Are Minorities Benefiting From Prevention Priority?
Social, economic, and cultural challenges of reaching across ethnic groups impact current momentum for preventing cancer.
By Jo Cavallo

Below the Surface
Finding what's unique about melanoma guides innovative ways to take advantage of its vulnerabilities.
By Nicole LeBrasseur, PhD & Heather L. van Epps, PhD
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The New Specialty in Cancer Care
Palliative care is about quality of life, not end of life.
By Joanne Kenen
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First Line
Legislative Watch Advocates push for clinical trial insurance coverage. / People Report Dan Fogelberg and Stephen Stills. / The Place to Be We Can Weekend for families. / Prevention [web exclusive] Risk varies for BRCA carriers. / House Call [web exclusive] Who needs treatment after breast cancer surgery? / Childhood Cancer [web exclusive] Twins' blood may explain how childhood leukemia develops. / Destination [web exclusive] Highlighting survivors' artistic works. / On the Web Breast cancer risk tool updated for African-Americans. / Bookshelf [web exclusive] Laugh out loud with Cancer on $5 a Day. / The Advocate Lu Sipos' Chemo Duck comforts childhood cancer patients.
[edited by Elizabeth Whittington]

Diagnosis Cancer
Straight Talk
Kids react differently to a parent's diagnosis.
By Erik Ness

Finding Hope
On the Defensive
Preventing staph infection becomes a focus for cancer centers.
By Katy Human

Moving On
Marriage and Cancer?
The stress cancer puts on a relationship can have lasting effects.
By Curtis Pesmen

Caregivers' Corner
How Out-of-Towners Stay in the Loop
Making long-distance caregiving work.
By Marc Silver

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