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  Winter Issue 2007
 
 

  Are breast cancer rates dropping because millions of women stopped taking HRT, or are other factors at work?  

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PRACTICAL GUIDES FOR PATIENTS
Read our current patient guides on metastatic cancer and medication adherence, as well as previous guides on side effects, clinical trials, and more

 

 

Warning Signs
Four symptoms that could signify ovarian cancer have put women and their doctors on alert, bit is it a good thing?
By Melissa Knopper

Art and Life
With emotions ranging from sorrow to exuberance, survivors tell their stories through art.
By Kathy LaTour

Good to the Bone
New agents prevent the bone-thinning effects of some cancer therapies.
By Paul Engstrom

 



First Line
Legislative Watch [web exclusive] Senate committee approval advances Conquer Childhood Cancer Act. / People Report Peter Boyle and Forest Whitaker. / The Place to Be Colorectal Cancer Coalition's Call-on Congress in D.C. / Prevention Rate of prophylactic mastectomy is up. / House Call Should patients worry about DVT? / Childhood Cancer Blood counts predict leukemia survival and relapse. / Destination Harmony Hill cancer retreats modeled after well-known predecessor. / On the Web Ovarian Cancer Alliance launches social networking site. / Bookshelf [web exclusive] A doctor chronicles his patients' stories in Ordinary Miracles. / The Advocate Gary Zollinger's legacy lives on through early detection research.
[edited by Elizabeth Whittington]

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

 

Backstory
An Update from Friends
By Lambeth Hochwald

Diagnosis Cancer
Mistaken Identity
By Curtis Pesmen

Finding Hope
A Rash of Good News
By Stacie Z. Berg

Moving On
Information Please
By Charlotte Huff

Caregivers' Corner
Meet the Parents’ Caregivers
By Marc Silver



Editor's Page

Letters from our Readers

Special Report
By Kathy LaTour

Food for Thought
By Katy Human

Readers' Forum
By Mary Ann O'Rourke

Drugs in the News
By Elizabeth Whittington

Speaking Out
By Barbara A. Goff, MD


Nutritional Counseling During Radiation Therapy
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
By Carol L. Kornmehl, MD

 

Toolbox: Resources to Use
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