Contributors


Moaath K. Mustafa Ali, MD

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Moaath K. Mustafa Ali on the Effects of Smoking for Breast Cancer Survivors

Moaath K. Mustafa Ali, Cleveland Clinic, discusses the effects of smoking on breast cancer survivorship.


Dr. Gizelka David-West

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What You Need to Know About Preventing Gynecologic Cancers

Knowing your family history is the first preventative step any woman can take to avoid a diagnosis of ovarian cancer.


Glenda Fauntleroy

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Decision-Making After a Cancer Diagnosis

Empowered cancer patients make their own decisions after diagnosis, including treatment, support and lifestyle changes.


Donna Cryer

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The Need to Support the Restart of Liver Disease Medical Research and Public Health Programs

Few liver health advocacy organizations have policy staff or personnel in Washington, DC. To fill this gap, we provide liver health policy updates to report on timely information and actionable updates on activities relevant to liver health, including liver cancer, viral hepatitis, autoimmune liver conditions as well as issues that span conditions, such as coverage or other policy decisions.


Edward McClain

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Finally Cleared for Surgery

After being declared cancer-free, Ed found himself back in the doctor's office again.


Rachel J. Wong, RD, CSO, LD.

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Stuck At Home Recipes: Mexican Bean Salad Recipe

Oncology dietician Rachel J. Wong, RD, CSO, LD, has a shelf-stable healthy recipe for you to help you make an easy meal when it's hard to get to the grocery store during the pandemic.


Cheryl L. Rice

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Remaining Faithful

A daughter honors her mother by being truthful.


Joanne Edwards

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'Caring and Sharing' Baskets: A Few of Your Favorite Things During Radiation and Chemotherapy Treatment

Cancer survivor Joanne Edwards talks with CURE® about the profound gratitude she felt when she received a ‘Caring and Sharing’ basket from a charity organization, and shares how their generosity made her want to pay it forward to other survivors.


Sally O'Shea

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Extraordinary, Without a Doubt: My Oncology Nurse

An essay from our Extraordinary Healers book honoring Elizabeth Ditavi, RN, BSN, OCN [Gillette Center for Gynecologic Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston]


Lillian Arleque, Ed.D.

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An Anchor in a Time of Tumult

An Extraordinary Healer essay honoring JADE HERING, B.S.N., RN, OCN [BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER, AMBULATORY HEMATOLOGY ONCOLOGY BMT, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS]


Stacy Beller Stryer

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Getting the Care You Deserve

Cancer treatment involves many specialists, some patients may not be aware of.


Stacie Chevrier

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The Blurry Lines of Cancer

The line separating cancer and cancer-free isn't always thick and dark.


Linda Blachman

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Mothers & Mortality

How to help children deal with the fear of their parents’ cancer.


Martha Hastedt

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My Marie

Read the winning essay from CURE’s 2011 Extraordinary Healer Award for Oncology Nursing contest.


Jeffrey M. Farma, M.D. Associate Professor of Surgical Oncology, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia

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An Extraordinary Oncology Nurse: I Wish We Could Clone Her

An Extraordinary Healer essay honoring KIM GAIER, RN [FOX CHASE CANCER CENTER, PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA]


Joyce Lowry

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Finalist Essay: She Held My Hand Across the World and Made Everything Seem Possible

Finalist essay for CURE's 2013 Extraordinary Healer Award for Oncology Nursing.


Gwendolyn P. Quinn

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Gwendolyn P. Quinn on the Need to Educate Health Care Providers on Reproductive Health

Gwendolyn P. Quinn, member, Moffitt Cancer Center, comments on the need to educate all health care providers — especially those caring for patients with cancer — on sexual and reproductive health.


Charles W. Wakefield, DDS, MAGD, ABGD, FICD, FACD

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Maintaining Oral Health and Cancer

Charles W. Wakefield attended the UCLA School of Dentistry and served in the U.S. Army Dental Corps. Currently, he is in private practice with his son in Lewisville, Texas.


Ron Cooper

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Should Cancer Be My Top Priority?

I once thought that prostate cancer should be the center of my universe, but with everything else going on, now I’m not so sure.


Marisa Acocella Marchetto

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The Law of Distraction

Cartoonist Marisa Acocella Marchetto, author of Cancer Vixen, shares her journey through breast cancer through her drawings.


Ryan Cohlhepp

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Ryan Cohlhepp on the Accomplishments of the Moving Mountains Team

Ryan Cohlhepp, from Takeda Oncology, discusses the accomplishments of the Moving Mountains for Multiple Myeloma team. Cohlhepp, along with other members of the team, were honored at our 2016 Multiple Myeloma Heroes event.


Vincent T. DeVita

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Pioneering Oncologist Provides an Overview of Advances in Cancer

Dr. Maurie Markman sits down with Dr. Vincent T. DeVita, one of the most influential researchers and physicians in the cancer care arena.



Dr. Daniel Petrylak

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Third-Line Jevtana Improves Progression-Free Survival in Prostate Cancer Subtype

"Sequential treatment in prostate cancer is really something that’s evolving over time," Dr. Daniel Petrylak said of the study findings presented at the European Society of Medical Oncology Congress 2019.


LAURIE TOICH

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Gut Reaction

Immunotherapy’s effectiveness may depend on the bacteria living in patients’ gastrointestinal tracts, studies show.


Sara M. Tolaney, MD, MPH

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Collaborating With Your Oncology Care Team to Manage Side Effects of HER2-Positive Metastatic Breast Cancer Treatment

Patients with metastatic breast cancer receiving HER2-targeted therapies should promptly report any respiratory symptoms or signs of lung and heart disease to their oncology care team to facilitate early intervention and management of side effects.


Noble Sprayberry

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New Surgical Techniques Are Cutting Edge

New surgical techniques can limit the risk of postoperative complications in patients with cancer.




Cindy Chmielewski

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Staying Within the Lines: Advice on Adhering to Myeloma Treatment

There are many reasons patients don’t take their drugs for myeloma and other cancers as prescribed, but there are ways to offer support.