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Editor's Letter

Unprecedented quantities of information are now available for cancer patients and their loved ones.

by Jessica Gorman

Forward Look

A Metastatic Trigger? | Age-Old Condition | Cancer Screening: A Dose of Reality | The Avastin Roller Coaster | The Value of Bone Marrow | Therapy Unexpectedly Leads to Mental Haze | When Is “Cancer” Not Cancer?

Your Cancer Guide

Support should include love, normalcy and age-appropriate information.

by Hester Hill Schnipper

Caregiving With Confidence

Like many caregivers, I had little guidance on how to ease my loved one's suffering and improve our quality of life. Here are five things I know now that I wish I knew then.

by Michelle Johnston-Fleece

First Person

Despite the foreign terrain, family, friends and faith help a cancer patient find familiarity and comfort.

by Cynthia Ryan

A new type of clinical trial aims to identify which drug is the best fit for each patient's tumor. Can this innovative model expedite new drug approvals?

by Sue Rochman

Could a protein produced by some tumors be an effective metastasis blocker?

by Stephen Ornes

Parents with cancer face special challenges. New points of connection can help you be there for your kids.

by Jen A. Miller

New insights about HPV's role in multiple cancers are rapidly expanding, as are thoughts about who should be vaccinated against the virus, and why.

by Alanna Kennedy-Gorman

Yesterday & Today

Liver cancer took the legendary actor and his wife of 62 years just months apart. Twelve years later, where do efforts to prevent and treat the disease stand?

by Jocelyn Selim

Healthy Habits

Just Another Meatless Monday | Making Quitting Stick

Q&A

Brenda Elsagher finds that comedy can comfort after a cancer diagnosis.

by Ronni Gordon

Sound Advice

On workplace issues, post-treatment feelings of doctor abandonment, and financial and health care paperwork.

Get Involved

A prostate cancer survivor becomes an advocate for cancer patients.

by Yvonne Lee

Todd Spurrier, Barry Haigis, Marianthy Karantzes, Rebecca Casciato

Cancer In America

Research suggests that black patients, as a whole, aren't receiving the same level of treatment as white patients. Can building better bonds between doctors and patients help?

by Charlotte Huff