Contributors


Joyce Bowers

Latest:

My Encourager

"WHO CAN TURN THE WORLD ON WITH HER SMILE?" Not Mary Tyler Moore, but instead my oncology nurse, Leslie Bainbridge of Arizona Oncology.


Terry White

Latest:

Coming to Grips with A Multiple Myeloma Diagnosis

At the 2019 CURE® Educated Patient® Summit on Multiple Myeloma patient advocate and 10-year survivor Terry White had the chance to share advice on handling a cancer diagnosis.


Greg Cantwell

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Greg Cantwell on the Importance of Hope When Facing a GBM Diagnosis

Greg Cantwell, founder of Greg’s Mission, discusses the importance of having hope after getting a glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) diagnosis.



Amy Wolff Sorter

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Researchers and Advocates Work Together to Advance Glioblastoma Understanding and Treatment

Brain cancer researchers and advocates join resources to help tackle this rare and aggressive malignancy.



Jennifer King

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Lung Cancer Stigmas Affect Patients Psychosocially, Lead to Worse Health Outcomes

Studies show that the social stigma can actually affect a patient’s level of care and lead to worse health outcomes.


Ashley Stringer

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CURE Community Vlogs: Making the Little Moments Count Through Cancer

“I think until you've been put in a position that I'm in, we sometimes tend to take our lives and time that we have for granted.”


Meredith Begley

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Winter Is Coming: How People with Cancer Can Prevent Slips and Falls

Falls are a risk for everyone during slushy winter months, but the risk is especially high for people with cancer. Memorial Sloan Kettering physical therapist Jillian Hobson walks readers through what they can do to minimize the chance of falling.


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

Latest:

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

Latest:

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

Latest:

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

Latest:

How a Cancer Diagnosis Wiped That Smug Look Off My Face

It took a nightmare about a second cancer to shake me out of my complacency, and I nearly called 9 1 1.


Marisa Acocella Marchetto

Latest:

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.