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  Winter Issue 2005
 
 


  This special issue is dedicated to the breakthroughs made in cancer diagnosis, treatment and recovery.  
 

Diagnostic Tools:
Windows Into the Body

Improvements in detection and identification of cancer give doctors a closer look at a patient’s particular tumor.
By Julie Corliss

Cancer’s Molecular Machinery
Directed treatments improve cancer medicine by tackling the root of the problem.
By Rabiya S. Tuma, PhD

Overcoming Barriers of Culture & Disparity in Cancer
Survivors, doctors and advocates unite to solve inequalities in cancer care.
By Kathy LaTour

The Future of Cancer Research
Researchers uncover novel methods to attack cancer that benefit cancer patients of today and tomorrow.
By Beverly A. Caley

 



Message from the Medical Editor
Evolution of oncology opens the way for a cancer revolution.
By Eric Nadler, MD

Letters to the Editor

Diagnosis Cancer
Back-Up for Lymphoma
By Roxanne Nelson

Breaking News
Updates from the American Society of Hematology Meeting & the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium
Compiled from staff reports

House Call
What’s new for brain tumors?
By Jeffrey Cozzens, MD

Facing the Challenge
Rethinking Treatment
By Elizabeth Whittington

Moving On
Lobbying for Health
By Marc Silver

Caregivers’ Corner
Creating Community Online
By Kathy LaTour

Bookshelf
By Kathy LaTour

Drugs in the News
By Elizabeth Whittington

Speaking Out
By Nancy Brinker, Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation

Web Exclusives

Powering Personalized Medicine with High Technology
By Anna D. Barker, PhD,
National Cancer Institute

Special Report
Will Individualized Medicine Make Every Cancer a Rare Disease?
By Elizabeth Whittington

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