guest review by Northwestern Medical Student Samantha Estevez, Chicago, IL Cancer. It is a word that holds an incredible amount of power and immediately conveys a strong message to those who encounter it. We all know someone who has come face-to-face with this word: a relative, a friend, a coworker, or even you. To many, cancer is not just a word or a diagnosis, it is a death sentence. Whether that death is literal in that a person is unable to overcome the mutated cells overtaking their body or whether it is a figurative death of one’s life prior… Read More