Winter 2016

Arlene Weintraub's book explores a topic in cancer not often discussed: the drug development process and its effects on both people and dogs.

Do men and women use different strategies to choose cancer treatments? A study gets people talking about how patients make medical decisions, and what can be done to guide them.

Why me? Why did I get cancer? This is the most common question asked upon diagnosis — we naturally seek an explanation for big events in life.

So many of the cancers we write about in these pages stand as fierce opponents against both patients and the scientific community, and glioblastoma certainly fits into that category.

Jean LaMantia was only 27 years old when she was diagnosed with Hodgkin lymphoma. Since then, she has completely overhauled her diet to focus on the nutrients best suited for cancer prevention.

The number of young boys in America receiving the human papilloma virus (HPV) vaccine is low, despite the health complications, including cancer, that the virus could cause.

Comments and letters from you, our readers.

Medical illustrations by Erin Moore explaining novel treatments for glioblastoma.

A decision to travel for cancer treatment, and to manage the difficulties that come with being on the road, requires careful consideration.

Cancer can put a damper on women's sex life, but thanks to therapy and new medical treatments, they can get back to being intimate again.

Jennifer Arnold, MD, talks about having rare cancer alongside skeletal dysplasia, and sharing it all on national television.

There is suspicion that cell phone use can lead to cancer, but definitive evidence is lacking.

A cancer diagnosis is hard enough, but living alone or with only small children can pose even more challenges.

New treatments, such as immunotherapy, are continuing to prove successful for patients with glioblastoma, one of the most dangerous cancers.

Despite the health benefits many fad diets claim to have, doctors recommend that patients and survivors of cancer should just maintain a diet high in fruits and vegetables while staying active.

Despite a long list of factors that may cause cancer-- from smoking to water bottles-- sometimes the disease strikes by chance, paying no mind to what can be predicted.