Winter / 2007

In Every Issue

Editor's Page

Message from the EditorWhat good bone health means for today's patient.

BY DEBU TRIPATHY, MD

Letters from Our Readers

Letters from Our ReadersReaders respond to story on grief before death, caregiver caregiver burden, and palliative palliative care.

Special Report

A Dose Of InformationCancer patients encounter some direct-to-consumer advertising in print, and the safety information such as side effects and adverse reaction details required by the Food and Drug Administration can be difficult and overwhelming to try to understand. 

BY KATHY LATOUR

Food for Thought

Take With Food?The effect of food on drug potency may justify new research.

BY KATY HUMAN

Readers' Forum

Joe's RoomA breast cancer survivor discusses multitasking responsibilities as a mother during cancer treatment. 

BY MARY A. O'ROURKE

Drugs in the News

Breast Cancer, Liver Cancer & LeukemiaRecent drug approvals yield a new chemotherapy agent, a first for liver cancer, a safer prevention method, and good news for a drug-resistant cancer.  

BY ELIZABETH WHITTINGTON

Speaking Out

When Survivors Speak And Physicians ListenOvarian cancer survivor advocates led the way for scientific studies of early symptoms of ovarian cancer and are ultimately responsible for the recognition and consensus statement on the warning signs by the medical community.

BY BARBARA A. GOFF, MD

Web Exclusives

Nutritional Counseling During Radiation TherapyAn ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

BY CAROL L. KORNMEHL, MD

Warning Signs

BY MELISSA KNOPPER

Paying attention to early symptoms of ovarian cancer may give a voice to the "silent killer," but some advise caution.

ARTICLE EXTRAS CA-125: A Good Indicator or Not? Follow the Family Tree Web Exclusive: 2007 State of the State of Gynecologic Cancers Illustration: How Ovarian Cancer Causes Symptoms

Good to the Bone

BY PAUL ENGSTROM

Proactive strategy has patients taking preventive steps to protect their bones during therapy.

ARTICLE EXTRAS
How Dense Are Your Bones?
Adding to the Arsenal
Web Exclusive: Bisphosphonates May Increase the Risk of Jaw Disease in Cancer Patients
Illustration: Rebuilding the Bone

Art & Life

BY KATHY LATOUR

 A program in New York City helps survivors use artistic expression to communicate their experiences.

ARTICLE EXTRAS
Artistic Healing

Breaking News

Breaking News from ASH and SABCS

EDITED BY ELIZABETH WHITTINGTON

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

Backstory

An Update from Friends

BY LAMBETH HOCHWALD

Updates on Rachel Baumgartner, Tamika Felder, Jasmine Brenneman, Allan Goldberg, Arlene Pannulla, and Fran Robinson and Nellie Sandoval.

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

Mistaken Identity

BY CURTIS PESMEN

Preventing misdiagnoses of blood cancers is all in the details. 

Finding Hope

A Rash of Good News

BY STACIE BERG

Side effect may predict response to treatment. 

Moving On

Information Please

BY CHARLOTTE HUFF

Why aren't more women having breast reconstruction? 

Caregivers' Corner

Meet the Parents' Caregivers

BY MARC SILVER

Children go from being cared for to giving care.