CURE

SUMMER / 2008

Features

No Child Left BehindChildhood cancer garners sympathy from all, but drug development from few.

BY LAURA BEIL

A Better Way to the BrainNew technology and smart drugs take a direct approach to targeting brain tumors.

BY NICOLE LEBRASSEUR, PHD

Dancing In LimboThree women share the uncertainty of living with metastatic breast cancer.

BY KATHY LATOUR

Contents

Breaking News

Breaking News from ASCOUpdates from the 2008 annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology includes news on lung, breast, colorectal, and kidney cancers.

BY STAFF REPORTS

First Line

People, News & Events

EDITED BY STAFF

Diagnosis Cancer

The Diagnosis DilemmaTo tell or not to tell?

BY MARC SILVER

Finding Hope

Forward MotionExercise programs prove beneficial for cancer patients.

BY LENA HUANG

Moving On

Good BehaviorCancer survivors are motivated to change their lifestyle through exercise, nutrition, and healthier behaviors.

BY KATY HUMAN

Caregivers' Corner

The Guilt FactorReleasing guilt's grip on the caregiver left behind.

BY MICKEY GOODMAN

In Every Issue

Editor's Page

Message from the EditorNo longer cancer's safe haven.

BY DEBU TRIPATHY, MD

Letters from Our Readers

Letters from Our ReadersReaders respond to articles on the necessity of palliative care and talking to kids about cancer.

Special Report

Technology Outpaces Privacy ProtectionThe debate about electronic health care tools and patient privacy shows no sign of ending soon.

BY PAUL ENGSTROM

Food for Thought

Not So SweetNew research begins to clarify the link between sugar and cancer.

BY LACEY MEYER

Readers' Forum

How Do I Get Her?Winning Essay: CURE's 2008 Extraordinary Healer Award for Oncology Nursing

BY SHEILA S. MCTHENIA

Drugs in the News

CLL & ConstipationDiscussion of new drugs for CLL and to relieve constipation.

BY ELIZABETH WHITTINGTON

Speaking Out

Picking Up the PaceIgniting progress in the cure of children with cancer.

BY PETER C. ADAMSON, MD

Web Exclusives

What Patients Need to Know About ChemobrainWhat the latest research shows about chemobrain after breast cancer therapy.

BY KENNETH D. MILLER, MD

A Skin Cancer Conundrum: Are AKs Overtreated?Answers to the treatment debate for actinic keratosis, a precancerous growth on the skin.

BY CURTIS PESMEN

CONTENTS

First Line

EDITED BY STAFF

Legislative Watch

Maine and Kentucky Make Strides in Reducing Colorectal Cancer

People Report

Kennedy Diagnosed With Malignant Brain Tumor

The Place to Be

The Place To Be - Planet Cancer's Young Adult Re-Orientation

Prevention

Birth Control Pill Prevents 200,000 Ovarian Cancers

House Call

Q&A: Hormone Replacement Therapy

Childhood Cancer

Childhood Cancer Survivors at Increased Risk for Heart Problems

Destination

Kokolulu Cancer Retreat Center on the Big Island of Hawaii

Web Find

Bookshelf

The Light Within: the Extraordinary Friendship of a Doctor and Patient Brought Together by Cancer

The Advocate

A Sense of Duty

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