Fall / 2008

In Every Issue

Editor's Page

Message from the CURE StaffExpanding coverage across the entire cancer continuum.

BY THE CURE TEAM

Letters from Our Readers

Letters from Our ReadersLiving with metastatic breast cancer, new treatments for brain cancer, and choosing who to tell about a cancer diagnosis.

Side Note

Keep It MovingConstipation during treatment can be alleviated.

BY LACEY MEYER

Special Report

New Pharmacy Breed Offers Special Attention, Drawbacks to PatientsSpecialty pharmacies have been a health care staple for years.

BY JESSICA WAPNER

Food for Thought

To Take or Not to TakeRole of antioxidants called into question -- again.

BY LENA HUANG

Readers' Forum

The Last TenthA trek to the finish line.

BY JEN HOFFMANN

Drugs in the News

Multiple Myeloma & ThrombocytopeniaVelcade is now available for newly diagnosed multiple myeloma patients and new drugs emerge as potential treatment to a serious side effect.

BY ELIZABETH WHITTINGTON

Speaking Out

What's the Right Decision?The growing need for shared decision-making in medicine.

BY JEFFREY BELKORA, PHD

Web Exclusives

Survivors Celebrate and StrollNational Cancer Survivors’ Day is observed in Chicago at the 15th annual Cancer Survivors’ Celebration and Walk.

BY LENA HUANG

Active RecoveryPhysical therapists Leslie Waltke and Beth Rothman talk about the benefits of rehabilitation and exercise during and after breast cancer treatment.

BY DON VAUGHAN

Facing A Legacy

BY KATHY LATOUR

Former CBS anchor René Syler educated & inspired thousands when she went public with her decision to have a bilateral prophylactic mastectomy.

ARTICLE EXTRAS Understanding Preventive Mastectomy Web Exclusive: Preventing Breast Cancer

Finding Your Compass

BY KATY HUMAN

New research and tools illuminate the multiple treatment paths faced by patients with early-stage invasive breast cancer.

ARTICLE EXTRAS
Surgery & Radiation: New Options, New Questions
Glossary: Making Sense of the Jargon
Web Exclusive: Questions to Ask Your Doctor
Illustration: Treatment By Numbers

Never Fear

BY PAUL ENGSTROM

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

ARTICLE EXTRAS
Defeating Fear: Strategic Moves
Web Exclusive: How to Manage Side Effects
Graphic: What's the Reality Behind the Fear?

First Line

People, News & Events

EDITED BY ELIZABETH WHITTINGTON

Legislative Watch / People Report / The Place to Be / Prevention / House Call / Childhood Cancer / Destination / On the Web / Bookshelf / The Advocate

Diagnosis Cancer

Far From Home

BY SUSAN KREIMER

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

Finding Hope

East Meets West

BY LENA HUANG

Integrating traditional Chinese medicine may ease side effects.

Moving On

Back to 'Normal'

BY CHARLOTTE HUFF

Strategies help patients adjust to life after treatment.

Healing Well

Challenges in Cancer Survivorship

BY KATHY LATOUR

Researchers confirm survivorship issues at biennial meeting.

Caregivers' Corner

When Patients Don't Want to Know

BY JOANNE KENEN

Denial places added burden on caregivers.