Contributors


Sharon L. Bober

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Sharon L. Bober on the Importance of Maintaining Sexual Health After Cancer

"We can actually improve quality of life," Sharon L. Bober says. "Why wouldn't we want to do that for everyone?"


Patti Kellerhouse

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Vegas Strong in the Fight Against Breast Cancer

This is my survivor story and how my dragon boat involvement continues to help me get through my breast cancer journey.


Jessica Stringer

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God Carried Us Through My Son's Battle with Testicular Cancer

There are many instances I could tell you about when and how God carried us through my son’s battle with testicular cancer. The right things happened at the most opportune times.


Jeannie Woith, BSN, RN, LMT

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Jeannie Woith on the Treatment of Oral Mucositis in Patients with Head and Neck Cancer

Jeannie Woith, BSN, RN, LMT, The James Cancer Hospital, The Ohio State University, discusses the treatment of oral mucositis in patients with head and neck cancer.


Judy Fazenbaker, Michael Herbert, Jeanne Mowry, Rose Ernst, Betty Hall

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Our Family Hero

A family collaborated on this essay to nominate registered oncology nurse Susan DeVictor for CURE®’s 2019 Extraordinary Healer® Award.


Joyce Wigler

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I Can’t Believe I’m Here: A Poem About Breast Cancer

I had been diagnosed with triple-negative breast cancer just three months after my mother passed away from the same disease.


AN INTERVIEW WITH JESSICA KOBS, RN

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When Children Are Her Job

An interview with JESSICA KOBS, RN, Extraordinary Healer finalist.


Jason Katz

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Jason Katz on His Father's Love For Helping Others With Multiple Myeloma

Jason Katz, who accepted the 2016 Multiple Myeloma Hero award for his late father, Mike Katz, discusses how his father became inspired and motivated to help others with multiple myeloma. Mike Katz, who was a board member of the International Myeloma Foundation, passed away last year after battling the disease for more than two decades.


Stephen Eisenberg

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An Exceptional Healer in MyelomaLand

IT IS WITH ENTHUSIASM that I nominate Yesenia Nunez, RN, for CURE's 2014 Extraordinary Healer Award for Oncology Nursing.


Chris Williams

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MMRF Expert Offers Update on Multiple Myeloma Trials

The Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation is offering exciting new trials for patients with multiple myeloma – including the COMPASS and My Drug trials.


Cyndi Fagot

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Taking a Radiation 'Trip'

Reader essay about her great adventure through cancer treatment.


Natalie Flechsig

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Excerpt: Stronger

Excerpt: Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Cancer Book


Lauren M. Green

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PARP Inhibitors Changing the Landscape of Ovarian Cancer Treatment

The treatment landscape of ovarian cancer continues to change with the recent approvals of new agents.


Anita Shaffer

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Patients With Low-Risk Colon Cancer Can Have Less Chemotherapy, Reducing Neuropathy

According to findings presented at ASCO 2017, patients with low-risk advanced colon cancer would benefit from reducing the length of chemotherapy after surgery.


Diane Zipursky Quale

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Don't Ignore the Warning Signs of Cancer, Even During a Pandemic

Even amid stay at home orders to mitigate the spread of the coronavirus, listen to your body and speak to your healthcare professionals when you are worried about a potential for cancer.


AN INTERVIEW WITH JANET SCHADEE, M.S.N.

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A Life Devoted to Patients With Cancer

WHEN JANET SCHADEE, M.S.N., looks back at her varied nursing career, she says she always cared and advocated for cancer patients with all kinds of needs.


Ulrike Szalay

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Bonded for Life

One organization facilitates research on sick canines to help generate treatments for children and animals.


Valerie Harper

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Valerie Harper Pays Tribute to Our GBM Heroes

Award-winning actress and author Valerie Harper pays tribute to CURE's inaugural class of GBM Heroes.


Kristen Carbone

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Is Genetic Testing Worth the Time?

Before undergoing genetic testing, stop to consider its effect on your daily experience, including your ability to get life insurance.


TAMARA MILLER, M.H.S.

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Funny Business in Cancer Care

Integrating humor into cancer care sparks health benefits for patients and their caregivers.


Trisha Ready

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A Poem for My Neighbor’s Father on Cancer’s Path

Sometimes we meet strangers along the way on this cancer path, with whom we have brief, intimate connections that awaken and humble us anew again.


Dr. Hossein Borghaei

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New Targeted and Immunotherapy Options in Lung Cancer

Hossein Borghaei, DO, MS, of Fox Chase Cancer Center, discusses emerging treatment options for patients with lung cancer.



David Liu

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Case Study of a 33-Year-Old With Metastatic Colorectal Cancer

In this segment, David Liu, shares a case study of a 33-year-old woman with stage 4 colorectal cancer that had metastasized to the liver.


Charlcie Steuble

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Web Exclusive: With Humor and Openness

One parent survivor tells how humor and openness helped her teenagers and her preteen to accept her diagnosis of thyroid cancer.


Patricia Carter, PhD, RN, CNS

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Patricia Carter on the Importance of Sleep

Patricia Carter, PhD, RN, CNS, associate professor, School of Nursing, The University of Texas at Austin, discusses the importance of sleep for patients with cancer.


Scott Hamilton Cares Foundation

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Scott Hamilton Shares His Story

On the Today Show, Scott Hamilton share's his cancer story and also gives a look at his book "Frtizy Finda A Hat", a children's book to help parents talk about cancer with their kids.


ELAINE SCHATTNER, M.D., M.A.

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For Patients, Social Media Provides Perks and Perils

A retired oncologist and survivor talks cancer in a digital world.



Elisa Krill-Jackson, MD

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Genetic Testing May Offer More Through Clinical Trial Matching

Genetic testing offers a care team a wealth of knowledge to help them craft treatments, but it also can help match patients to clinical trials for potentially better outcomes.