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Pioneering Whole-Person Cancer Care

Integrative Oncology Patient Navigation at Smith Center In the ever-evolving landscape of healthcare, the importance of persona...

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Meet Jane and Erwin Krasnow

Walking into Smith Center for each class has been like coming to a family that understands exactly where you are at. We’ve expl...

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Meet Thea Breite

In January 2017, I was diagnosed with endometrial cancer. Three months later, my wife was diagnosed with ovarian cancer. As a w...

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Meet Charity Sade

Cancer is no laughing matter. I certainly didn’t laugh when I was diagnosed at age 27 with inflammatory breast cancer. I didn’t...

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Lisa Simms Booth

Introducing Our New Executive Director – November 2019

Welcome to our new Executive Director, Lisa Simms Booth! Lisa Simms Booth’s Bio

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I Was Always Falling

I Was Always Falling by Stacie Marinelli I was always falling that year, tumbling into sunken living rooms, cascading clumsily ...

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Sanctum Sanctorum

by Yael Flusberg You take away my breath.I’m used to being five feet above ground, if you don’t count the layer between concret...

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Dear MS

by Anonymous A solid thick wood door Red chipped paint Peeling and blistering White cracks of light Where you seep in You are u...

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Still Standing

by T. Bullock Diagnosed five years ago; two recurrences. Who said this cancer would grow slow?A wake up call to be more aware,T...

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Compact

by Yael Flusberg Barely a life, it might take months to form curves large enough to detect with sonar or magnetic resonanceunti...

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Cancer

by Thu-Mai Hoang The first scary word came out from my oncologist Angel of deathWanted to take me away to a beautiful placeto j...

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Arts of War

by Nina Murray 2012, Washington, D.C., Arts of War IV On the bus, he is thinking of god.The seat is hard, it is of a piece with...

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Arts of Peace

by Nina Murray 2012, Washington, D.C., Arts of Peace V The hour he cannot never recall is the onein which he began to believe w...

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Beach

by Calista Ogburn i was 9 years old when i found out what cancer was. my mama explained it to me after my aunt got diagnosed wi...

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Soluble

by Yael Flusberg Doctor, you say the mercury has seeped into my brain like water through cracks in a prison wall. That most peo...

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Breathing in Wellness: 4-part Mindfulness & Meditation Educational Series

Breathing in Wellness: A 4-part Mindfulness & Meditation Educational Series developed by Matthew Grossman Developing mindfu...

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Retreat Reunion Celebrates Our Alumni

On June 3rd, 2018 Smith Center hosted our first retreat reunion, “Reconnect and Reaching Out”, welcoming back over 60 alumni an...

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Meet Kiamsha Leeke

A donation to Smith Center provides programs like Cancer Support Group & Retreats for people facing cancer in our community...

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Meet Mary Billington

Executive Director, Jennifer Bires, spends the afternoon talking with Mary Billington about her journey and the Smith Center fo...

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Meet Chu Chu Sanders

Chu Chu Sanders, a patient navigator, sits with Integrative Navigation and Cancer Retreats Director, Carole O'Toole to talk abo...

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Meet Bob Bloomfield, Cancer Support Group Resident Poet

Bob joined Smith Center’s Cancer Support Group two years ago and has been a regular participant ever since. He sat down with Ex...

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