Tatiana Schlossberg, granddaughter of former US President John F Kennedy, moved many Americans over the weekend with her emotional essay about being diagnosed with terminal cancer shortly after giving birth to her second child.
In The New Yorker, the 35-year-old stunned readers, writing that she was battling acute myeloid leukaemia (AML), an aggressive blood cancer, and had less than a year to live.
Doctors and researchers say the essay helped raise awareness about the deadly illness and critical need for more funding and research to tackle treatment-resistant cancers.
"It's such an obviously moving and courageous essay," said Vijay Sankaran, a physician with Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. "She comes from a very prominent family, and yet anybody can be affected by cancer, even people who are young, who are seemingly healthy."
In the essay, titled A Battle With My Blood, Schlossberg said she was diagnosed after doctors noticed an abnormally high white-blood cell count after giving birth to her daughter in May 2024.
