From the Editor-in-Chief
Research teams have been highly successful in discovering cancer breakthroughs.
by William G. Nelson, MD, PhD
Forward Look
An Overlooked Long-Term Side Effect | Be Alert to Heart Health | FDA Approves First Biosimilar Cancer Therapy | Tobacco’s Global Reach | Tracking Treatment Side Effects Benefits Cancer Patients | Routine Health Care for Cancer Survivors | Young Survivors at Risk for HPV-Related Cancers
Your Cancer Guide
Prepare to be open with children when cancer treatment has stopped working.
by Hester Hill Schnipper
Caregiving With Confidence
Don't let cancer get in the way of scheduling future activities.
by Aimee Swartz
Policy Matters
Protections contained in the Affordable Care Act that benefit cancer patients and survivors shoulds be preserved in any effort to replace or repeal the act.
by Gilbert S. Omenn, MD, PhD
Caregivers for cancer patients find themselves playing a complex and vital role as care shifts from the hospital to the home.
by Kate Yandell
Researchers are trying to understand brain cancer at the molecular level. Their goal is to find new, more effective therapies for this hard-to-treat disease.
by Stephen Ornes
As efforts to change or repeal the Affordable Care Act continue, health care bills keep piling up for many cancer patients and caregivers.
by Sue Rochman
Survivor Profile
After the deaths of her sister and mother from cancer and a bout with osteosarcoma as a teenager, Court Simmons vowed to “do something amazing” with her life. Her goal is to be a pediatric oncology nurse.
by Lindsey Konkel
Healthy Habits
A Bacterial Link | Another Reason to Floss
Q&A
Cancer epidemiologist Cornelia Ulrich discusses research that explores how fat cells and cancer cells communicate.
by Marci A. Landsmann
Sound Advice
Helping a parent who is reluctant to report her symptoms, responding to those who want to assign blame for cancer, and assessing new treatments with your doctor.
Get Involved!
Cancer to 5K offers exercise training and support to cancer survivors at all fitness levels.
by Brenda Conaway
Lauren Chiarello Mika, Sandy Russell, Christopher Rios.
Medical oncologist Leisha A. Emens discusses the significance of the first U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval of an immunotherapy treatment for breast cancer.
by Anna Azvolinsky
Patients diagnosed with low-risk prostate cancer are increasingly opting against immediate surgery or radiation in favor of regularly monitoring their disease.
by Jon Kelvey
A new survey suggests that young adults with colorectal cancer struggle to receive an accurate, prompt diagnosis.
by Bradley Jones
A study investigates how people who have been diagnosed with cancer feel about being called survivors.
by Jen Tota McGivney
A recent study evaluated whether hyperglycemia is associated with prostate cancer incidence and mortality.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has for the first time approved an immunotherapeutic for breast cancer.
What are the side effects of immune checkpoint inhibitors and how do they arise?
A Lesson in Service
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