The W. Temple Webber Cancer Center at CHRISTUS St. Michael Health System is celebrating National Cancer Survivors Day differently this year. Following recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) to postpone or cancel public events, the Cancer Center will not host an in-person event this year – but still encourages our community to celebrate cancer patients and those who care for them this Sunday, June 7, 2020, for National Cancer Survivor Day.
“A survivor by dictionary definition is a person who survives – one who continues to function or prosper in spite of opposition, hardship or setbacks. At the initial time of diagnosis, you become a survivor,” said Charlotte McKamie, director, W. Temple Webber Cancer Center at CHRISTUS St. Michael. “In the midst of this global pandemic, many of these survivors are the most vulnerable to COVID-19 and have experienced a heightened since of anxiety.”
