structural racism in cancer research and oncology care. Dr. Winkfield unpacks why cancer risks are higher and survival rates are lower for Black people and discusses the health disparities facing people from disenfranchised communities. She also shares solutions for advancing equity in cancer care, including how and where structural change is on the rise.

Emmy award-winning journalist Loriana Hernadez-Aldama takes you behind the scenes of her incredible and emotional story surviving leukemia and then breast cancer. Loriana believes being "prehabilitated" helped her take on treatment, and she challenges you to be ready in case you are faced with an unexpected diagnosis or recurrence.

Dr. Nathalie McKenzie is a global caregiver, an innovative scientist, and an advocate for equitable care whose patients celebrate her compassion and determination. She is also a breast cancer survivor who knows firsthand how Research Conquers Cancer®.

In the latest Your Stories podcast, meet one of the many researchers Conquer Cancer supports as she shares her thoughts on the greatest needs in cancer care and discusses the ways Conquer Cancer donors are "Making a Difference."

Kristin and Dr. Will Flanary are the First Couple of Comedy. Will – aka @DGlaucomflecken on the internet and comedy stages, aka Dr. Flannery to his optometry patients, and aka Dad to the two kids he shares with Kristin - aka @LadyGlaucomflecken - is a two-time testicular cancer survivor; he also survived cardiac arrest – all before age 35.

The scariest call of Brenda Brody's life came on Halloween in 2012: She had breast cancer. Though always an out-going, positive person, the fear of what might follow as she set out to survive cancer haunted the single mom and business owner.

Brenda tells Dr. Mark Lewis how she endured the mental anguish of treatment, the advice she gives new patients, and why she shares her story to help others.

In the latest Your Stories podcast, 12-year-old Cain and his mom, Tawny share with host Dr. Mark Lewis how their family maintains hope and what others can do to help families who are conquering cancer together.

On Twitter, Mark Lewis, MD, cleverly offers bits of info on science and his own life as a patient with multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 (MEN1) cancer syndrome. In his attempt to remove any shame some people feel for having cancer or any hereditary disease, Dr. Lewis offers "signpost to things that are reliable and that are meaningful" while providing a "very careful distinction between hope and hype." Before Dr. Lewis takes the mic as a podcast co-host, he and fellow social media enthusiast Don Dizon, MD, make the rounds through a range of valuable topics: living with the disease, talking to children about cancer, exploring genetic testing, balancing relationships with patients, and dealing with the stigma of sickness.