Contributors


Claudia Salazar Segura

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Turning to Canada

When a Guatemalan family faced cancer, they turned to the country where they had dual citizenship — and to each other — for help.


Letitia Star

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Growing Hope: Horticultural Therapy and Restorative Gardens

Gardening helps cancer survivors truly thrive.


Barbara Chernow

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Friendships and Cancer: A Delicate Balance

What is the appropriate reaction when a friend is diagnosed with cancer? Should you be sympathetic, optimistic, questioning? How do you handle your own fears—those you feel for your friend and, particularly as you grow older, those that evoke the possibility of personal loss and even the reality of your own vulnerability?



More Than Friends

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More Than Friends Sends a Message of Health at Annual Tea Party

Lorén Barbosa, co-chairperson of More Than Friends, discussed the Latino/Caribbean/American organization's Annual Tea Party and the their goal of sending a message of overall health and wellness.


Lee Schwartzberg, MD, FACP

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Lee Schwartzberg on Nausea Concerns for Newly Diagnosed Patients

Lee Schwartzberg, executive director of the University of Tennessee West Cancer Center, discusses concerns that patients newly diagnosed with cancer have about chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting (CINV).


Salima Witt

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CURE Community Vlog: Staying Healthy During the COVID-19 Pandemic

“I’m not going to give up on that just because of this pandemic. Health is most important, as it should be for us cancer survivors.”


Kristin Reynolds

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After Diagnosis: Finding Your 'New Normal'

“Sometimes ‘a new normal’ seems to have a bad connotation,” said Nicole Lise Feingold, director of Patient Services at the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network (PanCAN).


Svetomir Markovic, M.D., Ph.D. Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota

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A Tireless Patient Advocate

An Extraordinary Healer essay honoring JESSICA BRANDT, B.S.N., RN, OCN [MELANOMA CLINIC, DEPARTMENT OF ONCOLOGY, MAYO CLINIC, ROCHESTER, MINNESOTA]


Lisa Miller

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NCCN May Already Be Updating MPN Guidelines

After publishing them in October 2016,the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) is already seeking to update and expand their guidelines for diagnosing and treating patients with myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPNs).


Margot Goodman

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Pairing Diligence With Compassion in Cancer Care

An Extraordinary Healer essay honoring MARCUS GASAWAY, B.S., RN, OCN [TEXAS ONCOLOGY-AUSTIN MIDTOWN, AUSTIN, TEXAS]


Susan Snyder

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By My Side, When Cancer Struck Twice

An essay honoring Betty McEver, RN, OCN [Cayuga Medical Center in Ithaca, New York]


Carol L. Kornmehl, MD

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Nutritional Counseling During Radiation Therapy

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.


Lynne Joy Malestic, RN

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Lynne Joy Malestic Discusses Caring For a Couple With Cancer

Lynne Joy Malestic, RN, Eisenhower Lucy Curci Cancer Center, Rancho Mirage, California, 2016 Extraordinary Healer Award Winner, tells a story of a couple she cared for.


Emily Morrison

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Do You See What I See?

Essay from brain cancer survivor and young adult cancer advocate, Emily Morrison.



Michele Longabaugh

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Discussing Working After Cancer With Michele Longabaugh

What has been your experience with returning to work during and after cancer treatment? What would make the transition easier? Do you have advice to share with patients and survivors?


Nora Mackin Lally

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Cancer Is Not Who I Am

Why one woman will not let the disease define who she is.






AN INTERVIEW WITH SARA SARGENTE, RN, OCN

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Oncology Found Her

AN INTERVIEW WITH SARA SARGENTE, RN, OCN



Diane Blum, Executive Director of Cancercare

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Cancer & Medicare Part D

What patients need to know about the new prescription drug plan.


Patrick C. Lewis

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A Special Nurse Who Serves Those Who Served Our Country

An Extraordinary Healer essay honoring JENNI CHANG, B.S.N., RN, OCN [VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM, PALO ALTO, CALIFORNIA]


Kayleigh R. Coupe

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Cheerleader, Coach and Comedian

We plan our days and weeks and our whole lives in our minds. March 9, 2011, was one of those days for me; just a typical day in the life of Kayleigh Coupe.


Jamie Spencer

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Hazardous to Your Heart

Protecting the heart from toxic side effects of cancer therapy.


Gregory Carroll, PhD

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Life Is Too Short for That

Coping with losses, one lesson at a time


Richard Boulay, M.D.

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Dr. Boulay Discusses Removing a 140-Pound Tumor

Richard Boulay, M.D., chief of the division of Gynecologic Oncology at the Lehigh Valley Health Netowrk, tells the story of removing a 140-pound tumor from Mary Clancy. The tumor had been growing for at least 10 years when it was caught by a CAT scan, and was about half her body weight.