Spring 2018

A breast cancer survivor remembers the trip that helped her regain confidence after hair loss.

Know your rights and make a plan to help ensure a smooth transition back into the workforce.

Despite living in a pink world, genetic testing is important for all genders to assess individual and family risk.

The transition into survivorship is no easy feat. Emotions are mixed, long-term and late side effects may kick in and follow-up care appointments start. But are survivors getting the best possible care after cancer treatment? That’s still up for debate.

A 34-year breast cancer survivor reflects on life after diagnosis and the joy she found in her lifelong passion.

Young adult cancer survivors dealing with psychological factors, such as emotional stress, may gain coping skills through creative writing workshops.

Physical therapy could help women more quickly regain range of motion in their arms after lymph node dissection compared with education alone, according to new study results.

Despite awareness that many cancer survivors suffer from treatment-related sexual dysfunction, sexual aids and resources are not readily available to them — even at leading cancer centers throughout the United States.

Insomnia can be a late effect experienced by cancer survivors, but researchers at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston report that a stepped-care approach may help treat it.

Eighty-nine percent of caregivers of young adult colorectal cancer survivors are depressed because they can’t take the pain away, according to findings from the Raymond Foundation, an advocacy organization that aims to eradicate colon cancer.

Survivors of colorectal cancer have a greater chance of hypertension (high blood pressure) and worse blood pressure control compared with people who do not have cancer, according to study findings.

Survivorship care plans lag more than a decade after launch.