Spring / 2009

In Every Issue

Editor's Page

Message From the EditorCreating a "wish list" for health care reform.

BY DEBU TRIPATHY, MD

Letters from Our Readers

Letters from Our ReadersReaders respond to past articles.

Side Note

New BloodFDA decision changes the routine for treating cancer-related anemia.

BY SUSAN KREIMER

Special Report

Should Breast Cancer Patients Make the Switch?Is it best to start with tamoxifen and then switch to an aromatase inhibitor (AI), or should the AI come first?

BY BEVERLY A. CALEY

Food for Thought

Soy StorySorting out the effects of soy products on breast cancer cells.

BY LENA HUANG

Readers' Forum

When Do I Tell Her?The struggle of when to reveal my health history to a romantic interest.

BY JASAN ZIMMERMAN

Drugs in the News

Lymphoma, Myeloma & Prostate CancerFDA approves Mozobil for non-Hodgkin lymphoma and myeloma, and Degarelix for advanced prostate cancer.

BY ELIZABETH WHITTINGTON

Speaking Out

Choosing the Right PlanHow to navigate Medicare Part D to get the coverage you need.

BY CHRISTY SCHMIDT

Web Exclusives

Treatment UpdatesTreatment updates from the 2009 ASCO Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium.

BY SUSAN PECK, PHD

The Ins and Outs of PortsA port can make intravenous chemotherapy easier on patients.

BY CURTIS PESMEN

Trying Something New

BY NICOLE LEBRASSEUR, PHD AND HEATHER L. VAN EPPS, PHD

The gold standard in treating non-Hodgkin lymphoma gets new backup.

ARTICLE EXTRAS Does Treatment Differ for Older Patients? My Extended Vacation Web Exclusive: Types of Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma Web Exclusive: Find a Clinical Trial That's Right for You Illustration: Killer Pathways

The Medicare Prognosis

BY TERESA MCUSIC

Changes to Medicare find patients and providers playing by new rules.

ARTICLE EXTRAS
The Four Parts of Medicare
New Legislation Focuses on Helping Patients
Medicare Resources
Web Exclusive: Identifying Insurance Challenges (and Solutions)
Graphic: Whose Fair Share?
Graphic: Medicare Part D: Footing the Bill

The Final Journey

BY KATHY LATOUR

ARTICLE EXTRAS
Calming Cancer Pain
Web Exclusive: A Granddaughter's Eulogy
Web Exclusive: Understanding Hospice
Web Exclusive: Resolving Your Own Death
Web Exclusive: What Is a "Good Death?"
Audio Slideshow
Until the End

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

The Good Cancer?

BY CHARLOTTE HUFF

Thyroid cancer's high survival rate masks the sometimes tricky tumor.

Finding Hope

Mind Games

BY LAURA BEIL

Addressing and correcting cognitive problems in older cancer patients.

Moving On

Warrior Survivors

BY KATHY LATOUR

Breast cancer survivors find healing in the challenges of the road.

Healing Well

Battling Cancer Again

BY TERESA MCUSIC

Why treatment of one cancer could lead to the diagnosis of a new cancer.

Caregivers' Corner

Stressed Out

BY LACEY MEYER

Overwhelmed spouse caregivers take control of stress.