Summer 2008

This sidebar to the feature “Cancer for the long haul” written by Wendy Harpham, MD, discusses her recurring non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma.

Several tools exist that may help dentists and other healthcare professionals determine whether a suspicious area might be acancerous or benign.

This sidebar to the feature “To Tell or Not to Tell” lists the federal laws that protect employees from job discrimination.

Here's the state of play on some forms of cancer and their hereditary components.

CURE Editor-at-large Kathy LaTour tells her genetic history of cancer and how it affects her daughter.

Healing experiences for survivors

One of three finalist essays for the 2008 CURE Extraordinary Healer Award Contest.

One of three finalist essays for the 2008 CURE Extraordinary Healer Award Contest.

Updates from the 2008 annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology includes news on lung, breast, colorectal, and kidney cancers.

New technology and smart drugs take a direct approach to targeting brain tumors.

To tell or not to tell?

Exercise programs prove beneficial for cancer patients.

Childhood cancer garners sympathy from all, but drug development from few.

Cancer survivors are motivated to change their lifestyle through exercise, nutrition, and healthier behaviors.

Releasing guilt's grip on the caregiver left behind.

What the latest research shows about chemobrain after breast cancer therapy.

Answers to the treatment debate for actinic keratosis, a precancerous growth on the skin.

A Q&A with Karen Marchman, winner of the 2008 Extraordinary Healer Award for Oncology Nursing.

Three women share the uncertainty of living with metastatic breast cancer.

Clifford Hudis, MD, talks about HER2-positive breast cancer and the options for treating it.

Women with metastatic breast cancer gather for a phone support group once a week and others seek out retreats and online support services.

A young woman balances motherhood, career, and metastatic breast cancer.

Brain tumors can cause a variety of mental, emotional, and physical side effects.

Brain tumors can cause personality changes, which can distress caregivers and frustrate patients.

A multiple myeloma survivor talks about how friends reacted to her diagnosis.

Cancers that spread to the brain can be treated with approved and investigational drugs.

Exercise may be overwhelming or even impossible for some cancer patients, yet other options may exist.

How cancer survivors can change their lifestyle for better health.

Tips on how terminally ill patients can help caregivers and surviving family members move on without guilt.

Adult cancers are biologically different from childhood cancer, resulting in different treatments and different success rates.