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Is There a Connection Between Food Preservatives and Cancer?

While some research has shown that preservatives could be linked to cancer, the science is limited and contradictory.

A Rash of Good News

Side effect may predict response to treatment.

Sunshine Act Sheds Light on Gifts to Doctors From Pharmaceutical Companies

The private connections between doctors and pharmaceutical companies are now public due to requirements from the Sunshine Act.

Considering Weight Loss

The day came when I looked in the mirror and I didn't like what I saw. Here I was 5"7', and tipping the scales at 225 lbs.

As Large As Life: Using Artificial Intelligence in Cancer Care

Using artificial intelligence to analyze huge stores of information known as big data boosts the effectiveness of cancer diagnosis and treatment.

Caregivers: Finding the Support and Resources You Need

In order to best care for someone else, you need to take care of yourself. If you are caring for a loved one undergoing breast cancer treatment, there is support you can turn to. In this article, you’ll find some helpful tips and resources in order to be better-equipped as a caregiver.

My Chemo Upheaval

What Patients With Cancer Can Learn from Savvy Shoppers

Don’t people with cancer, as consumers of health care, deserve an equally personalized approach to cancer treatment as we have come to expect in other areas of our daily life?

Dedicated to Oncology

This essay was written by Tracey M. Hopkins nominating registered nurse Rubirosa Ison, St. Joseph’s Hospital-North, Lutz, Florida, for CURE®’s 2019 Extraordinary Healer® Award.

Where Are the Men? BRCA Mutations and Male Awareness

BRCA mutations can lead to prostate and other cancers, and men are as likely as women to inherit them. Yet male awareness is lagging.

Wisdom of the Crowd: Five Tips for Battling Fear of Recurrence

Survivor and caregiver support volunteers from Cancer Hope Network get candid with one of the emotional side effects of the disease.

The Embodiment of Caring and Support

"By supporting her employees, Mary Fran (as she is known to patients and colleagues) encourages and allows us to provide high-quality care that both enhances the patient’s quality of life and maintains standards of practice and patient satisfaction," wrote Shelley Fess, M.S., RN-BC, AOCN, CRNI, VA-BC, Rochester Regional Health Lipson Cancer Institute.

Trying Anything

From Cancer on $5 a Day* / *chemo not included: How Humor Got Me Through the Toughest Journey of My Life By Robert Schimmel, with Alan Eisenstock

How the Name Change to Myeloproliferative Neoplasms Affected People With the Disease

A decision to rename myeloproliferative neoplasms led to a plethora of developments in a space where there was once little interest.

A Geneticist Saved My Life

A geneticist I never met in person saved my life by insisting my gastroenterologist do a new colonoscopy. Had it not been for Mellissa Clarkson, I would have battled a new cancer that may have been discovered too late.

The Search for Biomarkers in Renal Cell Carcinoma

When asked about the future of renal cell carcinoma (RCC) treatment, one expert is hopeful about the current search, but notes that more work is needed to find a reliable biomarker for use in patients with the most common kind of kidney cancer.

2007 Extraordinary Healer Award Finalists

Patients honor their oncology nurses.

Healing Through Art

"In her retirement, Pat has found a great way to meld some of her different talents and creative abilities in addition to using her oncology skills through volunteering with cancer patients."

A Colonoscopy for Christmas

Give yourself and your caregivers the gift of health.

Extraordinary Healer

A Q&A with Karen Marchman, winner of the 2008 Extraordinary Healer Award for Oncology Nursing.

Do You Need a Tumor Board Assessment?

Tumor board assessments sharpen treatment recommendations.

If Hurricanes Can Be Named, Why Can't Earthquakes Get One Too?

DR. VERNA HENDRICKS-FERGUSON is an absolute inspiration to many others and me.

Helping Patients With Cancer Fit Exercise Into Their Lives

Patients, nurses and caregivers to those with cancer, we want to know what kind of exercise works for you, and how you stay motivated. Join us in our upcoming #CureConnect tweet chat!

Surviving Hereditary Stomach Cancer Involves an Effort by the Whole Family

In an effort to combat hereditary stomach cancer, it takes the entire family to help understand what it takes.

Anthracyclines for Breast Cancer? Who Needs Them?

For many patients with early-stage breast cancer, these drugs provide a significant boost to disease-free survival.

How Bone Strengtheners Led to a Dental Care Nightmare for One Patient With Cancer

A woman living with stage 4 cancer explains her painful experience with dental issues that came as a result of cancer treatment.

Alison Morris on the Future of Screening for Distress

Alison Morris, Hematology/Oncology Nurse Practitioner, Stanford Health Care, discusses her hopes for the future of screening for emotional and physical distress.

A Direct Hit

Technology propels radiation therapy to a new status: targeted therapy.

New T-Cell Therapy Shows Improved Response in Resistant Multiple Myeloma

A new T-cell therapy showed benefits in patients with relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma.

Taking My Cancer Experience at Face Value

After multiple cancer surgeries, I'm now more confident than I was when I was living on "easy street."