Back Issues / CURE Magazine

An easy-to-understand explanation of the various types of cancer treatment

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

Winter 2008 Flipping cancer's "off" switch.	Special Issue 2008 Cancer research pushes forward as scientists find creative ways to attack cancer.
Fall 2008 New research and tools illuminate the multiple treatment paths faced by patients with early-stage invasive breast cancer.	Summer 2008 Childhood cancer garners sympathy from all, but drug development from few.
Spring 2008 Palliative care is catching on in centers across the country, improving quality of life for patients along the way.

Winter 2007	Fall 2007 Are breast cancer rates dropping because of the HRT decline, or are other factors at work?
Summer 2007 What's to blame for lung cancer in people who never smoked, and what that means for treatment and survival.	Special Issue 2007 As data emerge from a surge of new therapies, doctors combine the best of the best.
Spring 2007 How and if to alter cancer treatment in older people with cancer.

Winter 2006 Escalating cancer drug costs trigger concerns about access for patients.	Fall 2006 Status of noninvasive breast cancer gets some clarity.
Special Issue 2006 Survivor first and cyclist second, Lance Armstrong takes on cancer.	Summer 2006 From sea to soil, nature spurs cancer drug development.
Spring 2006 Advanced treatments take form for a notoriously hard-to-beat cancer.

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