Cervivor

08/30/2026

Cervivor joins the world in mourning the loss of Dolly Parton, a beloved icon whose kindness, generosity, and enduring spirit touched countless lives. 🩷

Dolly also spoke openly about her experience with endometriosis 💛 and the health challenges she faced, a connection that holds special meaning across the gynecologic health community.

We honor her extraordinary legacy, the many lives she touched, and the trail she blazed for generations of women. 🧚‍♀️

08/29/2026

Cervical, ovarian, uterine/endometrial, vaginal, and vulvar—every year, thousands of women and individuals are diagnosed with a gynecologic cancer. This September, known as GCAM, Cervivor is raising our voices for all gyn-cancer survivors and patients.

What is GCAM?

Gynecologic Cancer Awareness Month was established to shine a critical spotlight on the warning signs, risk factors, prevention methods, and lived experiences surrounding cancers of the female reproductive system.

How You Can Get Involved with Cervivor This Month:

🗣️ Share Your Story: Help us break the stigma and silence. Share your story using the hashtag so others know they aren't walking this path alone.

🌵 Join Our September Retreat: We are bringing together survivors of all gynecological cancers for our Gynecological Cancer Survivors Retreat & Advocacy Training in Scottsdale, Arizona from September 24th to the 27th. Come to learn, connect, improve your advocacy skills, and build community.

👥 Educate Your Circle: Know the symptoms, advocate for high-performance screening, and talk to the women in your life about HPV vaccination and family history.

Together, we turn our stories into collective power.

Stay tuned to learn more on September 1st. Can we count in you? Let us know below.

08/28/2026

✨You're invited to an upcoming Zoom webinar on September 17, 2026 at 8 pm ET✨

Cisplatin & Cervical Cancer: Benefits, Side Effects, and Life After Treatment

Join us for an informative webinar on cisplatin as a treatment option for cervical cancer. UCLA’s Dr. Jordyn Silverstein, a medical gynecologic oncologist and co-leader of the medical gynecologic oncology clinical trials program at UCLA, and Dr. Nikita Baclig, a genitourinary oncologist and survivorship researcher, will discuss how cisplatin works, what patients can expect during treatment, and strategies for managing side effects and survivorship. The program will also address cisplatin-induced hearing loss, a potential long-term side effect that can affect quality of life. Our goal is to help patients and caregivers better understand treatment options, feel more confident in conversations with their care team, and be empowered to advocate for their health during and after treatment.

To register and learn more, visit https://cervivor.org/events/cisplatin-cervical-cancer-benefits-side-effects-and-life-after-treatment/

This webinar is sponsored by Fennec Pharmaceuticals.

08/28/2026

Here's a permission slip, for anyone who needs one today:
You are allowed to rest without earning it first.

You are allowed to cancel plans because your body said no, even if your mind said yes.

You are allowed to still be tired, a year — or ten years — after treatment ended.

You are allowed to not be "inspiring" today. You are allowed to just be surviving today, and that's enough.

You are allowed to take up space in a room even when you don't feel like explaining your scars, your scans, or your story.

For National Wellness Month, we want to remind our community: wellness after cancer doesn't look like bubble baths and green juice. Sometimes it looks like saying no or sitting still. Sometimes it looks like finally letting yourself rest.

Consider this your permission slip.

Tag a someone who needs to see this today.

08/26/2026

Join us TODAY at 6pm EST!

Survivor Slimdown powered by Cervivor is having a workshop for National Wellness Month.

🗓️ Wednesday, August 26, 2026
💻 Zoom (Virtual)
⌚️6pm EST
🔗Register at: cervivor.org/events

Have questions on nutrition, fitness, GLP-1's, etc. - this is the workshop for you.

You can send your questions to Karla Chavez Aplicano at [email protected]. This workshop will be recorded, but you need to be registered.

08/25/2026

What does cancer prevention look like through the eyes of a 13-year-old?

For National Immunization Awareness Month 💉, we're sharing a powerful perspective from Samantha R. Paguio, whose mom, Cervivor Ambassador and Cervivor Podcast host Joslyn Chaiprasert-Paguio, has faced cervical cancer more than once.
Sam was only eight when she learned her mom had cancer, which changed the way Sam thought about cancer — and about protecting her own health.

Now 13, Sam shares what that experience taught her, why getting the HPV vaccine felt important to her, and why she believes kids should be part of conversations about their health.

“Watching my mom recover showed me what strength really looks like. It also showed me that cancer doesn't just affect one person — it affects an entire family.”

Read Sam's story and hear her and Joslyn together in a special new episode of the Cervivor Podcast. 🎙️
🔗 https://cervivor.org/hpv-vaccine-moms-cervical-cancer/

After watching her mom survive cervical cancer, 13-year-old Samantha Paguio shares why she chose the HPV vaccine to help protect her future.

08/24/2026

This National Immunization Awareness Month, Cervivor and the National Cervical Cancer Coalition (NCCC) are here to share the facts about the HPV vaccine.

Before the school year begins, talk with your child's healthcare provider to make sure they're up to date on the HPV vaccine — or ask about getting started.

08/24/2026

We have amazing partners and we couldn't do this "work" without them. Thank you Cindy Trice and KickIt Pajamas for your support.

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Patient Advocacy Turns Lived Experience Into Change

When I was diagnosed with advanced-stage cervical cancer at 34, I became an expert in cancer in a way no one would ever choose.

But surviving cancer and learning how to use that experience to improve the path for others are two different journeys.

Patient advocacy is not simply telling our stories. It is turning lived experience into action.

Patient advocates help researchers, healthcare providers, policymakers, and communities understand what medical charts and statistics cannot fully capture: the fear of waiting for results, the stigma surrounding certain diagnoses, the loss of control over your own body, and the many ways a person can feel unseen, even while receiving excellent medical care.

Read more here:

Patient Advocacy Turns Lived Experience Into Change When I was diagnosed with advanced-stage cervical cancer at 34, I became an expert in cancer in a way no one would ever choose. But surviving cancer and learning how to use that experience to improve the path for others are two different journeys.....

08/22/2026

Survivor Slimdown powered by Cervivor is having a workshop for National Wellness Month.

🗓️ Wednesday, August 26, 2026
💻 Zoom (Virtual)
⌚️6pm EST
🔗Register at: cervivor.org/events

Have questions on nutrition, fitness, GLP-1's, etc. - this is the workshop for you.

You can send your questions to Karla Chavez Aplicano at [email protected]. This workshop will be recorded, but you need to be registered.

08/21/2026

When survivors share their stories, they don't just raise awareness — they help change what comes next. 🩵🤍

We're proud to see our Founder and Chief Visionary Tamika Felder: featured in CancerWorld, reflecting on more than two decades of cervical cancer survivorship and advocacy — from the fear and stigma surrounding her diagnosis at 25 to the global movement she's helped build around prevention, education, and patient voices.

As Tamika reminds us, we already have powerful ways to prevent cervical cancer. What we need is the commitment to make sure everyone can benefit from them.

"There is no reason anyone in this world should die from cervical cancer. We have the tools."

Read Tamika's powerful conversation with Cancerworld's Knarik Arakelyan about survivorship, HPV vaccination, screening, health equity, breaking the silence around cervical cancer, and the legacy she hopes to leave.

🔗 https://cancerworld.net/the-cost-of-silence-has-been-death/

Tamika Felder shares how surviving cervical cancer became a mission to fight stigma, champion HPV prevention and ensure survivor voices shape cancer care.