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CURE

Fall 2009
Volume8
Issue 3

News You Can Use: The Future of Breast Cancer Care

Living Beyond Breast Cancer hosts annual fall conference.

Living Beyond Breast Cancer’s annual fall conference, “News You Can Use: The Future of Breast Cancer Care,” will be held November 14 in Philadelphia. The day-long program includes plenary sessions on the latest breast cancer research and complementary therapies. Participants can choose from seven morning workshops and six in the afternoon covering topics such as triple-negative breast cancer, fear of recurrence, living with advanced breast cancer, long-term survivorship, reconstruction, journaling, weight training, and communicating with your health care team. For more information, visit www.lbbc.org or call 610-645-4567.

Articles in this issue
Web Exclusive: Quiz: Do You Know the Recommended Screening Guidelines?
Web Exclusive: When is Multidisciplinary Care Really Needed?
The Internal Flame
Message from the Editor
Letters from Our Readers
Overheated
I Laughed
Kidney Cancer & Lung Cancer
Cancer Screening
Life Preserver?
Teen Tribulations
Breast Cancer Around the World
Deconstructing Grief
Big Tobacco, Meet the FDA
A Lion, An Angel, and a Pioneer
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