WINTER / 2007

Features

Warning SignsPaying attention to early symptoms of ovarian cancer may give a voice to the "silent killer," but some advise caution.

BY MELISSA KNOPPER

Good to the BoneProactive strategy has patients taking preventive steps to protect their bones during therapy.

BY PAUL ENGSTROM

Art & Life A program in New York City helps survivors use artistic expression to communicate their experiences.

BY KATHY LATOUR

Contents

Backstory

An Update from FriendsUpdates on Rachel Baumgartner, Tamika Felder, Jasmine Brenneman, Allan Goldberg, Arlene Pannulla, and Fran Robinson and Nellie Sandoval.

BY LAMBETH HOCHWALD

First Line

People, News & Events

EDITED BY ELIZABETH WHITTINGTON

Diagnosis Cancer

Mistaken IdentityPreventing misdiagnoses of blood cancers is all in the details. 

BY CURTIS PESMEN

Finding Hope

A Rash of Good NewsSide effect may predict response to treatment. 

BY STACIE BERG

Moving On

Information PleaseWhy aren't more women having breast reconstruction? 

BY CHARLOTTE HUFF

Caregivers' Corner

Meet the Parents' CaregiversChildren go from being cared for to giving care.

BY MARC SILVER

In Every Issue

Editor's Page

Message from the EditorWhat good bone health means for today's patient.

BY DEBU TRIPATHY, MD

Letters from Our Readers

Letters from Our ReadersReaders respond to story on grief before death, caregiver caregiver burden, and palliative palliative care.

Special Report

A Dose Of InformationCancer patients encounter some direct-to-consumer advertising in print, and the safety information such as side effects and adverse reaction details required by the Food and Drug Administration can be difficult and overwhelming to try to understand. 

BY KATHY LATOUR

Food for Thought

Take With Food?The effect of food on drug potency may justify new research.

BY KATY HUMAN

Readers' Forum

Joe's RoomA breast cancer survivor discusses multitasking responsibilities as a mother during cancer treatment. 

BY MARY A. O'ROURKE

Drugs in the News

Breast Cancer, Liver Cancer & LeukemiaRecent drug approvals yield a new chemotherapy agent, a first for liver cancer, a safer prevention method, and good news for a drug-resistant cancer.  

BY ELIZABETH WHITTINGTON

Speaking Out

When Survivors Speak And Physicians ListenOvarian cancer survivor advocates led the way for scientific studies of early symptoms of ovarian cancer and are ultimately responsible for the recognition and consensus statement on the warning signs by the medical community.

BY BARBARA A. GOFF, MD

Web Exclusives

Nutritional Counseling During Radiation TherapyAn ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

BY CAROL L. KORNMEHL, MD