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Nancy Keene

Mother. Advocate. Writer

Nancy Keene is a childhood cancer advocate, speaker, writer and co-founder of a nonprofit (Childhood Cancer Guides) that publishes books to help families of children with cancer and survivors of childhood cancer. She has written/co-authored fifteen books––some chosen for Library Journal’s “Best Consumer Health Books of the Year” list. Her work has appeared in Coping Magazine, Reader’s Digest, Journal of the American Medical Association, Exceptional Parent and other publications. She served as chair of the patient advocacy committee of a consortium of 350 children's hospitals and as the public member on an FDA committee that reviews medications given to children with cancer. Her mission is to help families of children with cancer and survivors of childhood cancer find their way through the medical maze—one step at a time. View her blog and books at www.childhoodcancerguides.org.

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