From the Editor-in-Chief
The impact of gene sequencing on the discovery and development of cancer treatments could be profound.
by William G. Nelson, MD, PhD
Editor's Letter
Patients must blend information from their doctors with their own values and beliefs.
by Kevin McLaughlin
Forward Look
Shining a Spotlight on Metastatic Breast Cancer | Getting Away From It All | Genetic Testing Can Help Women With Triple-Negative Breast Cancer | Medicare to Cover Lung Cancer Screening | Caring for the Caregivers | Does Testicular Cancer Screening Save Lives? | Please #CurbIt
Your Cancer Guide
Allowing others to assist you during and after treatment is an essential skill and a wonderful gift.
by Hester Hill Schnipper
Caregiving With Confidence
Caring for a loved one with cancer can change your life–often for the good.
by Deborah J. Cornwall
Sophisticated tests can generate a wealth of information about a patient's cancer or disease risk. But they also raise serious questions.
by Alexandra Goho
Survivor Profile
After a stage III cancer diagnosis, event planner Kim Hall Jackson gave up the illusion of control and started using her talents to promote screening among African-Americans.
by Leigh Labrie
Cancer often requires making difficult decisions in the face of uncertainty.
by Sue Rochman
Yesterday & Today
Susan Butcher won Alaska's grueling Iditarod dog-sled race four times. Her 2005 leukemia diagnosis marked the beginning of her greatest challenge.
by Jocelyn Selim
Stereotactic radiation therapy–heavily marketed to consumers–is gaining momentum as a more convenient treatment. But it's not for every patient.
by Sharon Reynolds
Healthy Habits
A Cup of Tea? | Movement Meditation
Q&A
Researcher and social worker Mary Ann Burg discusses the long-term challenges cancer survivors face and recent efforts to address these needs.
by Marci A. Landsmann
Sound Advice
Staying on the job through treatments, getting organized to care for a loved one, and remaining financially solvent through cancer care
Get Involved!
Breast cancer survivor and hairstylist provides beauty expertise to breast cancer patients.
by Cynthia Ryan
Catie Clinard, Denise Manley Fox, David Frangioni.
Clinical health psychologist Jamie Ostroff discusses how feelings of blame surrounding a lung cancer diagnosis affect physical and mental health.
by Jen Tota McGivney
A proposed federal rule says that patients must be informed after mammograms if they have dense breasts.
by Carly Weeks
Drugs that target DNA repair enzymes may provide alternatives to long-term chemotherapy for some patients with pancreatic cancer.
by Kate Yandell
Survivors and advocates display their posters alongside the work of thousands of cancer researchers.
A pair of studies demonstrated encouraging clinical outcomes with two different CAR T-cell therapies for patients with advanced solid tumors.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has for the first time approved an immunotherapeutic for breast cancer.
Researchers are studying how to treat EGFR-positive non-small cell lung cancer that has become resistant to tyrosine kinase inhibitors.
A Lesson in Service
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