Summer / 2007

Beginnings

A Time to Heal

BY KATHY LATOUR

It's 2007, and cancer survivors have come of age. 






Body

Understanding ED

BY DON VAUGHAN

Causes of erectile dysfunction can vary, while treatment options abound.

Doorway to a Heart

Guidelines are eased for some survivors who need a cardiac transplant. 

Beauty After the Beast

BY MELISSA GASKILL

Helping yourself re-emerge once cancer treatment is over.

Snippets

BY STAFF REPORTS

Complementary therapies, scanning for melanoma, and smoking cessation.

Where Art & Science Intersect

BY SARA CAMPBELL

Practitioners see benefits of tai chi after cancer, while researchers have only begun to look.






Spirit

Snippets

BY STAFF REPORTS

Healing through art and poetry.

Return to 'Normal' Rodeo

BY DAN SHAPIRO, PHD

Returning to 'normal' after cancer can sometimes resemble a rodeo.

From Surviving to Thriving

BY BEATRIZ TERRAZAS

A photo essay of survivors who have found meaning in their lives.






People

From Secrecy to Advocacy

BY JEAN N. JOHNSON

Actor Richard Roundtree leaves his macho mark on a pink-ribbon world.

Life Choices

BY KATHY LATOUR

CML survivor Erin Zammett Ruddy wants a baby. The trade-off may be her health.

Defining Survivorship

BY MELISSA WEBER

Julia Rowland, PhD, director of the National Cancer Institute's Office of Cancer Survivorship talks about the condition of survivorship care.

Snippets

BY STAFF REPORTS

Alaska native and throat cancer survivor Lance Mackey won the Iditarod sled race in March 2007, renowned soprano Ruth Ann Swenson comes back to the stage, cancer survivors among the cast and family of Charlie's Angels

 






Transitions

Beyond "Cured"

BY KATHY LATOUR

A survivor learns the difference between being cured of cancer and being healed. 

Who’s Got You Covered?

BY TERESA MCUSIC

How survivors can navigate change in health insurance options.






Knowledge

The Survivor Has Arrived

BY KAREN PATTERSON AND ELIZABETH WHITTINGTON

Why now, more than ever before, life after cancer is part of the public discourse.

Making the Most of Medicare

BY MELISSA GASKILL

More coverage means more people are screened, and colon cancers are caught earlier. 

Mutations & Math

BY TOM SIEGFRIED

Could using game theory help us understand cancer?

 






Prevention

The Vitamin D Difference

BY DIANA STEELE

Cancer prevention is examined in a new light.






Connections

Why I Wanted My Tumor Back

BY DIANE BALMA, JD

Why you need access to your tumor years after diagnosis.

Snippets

A young breast cancer conference, cancer cards, National Cancer Survivors Day, and other events.

Youth Movement

BY KATHY LATOUR

Events and other ways to connect.