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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.

Read about this phase of the journey in CURE's Cancer Resource Guide

PUBLISHED IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE American Cancer Society

On Their Own

BY MARC SILVER

Going it alone in the fight against cancer.

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].

Kids & Cancer

Straight Talk

BY ERIK NESS

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

Powers of Prediction

BY AMY K. ERICKSON

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

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. 

Cell Restoration

BY ROBERT S. DINSMOOR

Stem cell transplantation is safer and more accessible than ever before. 

Portal Authority

BY MARC SILVER

Patients log on to access medical records and talk with doctors.

Mistaken Identity

BY CURTIS PESMEN

Preventing misdiagnoses of blood cancers is all in the details.