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Preventing Lymphedema Flares in Patients With Breast Cancer

RESEARCHERS ARE RE-EVALUATING WHAT CAUSES LYMPHEDEMA AGGRAVATION.

When Beating Cancer Means Battling the System

When my oncologist wanted to start me on a standard treatment, I asked her why. She said some of her other patients had gotten it. She was basing my life on someone else’s results? This survivor decided to seek other opinions and became her own advocate.

A Couple's Cancer

For one side effect of prostate cancer treatment, it takes both the patient and the partner to overcome it.

My Angel Nurse

IT IS IN THE DARKEST of moments of one's life that the light is truly able to shine through.

Finding a Voice for Brain Cancer Survivors

I was given a three- to five-year life expectancy. I told my neuro-oncologist at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center that all I heard was that I could expect more life.

Navigating Kidney Cancer Treatment During COVID-19

Getting kidney cancer treatment during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The PAN Foundation Opens New Waldenstrom Macroglobulinemia Patient Assistance Fund

The PAN Foundation today opened a new patient assistance program for people living with Waldenstrom macroglobulinemia, a rare type of blood cancer that originates in the lymphatic system and is characterized by an excess of abnormal white blood cells and proteins called immunoglobulins.

Transcending Cure with Care

The winning entry from CURE?’s 2013 Extraordinary Healer Award for Oncology Nursing essay contest.

Lucy's Eyes

LUCY is an oncology nurse with very special eyes.

Taking Back Control: Exercise and Nutrition Boost Survivor Well-Being

Survivors find that physical activity and sound nutrition lower health risks and boost well-being.

Exemplifying Excellence in Oncology Nursing

This essay nominates registered oncology nurse Linda Chan for the CURE® 2019 Extraordinary Healer® Award, written by Chan’s colleagues and mentors at University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center’s William P. Clements Jr. University Hospital.

Footprints On Our Hearts

Finalist essay for CURE’s 2011 Extraordinary Healer Award contest.

Into the Future

For some with lung cancer, immunotherapies are sparking long-lasting responses.

Never-Smokers Get Lung Cancer Too: Finding Out the Hard Way

What to Watch For

Heart-lung complications are more likely in survivors of certain cancers—breast, lymphoma, testicular, lung—and who received certain treatments

Battling High-Grade DCIS and Not Wearing Pink

Odronextamab Plus CHOP Shows Early Efficacy in DLBCL

Among patients with previously untreated diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, odronextamab has been associated with early efficacy.

The Journey We Took Together

Colon Cancer Alliance: Defying the Odds

Always a Breast Cancer Patient

Anal Cancer: Locking Out an Intruder

To halt the rise of anal cancer, everyone eligible needs to be vaccinated against HPV, which causes most cases of the disease.

The Oncology Nurse Who Radiates Pink

An Extraordinary Healer essay honoring WYNDELON “NIKKI” SIMMONS, B.S.N., RN, OCN [UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER CANCER INSTITUTE, JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI]

Fine, Not Fragile

The Importance of A Routine Checkup

My Cancer Is Gone

Always Ready to Volunteer

The nomination essay for CURE® Extraordinary Healer Award for Oncology Nursing finalist, Barbara Bittner, RN, OCN. Written by Dianne Rohald, AdventHealth Cancer Institute and Charlene’s Dream.

Stronger Where Broken

A stage 4 lung cancer survivor walks in hope.

Appreciating the Hardest-Working Oncology Nurse I Know

An Extraordinary Healer essay honoring MONIQUE CLAYTON, B.S.N. [SOCIAL CLINICAL RESEARCH SPECIALIST AND STUDY COORDINATOR, LINEBERGER COMPREHENSIVE CANCER CENTER, CHAPEL HILL, NORTH CAROLINA]

Lymphoma Expert Suggests Asking About Clinical Trials Soon After Diagnosis

Radhakrishnan Ramchandren, M.D., from the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute, Wayne State University School of Medicine, discusses the role of clinical trials in developing news drugs and standards of care for patients with lymphoma.