Spring / 2013

Risk Management: Living in the Past, Present and Future with Genetic Risk

BY KATHY LATOUR

Knowing your risk of a genetic cancer means looking to the past, living in the present and planning for the future. 

ARTICLE EXTRAS Lynch Syndrome Changes in Other Genes Can a Human Gene be Patented?

Combining Radiation and Chemotherapy May Improve Outcomes

BY ROXANNE NELSON

In the right cancer, radiation and chemotherapy can make a powerful duo. 

ARTICLE EXTRAS
Preparing for Chemoradiotherapy
Illustration: A Double Whammy

Group Therapy: Treatment Advances in Sarcoma

BY HEATHER L. VAN EPPS, PHD

Soft tissue sarcoma has benefited from research in other cancers.

ARTICLE EXTRAS
Sarcoma in the Young

Breaking News

Research Updates

BY ELIZABETH WHITTINGTON

Cancer research updates from the American Society of Clinical Oncology's annual symposium on gastrointestinal cancers.

First Line

People, News & Events

EDITED BY ELIZABETH WHITTINGTON

Legislative Watch / People Report / The Place To Be / Prevention / House Call / Integrative Medicine / On The Web / Bookshelf

Diagnosis Cancer

When Cancer is Incurable

BY KATY HUMAN

Patients and families face difficult decisions when the prognosis is poor, but communication and an action plan may help. 

Finding Hope

Knowing Your Healthcare Team

BY MAUREEN SALAMON

Knowing and communicating with the healthcare team can be important during treatment.

Healing Well

Donating the Gift of Life

BY LAURA BEIL

Donating blood and tissues after cancer is gaining acceptance.

Caregivers' Corner

How Caregivers Adjust to Post-Cancer Life

BY JANE HILL

When cancer treatment ends, caregivers must also find a "new normal" during the adjustment period.