Cancerwise

When Ben Mayer received his race bib for the January 2023 Chevron Houston Marathon, instead of writing his usual, “Go, Ben, go,” he wrote the words, “Cancer History” and drew a red line through them. 

“Just like the MD Anderson cancer strikethrough logo,” Ben says. “I can’t tell you how good, how powerful it felt to do that.” 

Four months after completing prostate cancer treatment, Ben had accomplished one of his...