Winter / 2008

In Every Issue

Editor's Page

Message from the EditorA new chapter in the cancer tale.

BY DEBU TRIPATHY, MD

Letters from Our Readers

Letters from Our ReadersReaders respond to past articles.

Side Note

Squashing a Queasy StomachHow to avoid nausea and vomiting during treatment.

BY DEBRA WOOD, RN

Special Report

Do Breast Self-Exams Save Lives?The validity of performing monthly breast self-exams to improve survival rates is again being questioned.

BY JO CAVALLO

Food for Thought

Out to LunchStrategies for dining out during treatment.

BY DON VAUGHAN

Readers' Forum

Another Inconvenient TruthWhat I didn't know then about childhood cancer.

BY BOB PINIEWSKI

Drugs in the News

Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma & Supportive CareTreanda and Sancuso patch approved.

BY ELIZABETH WHITTINGTON

Speaking Out

The Invisible CaregiverAdvocating for yourself and your loved one.

BY BONNIE LAWRENCE

Web Exclusives

Diet and Lifestyle Influences in Breast CancerReduce breast cancer risk through diet and lifestyle.

BY TED JAMES, MD AND JENNIFER MAY, RD

To Screen or Not to ScreenControversy surrounds lung cancer screening.

BY SUSAN KREIMER

Bittersweet Gene

BY HEATHER L. VAN EPPS, PHD

Predicting drug response in colorectal cancer.

ARTICLE EXTRAS KRAS as a Target Chronicling KRAS For the Caregiver: Life after Colorectal Cancer Surgery Web Exclusive: Predictive Markers Match Patients to Treatment Illustration: Following a New Path

Medicine's New Epicenter? Epigenetics

BY LAURA BEIL

Flipping cancer's "off" switch.

ARTICLE EXTRAS
Epigenetics & Your Overall Health
Chemical Reactions
Web Exclusive: Inheritability of Genetic Mutations
Web Exclusive: Find a Clinical Trial That's Right for You
Illustration: Faulty Wiring

Building Futures

BY BEATRIZ TERRAZAS

Breast cancer survivors find a constructive outlet for their altruism.

Breaking News

Treatment Updates

BY STAFF REPORTS

News updates from the American Society of Hematology and the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium.

Backstory

An Update From Friends

BY LAMBETH HOCHWALD

CURE revisits people featured in past issues, including Phillip Berman, Callie Caylor, and Edith Joyner.

First Line

People, News & Events

EDITED BY ELIZABETH WHITTINGTON

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

Diagnosis Cancer

On Their Own

BY MARC SILVER

Going it alone in the fight against cancer.

Finding Hope

Weight and See

BY CHARLOTTE HUFF

What to do about weight gain during treatment.

Moving On

Mapping the Journey

BY LACEY MEYER

Care plans outline what's next for survivors.

Healing Well

Downsizing Swollen Limbs

BY KATHERINE HOBSON

Controlling lymphedema with the old and the new.

Caregivers' Corner

Taking Care of Business

BY LENA HUANG

How laws help working caregivers.