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Actor Sterling K. Brown is the Face of ‘Survivorship Today’ Shedding Light on Life After Cancer

Sterling K. Brown lost his uncle and his father too soon, and he didn’t get to say his final goodbyes. But the actor had the sense that he was rewriting those endings when he infused his feelings of loss into a storyline on the NBC television series “This Is Us.” His character, Randall Pearson, not only helped his biological father William through a cancer journey, but shepherded the man through his last minutes of life.

“I lost my father at an early age, 45, and my uncle was 61. In each case,

Former 'SNL' Comedian Publishes a Children's Book About Supporting Friends Through Illness

Comedian Vanessa Bayer spent most of high school receiving treatment for leukemia, and she found endless humor in the situation. In fact, she and her family joked about it all the time.

“Doing that put me at ease and my friends at ease and made everything feel not so difficult,” recalled Bayer, an actress and comedian who was part of the “Saturday Night Live” cast for seven seasons. “It strengthened my comedic perspective, seeing a lot of things through this funny lens.”

But Bayer doesn’t joke

Team Player

Fresh from her appearances as co-host of the opening ceremonies for the Winter Olympics, television journalist Katie Couric took some time to share insights with CURE® about her efforts over two decades to improve the prevention and treatment of gastrointestinal (GI) and other cancers. Here, the former co-anchor of the “Today” show on NBC discusses her lifesaving contribu­tions to the oncology community, as well as her latest documentary and podcast projects.

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Star of TV's "The Little Couple" Shares What Having a Rare Cancer Taught Her

Jennifer Arnold, a star of the television show “The Little Couple,” was the keynote speaker in December at CURE’s 2015 MPN Heroes event, which recognized seven individuals and one organization for offering above-and-beyond support to patients with myeloproliferative neoplasms.

While on hand for the Orlando event, Arnold sat down with CURE to discuss her experiences living with rare health conditions. Arnold, a neonatologist, is a survivor of gestational trophoblastic neoplasm, a type of chorioc

'Modern Family's" Eric Stonestreet Puts Spotlight on Cancer Advocacy Groups

Pharmaceutical company Bristol-Myers Squibb has awarded charitable donations to three cancer advocacy groups, and “Modern Family’s” Eric Stonestreet helped make it happen.

Since May, Stonestreet, who plays the character of “Cameron” on the popular sitcom, has been helping BMS publicize its contest for the money — called Ready. Raise. Rise. On Oct. 13, BMS announced that donations of $75,000, $50,000 and $25,000, respectively, would be awarded to the nonprofits Chris4Life Colon Cancer Foundation

A Two-Way Street: Joan Lunden Shares Her Cancer Experience

Joan Lunden held onto something vital the day her father died.

After the plane crash that killed the prominent cancer surgeon, Lunden vowed she would carry on his mission to help people live healthy lives. She was 13 years old.

At first, Lunden thought she would accomplish that by becoming a doctor, but in the brief time she spent working in a hospital, she could tell that scalpels and stitches were not for her. Instead, she became a television newscaster, speaker and author, devoting much of