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CURE

Summer 2011
Volume10
Issue 2

Summer Camp

Summer Camp

Looking for a nice place or camp to get away for a bit this summer? The website Cancer.net provides a list of summer camps and retreats that are open to children with cancer and their families, including camps for siblings of a child with cancer or kids who have a parent with cancer. The list includes locations nationwide and encompasses a variety of experiences, including educational workshops, kayaking, weekend retreats, horseback riding and learning about integrative medicine.

Articles in this issue
Blog: Standing up to melanoma
Planet Cancer: The Frequently Bizarre Yet Always Informative Experiences and Thoughts of Your Fellow Natives
From Our Archives: Advance Directive
From Our Archives: Art & Healing
Teenage Tan Bans Spreading Across States
Prostate Cancer Prevention Drugs Get a “No” Vote
The Health Care Law: Rhetoric and Reality
Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer
From Our Archives: Skin Cancer
Risky Infections
Scarred, Scared, Sacred
Finding Support Online
ASCO Updates
Pomegranate’s Power Over Prostate Cancer
Ferraro Advocated for Myeloma Patients
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