CURE staff

The partnership aims to raise awareness of the special needs of teens with cancer, and inspire changed in the health system to adapt to meet the needs of this patient group.

There are a host of treatments available for non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) these days, and for patients, perhaps the most crucial step in choosing one is to make sure a pathologist genetically sequences the tumor, so that doctors will know which mutations are driving the cancer.

Although ROS1 mutations are quite rare in patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), testing for the mutation in all who have the disease is important, as it can play a vital role in determining a treatment plan.

Join us today, Dec. 19, for our year-end #CureConnect tweet chat, where we will be diving into what our readers saw as the most important updates of the year. Maybe people were intrigued by the correlation between viruses and cancer, or maybe improving cancer survivorship was key this year.

One of our valued community members, Jen Sotham, passed away on Nov. 9. Jen was diagnosed with metastatic melanoma in 2014, but that did not prevent her from living out her dreams and having her voice heard through film, blogging, a TED talk and contributing to CURE® — both in print and on the web.

Did you know that naked mole rats are immune to cancer? Here's a weekly roundup of #CureFact

An article recently published in a special issue of CURE focused on lung cancer, “Quitting Smoking Is Possible and Reduces Cancer Risk,” has generated discussion on social media and in our Discussion Forum.

Treating bladder cancer with a cystectomy may bring about some complicated side effects. Here are some resources to help.

CURE gathered some need-to-know facts about bladder cancer, the sixth most common cancer.

Throughout the year, CURE puts on several events to honor heroes that have made a difference in the lives of patients and survivors of cancer.

Cancer survivors often experience physical and psychosocial long-term and late effects after treatment ends.