Being denied loans and adoptions, because of one’s medical records. The ‘return to life of many cancer survivors is a history of discrimination. European institutions and some member states are pushing for their “Right to be forgotten” but experts call for a deeper cultural change: “To overcome the stigma, our societies must acknowledge medicine’s progress: cancer is no longer a death sentence”Being denied loans and adoptions, because of one’s medical records. The ‘return to life of many cancer survivors is a history of discrimination. European institutions and some member states are pushing for their “Right to be forgotten” but experts call for a deeper cultural change: “To overcome the stigma, our societies must acknowledge medicine’s progress: cancer is no longer a death sentence”.