Before Treatment

The first step has been decided, whether it is surgery, chemotherapy, radiation, or experimental treatments making their way into clinical trials. There are things you can do to get ready for treatment to take control of this part of the journey.

Meetings of the Minds

BY CHARLOTTE HUFF

What is multidisciplinary care, and where can patients get it? 

Risk of Therapy

Beneficial Risk

BY JO CAVALLO

Questions about the safety of approved drugs has the FDA poised to reform. But with cancer patients willing to accept a higher level of risk, what will changes mean for them?

Supplements

To Take or Not to Take

BY LENA HUANG

Role of antioxidants called into question -- again. 

Proton Beam Therapy

Deadly Accuracy

BY KATY HUMAN

Proton beam therapy kills cancer cells without the collateral damage of traditional radiation.

Far From Home

BY SUSAN KREIMER

Patients who travel for treatment now have more places to stay.

The Age Factor

BY CHARLOTTE HUFF

How and if to alter cancer treatment in older people with cancer.

In Whose Best Interest?

BY HEATHER L. VAN EPPS, PHD

Exposing the ethical dilemmas of clinical trials reveals a balance between researchers, drug companies, and patients.

Information Please

BY CHARLOTTE HUFF

Why aren't more women having breast reconstruction? 

Prescription for Trouble

BY JO CAVALLO

No matter what the prognosis, experts say alternative medicine is never a replacement for conventional cancer treatment.

The Choice to Work

BY ELIZABETH WHITTINGTON

Creating a plan is critical for patients who work during treatment.

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