08/12/2026
Let's Talk: The Offstage Series
The end of treatment gets treated like a finish line. It rarely is.
Backstage at this year's Symposium, Melissa Berry, founder of Cancer Fashionista, named something the healthcare system rarely accounts for: the emotional fallout, fertility challenges, and cognitive changes that show up long after the appointments stop.
Her point on peer support stayed with us. Family and friends can love you well and still not fully understand, because they haven't lived it. Connecting with someone who has isn't a nice extra in survivorship care. It is often the missing piece.
This is the kind of conversation we built the Offstage Series to hold. Grateful to Melissa for bringing it into the open, and to everyone who sits down with us backstage and speaks this honestly.