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Patricia Carter on the Importance of Sleep

Patricia Carter, PhD, RN, CNS, associate professor, School of Nursing, The University of Texas at Austin, discusses the importance of sleep for patients with cancer.

For Patients, Social Media Provides Perks and Perils

A retired oncologist and survivor talks cancer in a digital world.

From Cancer Warrior to Basketball Player

From a Patient With Cancer: Thanks for Not Helping

A Shift in Focus for Head and Neck Cancer Treatment

Years ago, the goal of head and neck cancer treatment was strictly focused on a cure. Now, there has been a slight change in approach to improve survival rates while preserving quality of life.

Blue Faery Grants Liver Cancer Research Award

Dr. Jinsil Seong, Professor at Yonsei University Medical College, is honored for her ground-breaking work in primary liver cancer.

Breathing Easier: Pulmonary Rehabilitation Can Improve Function for Some With Lung Cancer

Pulmonary rehabilitation is a medical program designed for people facing chronic lung disease. It was first implemented for patients with COPD, and since has expanded to include patients with other diagnoses such as pulmonary fibrosis and even lung cancer.

Butler Marrow Donor Encourages Others To "Be The Guy"

Never Shall I Forget: A Poem About My Mother

Seven 'Sure' Ways to Get Cancer

One cancer survivor looks at all the ways they might have gotten cancer, and wonders if any of those risk factors will factor into recurrence.

Vaccine Rindopepimut Shows Benefit in Compassionate Use Study

Investigational vaccine appears to help progression-free survival and overall survival in patients with a type of glioblastoma.

A Potent Human Antidote to Cancer

An Extraordinary Healers essay honoring Mary L. McKenney, BSN, MSN, NP [Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston, Massachusetts]

A Breast Cancer Alphabet

In hopes of offering guidance and companionship to others, Madhulika Sikka wrote A Breast Cancer Alphabet, part memoir, part self-help book.

Men, Cancer, and the 'S' Word

What happens to the American man -- one who has been taught there is no hurdle he can't handle on his own -- when a challenge comes along that he can't simply fix?

Putting A Bad Hair Day Into Perspective

"Good luck, and if you can’t keep your hair, just remember it puts a bad hair day in perspective."

Ways That People Affected by Cancer Can Earn Money

Here, a survivor lists some alternative ways that patients with cancer or survivors in need of flexible employment can earn extra money.

7 Tips for Reducing Pain Perception

If Your Loved One has Terminal Cancer: Four Keys to Help Partners Survive the Ordeal

Here are four keys to surviving the ordeal – especially for partners and caregivers.

Living with Lung Cancer

Personal essay by Lori Monroe about living with lung cancer.

Providing Empathy, Strength and Support for Patients with Cancer

“It takes a special kind of person to be an oncology nurse,” wrote Donna Hornbuckle in her nomination essay of Julie Burris, RN for CURE®’s 2019 Extraordinary Healer® Award. "She gives the gift of time to every patient."

Keep Fighting, Be Strong: With Cancer, Words Blend Into Actions

Managing Work-Life Balance After Cancer Treatment

Find out what accommodations you are entitled to under the law, and what your employer may offer.

Exciting Advances Are Coming for First-line CML Treatment

Kendra Sweet, M.D., discussed the various factors that must be taken into account when prescribing first-line therapies to patients with CML, the novel studies that are paving the way for improved outcomes in patients, and the increasing likelihood for TKI discontinuation on the horizon.

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.

The Day That Snow Brought Sunshine

An Extraordinary Healer essay honoring SANTA MONICA UCLA ONCOLOGY UNIT – 4 SOUTHWEST [UCLA, SANTA MONICA, CALIFORNIA]

The Girls: A Family Remembers Their Two Daughters Lost to Cancer

What a force they were, those two daughters of ours: that little nine-year-old kid Valerie, gone from bone cancer and the more grown-up 37-year-old Stacy, cut off by breast cancer. When we talk of them, however, it is often with a slight grin.

Cancer: The Ugly Breakdown

Yes, some days are harder than others, even though my strength has been depleted, my courage has been renewed.

An Extraordinary Nurse Gave My Husband an 11-Year Lifeline

An Extraordinary Healer essay honoring SALLY DURHAM, RN [DIRECTOR OF OUTPATIENT INFUSION, FRANCES MAHON DEACONESS HOSPITAL, GLASGOW, MONTANA]

Peer Support Helps Patients Navigate Their Cancer Journey

Katie Brown, senior vice president of survivorship and support for LUNGevity Foundation, wrote about a program for patients to gain knowledge from survivors.