We are CANCER THRIVERS, cancer medical specialists, caregivers and loved ones, cancer advocates and cancer navigators. We have many years of experience working with different cancer related organizations as well as at major medical and research facilities. We have provided cancer patient education, support and advocacy over many years.
Our two founders, CEO and Executive Director, Joel T. Nowak, is a CANCER THRIVER with five primary (unrelated) cancers, including one that has metastasized and one that is a rare cancer. Our Senior Psychologist, Dr. Wendy Lebowitz, has been a caregiver for a number of family members, works in a hospital clinic where she sees some people affected by cancer and has also faced a personal cancer diagnosis.
We have learned about cancer from our own personal experiences, from listening to people with cancer, to caregivers, as well as to medical and research professionals.
We have joined together with a simple goal: to use our experiences and expertise to design programs that will help you take control of your medical care and your life so that you too can become a CANCER THRIVER. It doesn’t matter if you are newly diagnosed or were diagnosed years ago, you can flourish despite having cancer.
We believe that advocating for improved healthcare, more research and sharing the many things we have learned will help you move from just SURVIVING TO THRIVING.
We believe that CANCER THRIVERS live longer and have a better quality of life than non-thrivers, so why not join us?
OUR MISSION
To facilitate tangible improvements in the lives of people who have been affected by cancer(s), by providing them and their loved ones the necessary survival tools, education, support and advocacy so that they can become responsible for and take an active role in their own medical care and wellbeing.
OUR GOAL
Our goal is to teach all people affected by cancer, including those with multiple cancers and/or rare cancers, to become CANCER THRIVERS.