Beverly Zakarian

BEVERLY ZAKARIAN is a cancer survivor, patient advocate, and executive director and cofounder of CAN ACT (Cancer Patients Action Alliance), the first activist cancer-patient organization and the first to identify the critical role of the FDA in the survival of people with cancer. She is the author of The Activist Cancer Patient: How to Take Charge of Your Treatment.

Zakarian contributed a paper on public health policy to the journal Cancer Investigation. The Activist Cancer Patient, published with a foreword by oncologist Ezra M. Greenspan, draws on her personal experience with cancer to guide patients in navigating the medical system, researching treatments, and understanding clinical trials.

Beverly lives in Brooklyn Heights, New York.

Beverly Zakarian’s books are published by Trade Paper Press, an imprint of Turner Publishing.

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