Denise Hazen

Sassy, determined and unstoppably positive, Denise Hazen met Stage 3 cancer with the kind of vigor and fortitude that would have a combat Marine quaking in his boots. Throughout her treatment, Denise allowed herself to be filmed by a CNN crew for the documentary Taming the Beast. Facing seventeen rounds of chemotherapy, a double mastectomy and six weeks of daily radiation, Denise sent a clear message to other women: Not only is it possible to endure breast cancer treatment, but you can emerge on the other side even stronger than before. Now, in Treat Her Like a Princess: How to Help Your Girlfriend with Breast Cancer (Bright Sky Press, July 2009) she details the thoughtful and loving ways her friends supported her through her battle.