How has the most successful cancer awareness movement become so polarizing?
Understanding the disease and treatments are key aspects of being a patient advocate, explained MPN Hero Marcy Worthington.
Real-time access to test results and doctors’ reports is putting control over health into the hands of patients.
When other therapies have failed, patients with metastatic prostate cancer who were treated with Jevtana (cabazitaxel) in the third-line setting experienced a toxicity profile similar to that of androgen-targeted therapies, making the chemotherapy agent a valid choice for some patients, according to results from the CARD trial.
Through a children’s book that describes a fanciful dream, an author/illustrator remembers a youngster lost to cancer — and raises funds to boost research.
Finalist Essay: CURE’s 2012 Extraordinary Healer Award for Oncology Nursing
An Extraordinary Healer essay honoring KATHY IVY, B.S.N., RN, OCN [CHILDRESS REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER, CHILDRESS, TEXAS]
Mark Gibbons of Caregiver Action Network discusses the emotions caregivers to patients with ovarian cancer may have.
Winner of the 2015 Extraordinary Healer Award for Oncology Nursing: Laura J. Vasquez, RN, CPON [Children's Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA) in Los Angeles, California]
Susan Thornton provides an overview of the unmet needs in cutaneous lymphoma.
Lymphedema is not an uncommon secondary effect of cancer treatment. With no cure available, an effective long-term treatment effort is necessary for maximizing a cancer survivor's quality of life.
Maria Malloy, a registered oncology nurse and caregiver at Penn Medicine’s Abramson Cancer Center, is nominated her colleague Eleanor Miller for CURE®’s 2019 Extraordinary Healer® Award in this essay.
Patients with cancer who have taken bone-strengthening drugs should be on the lookout for osteonecrosis of the jaw.
Authors of “The Living Kitchen” share meal options packed with flavor and health perks.
My journey as a reader and a cancer patient/survivor were both marked with highs and lows, but now are important parts of my daily life.
Woman's husband handled mysterious cancer with humor and grace.
An Extraordinary Healer essay honoring SEONG-HEE CHEON, RN, OCN [SOUTHWEST CANCER CENTER, LUBBOCK, TEXAS]
Five years ago, I was stricken with metastatic breast cancer. This heartbreaking diagnosis came not long after I finished treatment for early stage, HER2+ cancer.
An Extraordinary Healer essay honoring COURTNEY SOOD, RN [INDIANA UNIVERSITY HEALTH, ZIONSVILLE, INDIANA]
Now that we're in an era of personalized medicine, patients should not look at statistics and immediately think that they will determine their fate, says Tom Stockwell, patient navigator at the Fibrolamellar Cancer Foundation.
Ursula Matulonis, M.D., professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Medical Director of Gynecologic Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, explains the benefits of PARP inhibitors for patients with ovarian cancer.
Learning about one's genetic status may open a Pandora's box of personal and familial issues.