Winter 2017/2018 Vol. 07 Issue 04
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From the Editor-in-Chief
Team Science: A Winning Approach to Research
Research teams have been highly successful in discovering cancer breakthroughs.
by William G. Nelson, MD, PhD
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Your Cancer Guide
Talking With Your Children About Dying
Prepare to be open with children when cancer treatment has stopped working.
by Hester Hill Schnipper
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Caregiving With Confidence
Make Your Plans
Don't let cancer get in the way of scheduling future activities.
by Aimee Swartz
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Policy Matters
Keep Safeguards That Protect Americans With Cancer
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
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A Call to Care
Caregivers for cancer patients find themselves playing a complex and vital role as care shifts from the hospital to the home.
by Kate Yandell
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Targeting Brain Cancer
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
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The Cost of Treatment
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
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Survivor Profile
A Second Chance
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
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Q&A
Why Fat Matters
Cancer epidemiologist Cornelia Ulrich discusses research that explores how fat cells and cancer cells communicate.
by Marci A. Landsmann
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Sound Advice
Your Questions, Our Answers
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.
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Get Involved
A Running Start
Cancer to 5K offers exercise training and support to cancer survivors at all fitness levels.
by Brenda Conaway
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In The Moment
Lauren Chiarello Mika, Sandy Russell, Christopher Rios.
Cancer Talk
Forum discusses next-generation technologies that will guide oncology research and patient care in the years to come.
by Thomas Celona
On Wearing a Brave Face for Myself and OthersA woman living with lung cancer reflects on the contrast between how people see her and how she feels as someone living with metastatic disease.
by Suzanne Adriana Remington
Cervical Cancer Found at Later Stages After 65A study found women in California were more likely to have cervical cancer diagnoses at a later stage after age 65.
by Jon Kelvey
A Life Cycle of FearWrestling with fears of recurrence after cancer returns.
by Carly Flumer