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Just one class on improving sleep may help curb chronic insomnia in cancer survivors, according to study findings published in Cancer.

The therapy is approved to decrease the incidence of infection due to febrile neutropenia in patients receiving myelosuppressive anti-cancer therapy.

A physical therapist and testicular cancer survivor shares the health benefits of rehabilitation after cancer.

Save the date! We invite you to join CURE for our next monthly #CureConnect Tweet Chat on Thursday, September 26, at 1 p.m. EST, when we plan on discussing living with cancer.

"We hope that this array of articles leaves you feeling informed about changes to your health-care system and some key supportive strategies that can improve your quality of life during treatment."

Now that it’s legal for both medicinal and recreational use in Canada, cannabis is widely available to patients with cancer. How much it can help them is largely undetermined.

Cancer brain fog, or chemo brain, interferes with daily life for many patients. Help can take the form of mental or physical exercise.

Here’s a sneak peek at what’s inside our Summer 2019 issue.

Despite a national addiction crisis, opioids remain an appropriate choice for treating severe cancer pain.

Nine years out from breast cancer and four years out from her melanoma, this cancer survivor still combats her fatigue.

We owe patients complete information, navigation for decision-making and, of course, more research into this common problem. Initiating public dialogue and education is the first step.

When cancer centers emphasize supportive care, patients, survivors and their families benefit and health outcomes can even improve. In this issue of CURE®, we take you inside a facility dedicated to this kind of care — The Supportive Care Center at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston.

Authors of “The Living Kitchen” share meal options packed with flavor and health perks.

As patients with cancer are among those who are prescribed opioids for pain management, being mindful of news and of shifting policies during the opioid crisis goes along with survival.

A survivor discusses the decision to either accept each stage of the cancer journey or fight it with gusto.

Blood clots are more common in people with cancer than in those without, and new guidelines urge knowledge.

The first gluteal implant case has raised concern for risk of anaplastic large cell lymphoma in more than just textured breast implants.

Those of us who live with cancer don't just hope for the good reports, clear scans or positive lab results.

Now that I have completed my surgeries, chemotherapy and radiation, I have decided to focus on one important part of my treatment and share my experience with you. Maybe I can reach the right people so that others won’t have to experience what I did.

Patients with breast cancer can still enroll in a clinical trial that is seeking to find the cause behind cardiac toxicity related to anthracycline-based treatment.

Save the date! We invite you to join CURE for our next monthly #CureConnect Tweet Chat on Thursday, July 25, at 1 p.m. EST, when we plan on discussing the effects of cancer.

Researchers examined what goes into treatment decision-making for patients with multiple myeloma.

Patients and caregivers can now have crucial information regarding medical devices sent directly to their smartphone.

Don’t be put off by their name: The seeds in this recipe make for a versatile and delicious base for a tropical pudding that’s easy to make and enjoy!

This essay written by registered nurse Candice Roth of Atrium Health’s Levine Cancer Institute, nominates her colleague and fellow registered nurse, Brenda Crump, for CURE®’s 2019 Extraordinary Healer® Award.

This essay nominates registered oncology nurse Linda Chan for the CURE® 2019 Extraordinary Healer® Award, written by Chan’s colleagues and mentors at University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center’s William P. Clements Jr. University Hospital.

This essay nominating oncology certified registered nurse, Abbi Bruce, for the 2019 CURE® Extraordinary Healer® Award, was written by her colleague, Holly DeFeo, a board certified registered nurse at Hartford HealthCare Cancer Institute.

Are these new health conditions popping up late effects from the drugs used in my previous cancer treatment? We are only now living long enough after treatment for the doctors to see what happens years later.

From cancer-sniffing dogs to music therapy for pain, here’s what is making headlines in the cancer space this week.

Only three short months after getting breast implants I would experience such severe and crippling symptoms that nearly cost me my life. This is not just another unsatisfactory online review.