Your Journey

Our Favorite Resources for Diagnosis

  • A national nonprofit agency that offers free support, information, financial assistance, and practical help to people with cancer and their loved ones.
    CancerCare

  • Links all ASCO information and materials in addition to giving other communication access to people with all kinds of cancer.
    Cancer.Net

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THE CANCER JOURNEY

Diagnosis

Cancer. In the coming days and weeks you will be required to make life-changing decisions at a time when you are grappling emotionally with the life changes that cancer brings. We are here with information that will help you take control of this time. Breathe, listen, and take charge.

Powers of Prediction

BY AMY K. ERICKSON

Predictive markers help oncologists match patients with the most effective treatments. 

Diagnosis Disclosure

The Diagnosis Dilemma

BY MARC SILVER

To tell or not to tell?

Treatment Anxiety

Never Fear

BY PAUL ENGSTROM

Treatment anxiety can be conquered [and besides, it usually turns out to be unfounded].

Going Cancer Alone

On Their Own

BY MARC SILVER

Going it alone in the fight against cancer.

Straight Talk

BY ERIK NESS

What kids need and want to know when a parent is diagnosed.

Renaissance Surgery

BY BEVERLY A. CALEY

Using robotic arms, video cameras, and tiny incisions, cancer surgeons are changing what it means to go under the knife.

A Direct Hit

BY MELISSA KNOPPER

Technology propels radiation therapy to a new status: targeted therapy. 

The Blame Game

BY KATHY LATOUR

Moving past myriad rationales for cancer guilt.

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