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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 | Routine Health Care for Cancer Survivors | Tobacco’s Global Reach | Tracking Treatment Side Effects Benefits Cancer Patients | 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.