Bone Marrow & Cancer Foundation Stories

Personal stories and expert insight that meet you where you are.

From patient advocacy to mental health and financial support, these written pieces offer powerful reflections and practical resources for every stage of the cancer and transplant experience.

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Why There’s No Such Thing as “The Cancer Diet”

Debbie Sweeney, BCHN, FDN-P, ONC · MamaSweeney Nutrition Two people sit in the same infusion suite on the same Tuesday. Same diagnosis, same stage, same…

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Please Put Me Out of Business

Debbie Sweeney, BCHN, FDN-P, ONC MamaSweeney Nutrition — integrative oncology and functional nutrition. Terrain Over Tumor. What cancer care could look like if the oncologist…

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Hormones Are More Than Fertility

By Debbie Sweeney, BCHN, FDN-P, ONC MamaSweeney Nutrition | Terrain Over Tumor Say the word “hormones” and most people think reproduction. Periods, pregnancy, perimenopause, testosterone.…

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Cutting the Supply Lines: A Metabolic Approach to Angiogenesis & Metastasis — and How Food Helps Tip the Balance Back

By Debbie Sweeney, BCHN, FDN-P, ONC Two of the original hallmarks of cancer describe the moment a tumor stops being a local problem and becomes…

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Extinguishing the Fires of Cancer with Food: How an anti-inflammatory, pro-resolving plate cools the terrain in which cancer grows

Inspired by Chapter 8 of The Metabolic Approach to Cancer (Winters & Kelley) By Debbie Sweeney, BCHN, FDNp, ONC   The word inflammation comes from…

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Your Immune System & Deep Nutrition : A Patient-Friendly Guide for Cancer Patients & Survivors. Feeding the body that protects you.

By Debbie Sweeney, BCHN, FDNp, ONC If you have ever been told to “boost your immune system,” you have probably wondered what that actually means.…

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CancerBuddy Conversations

Meaningful conversations with survivors, caregivers, and experts. The CancerBuddy Conversation series brings together diverse voices in candid, uplifting dialogue—offering wisdom, shared experience, and real-life perspective from across the cancer community.

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