Contributors


Christina Ushler, Registered Dietitian

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Brighten Up Your Summer With These Healthy Recipes

With summer in full swing, it’s time to host a get-together. Impress your guests with a fresh summer salsa and a salad with a twist. What about dessert? Don’t worry — this one is guilt-free.


Ann Pinyan

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Having Compassion for Others During Cancer Treatment

A woman with stage 4 ovarian cancer discusses the importance of having compassion for other people, because you never know what they may be dealing with.


HEATHER VALENZUELA, B.S.N., RN

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An Oncology Nurse Who Makes Patients Smile

For 41 years, Fiona Wilkie, RN, has been making oncology patients (and her co- workers) smile.


Dawn Brazell

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A Cancer Survivor on a Mission to Raise Awareness

Tiffany Williams devoted her career as a pediatric nurse practitioner to addressing health disparities among children and teens. But then, just a year after earning her doctorate, she received a diagnosis of multiple myeloma.


Suzette Stone, PhD

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Late Night Emails to Guide the Delivery of Quality Care

A nurse practitioner strives to provide tailored care to children with cancer and their families when they are receiving treatment and supportive services.



Michelle A. Rogers

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I Was Diagnosed With Ovarian Cancer While Waiting for a Hysterectomy

My health care team was monitoring me for cancer due to a BRCA mutation. When a hysterectomy got delayed for various reasons, I ended up with ovarian cancer.


Luciana Lopes Manfredini

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My Oncology Nursing Career Helped Me Care for My Mother

I’m grateful for my medical background and how it helped me care for my mom after her cancer diagnosis.


Andy Polhamus

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New Horizons for Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma

Recent advancements in treatment options for patients with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma have been practice-changing.



Betty Geltz

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I Knew I Had Breast Cancer Before My Official Diagnosis

When I noticed a lump in my breast, I immediately knew what it would be, so I worked to advocate for myself.


Carole Motycka

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An Unexpected Lesson from Cancer

The best of humanity met me at the worst time of my life when I found “my people” after receiving a stage 4 colorectal cancer diagnosis.


Dr. Emre Yekedüz

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Top 3 Takeaways From ASCO GU 2025

Dr. Emre Yekedüz discusses his top 3 key takeaways from attending the 2025 ASCO Genitourinary (GU) Cancers Symposium.


Andria Caton, M.S.N., RN, OCN, CHPN

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Lung Cancer Hero Implements ‘Tar Wars’ School Initiative Program

Ellen Petree worked with local health care leaders and community nurses to help reduce the number of children who went on to use tobacco, lowering their risk for lung cancer.


Pamela Fields

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Making Magic Happen in Cancer Care

During an uncertain time, Missy Bean-Tanner, RN, brings inner peace and reassurance. She will jump into anything if she knows it will help her patients.


Lisa Allagas

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I Was Anchored in Faith During Breast Cancer

Receiving treatment for breast cancer during college was a challenge, but I was anchored in faith to persevere and even graduated cum laude.


Roman Fabbricatore

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Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy Plus Chemoradiation Safe, Effective in Bladder Cancer

For some patients with bladder cancer, neoadjuvant chemotherapy plus bladder-saving concurrent chemoradiation therapy was effective in the long term.


Debbie Denardi

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My Cancer Experience Has Come Full Circle

From experiencing the death of loved ones to receiving my own diagnosis and becoming involved in advocacy, my cancer experience has come full circle.


Dr. Kenneth Webster

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Making Cancer Medicine More Compassionate

A man writes about his wife’s oncologist, Dr. Frederic J. Kaye, and describes how he went above and beyond to provide supportive care during her lung cancer journey.


Susan Lugo

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What Do You Say to Someone Who Has Cancer?

A cancer survivor shares advice on how people can support a friend with cancer.


Paul Kukucka

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Taking Oncology Nursing to the Next Level

A patient with multiple myeloma nominates a nurse who is the welcoming face patients sometimes need when going for doctor’s visits.



Beatrice Mitchell

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Not Giving Into the Fear Cancer Brings

Accepting both my beauty and flaws helps me push away the fear cancer brings.


Catherine C. Coombs, MD

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The Future of CLL Care: Medical Breakthroughs and Patient-Physician Collaboration

The discussion will wrap up with perspectives on the future of CLL treatment, including anticipated improvements in patient care and quality of life, emerging therapies, and evolving patient roles in care decisions.


Danielle Hicks

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Additional Resources

The panel concludes with Danielle Hicks sharing where viewers can go to learn more about the information and resources discussed in the panel, including safety information. Sponsored by Bristol Myers Squibb.


Matthew B. Rettig, MD

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Support and Advice for Patients with mCRPC and Their Caregivers

Joseph Wood and his caregiver, Deborah Wood, provide advice for patients and caregivers with prostate cancer who may be in similar situations, and comment on the support they have received from their family and community.


Russell Schwaberow

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My Positive Spin on Receiving Cancer Treatment

Staying positive while receiving cancer treatment for non-Hodgkin lymphoma helped me feel grateful for happy moments.


Gean Brown, MSN, RN, OCN, CNML

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The Definition of ‘Extraordinary’

A colleague describes the RN coordinator at Smilow Cancer Hospital at Yale New Haven Hospital as the rock that patients need during their cancer treatment.


Jennifer Cargile, Med, CCC-SLP

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Oncology Rehabilitation: An Integral Part of Integrative Care for Head and Neck Cancer Treatment

Head and neck cancer treatments and the subsequent side effects can be overwhelming for patients and their caregivers due to the impact they have on routine activities, writes a speech-language pathologist at Cancer Treatment Center of America Atlanta. However, the expert notes, there are plenty of specialists who can help improve patient quality of life.


Chardele Miller

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‘A Rock and Gem’ of the Cancer Center

One patient details how her oncology nurse was the caring energy she needed when undergoing treatment for cancer.