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Coping With Cancer: One Size Does Not Fit All

Coping with cancer and treatments looks different for everyone.

Improving How Doctors and Patients Have Difficult Conversations

Tirelessly Committed to Nursing: An Extraordinary Oncology Nurse

I hope that this glimpse of Ms. Peyton demonstrates what an extraordinary RN she is. She heals her patients with direct care, improvement in policy and a commitment to safety.

Sharing a Special Bond With a Remarkable Oncology Nurse

An Extraordinary Healer essay honoring VICTORIA FENSTERMAKER, RN, AAS [ROSWELL PARK CANCER INSTITUTE, BUFFALO, NEW YORK]

Hope Rugo on Managing Sexual Dysfunction From Ovarian Suppression

Hope S. Rugo discusses managing sexual dysfunction from ovarian suppression treatment for breast cancer.

Rare Cancer Doesn't Need to Be Fought Alone

A diagnosis of Waldenstrom's macroglobulinemia can be scary, but it doesn't need to be faced alone.

Cervical Cancer Survivor Offers Advice for During and After Treatment

For Gail Powell, helping others through her cervical cancer treatment was, in turn, one of the biggest things she did to help herself.

Medical Illustration: Marine-Derived Cancer Treatments

YONDELIS (trabectedin) and HALAVEN (eribulin) are the first chemotherapies originally derived from marine life, although they are now synthetically made. Both drugs are approved for the treatment of liposarcoma, and Yondelis also for the treatment of leiomyosarcoma.

Finding Support in a 'Cancer' Family

After one woman’s father received a terminal stomach cancer diagnosis, she turned to Debbie’s Dream Foundation: Curing Stomach Cancer for information and guidance.

Survivor Story: Fear of Multiple Myeloma Recurrence

A survivor's story of overcoming fear of myeloma recurrence.

Lessons Learned

Deciding between complex cancer treatment options can be overwhelming, and each choice has pros and cons, but following a few tips of advice may ease the decision-making process

Susan G. Komen Florida Joins National Commitment To Conquer Metastatic Breast Cancers

Komen vows to drive breakthroughs for the most-deadly breast cancers and educate those who believe breast cancers are easily treated or always curable.

Never Lose Hope

Over and Above: A Nurse Shows Her Wings

I work with cancer patients every day at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, and I love what I do. But, this is not my story; this is the story of a nurse who stood next to me during a terrible storm in my life.

Stepping Into the Fray

Susan Leigh’s story about how she turned her cancer experience into an advocacy action plan.

A Therapist's Advice

Overcoming Obstacles to Adherence

These expert tips can help ensure that treatment plans are followed.

The Front Line of Urologic Cancer

An Extraordinary Healer essay honoring JANET SCHADEE, M.S.N. [SAN ANTONIO MILITARY MEDICAL CENTER, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS]

People Say the Darndest Things About Cancer

Alongside My Wife

A wife's diagnosis, a husband's story.

CURE Community Vlogs: How One Woman Found Her Way Out of Depression Following Metastatic Breast Cancer

After being diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer, nurse Stephanie Walker was thrown into a world of isolation and new depths of depression she “never knew even existed”. Here, she details how working with a therapist and communicating with her family and friends helped her find her way out of the darkness.

Survivors of Tranplantations Should Be Aware of Potential Late Effects

Minimizing and preventing late effects of stem cell transplantation.

Returning to Work After Treatment

Know your rights and make a plan to help ensure a smooth transition back into the workforce.

What's the Right Decision?

The growing need for shared decision-making in medicine.

Burst Your Bubble

After treatment, this survivor was terrified of everyone and everything until her very wise doctor said, “I did not put you through all this for you to put yourself in a bubble – go live your life.” And she has… for 16 years and counting.

Common Mutations Could Lead to Targeted Treatment for Patients with Brain Metastases

While scientists have a limited understanding of how brain metastases genetically evolve from their primary tumor, research presented at the Society for Neuro-Oncology’s Annual Meeting may have identified a connection between genetic mutations and treatment options that could offer patients improved outcomes.

Tracking a Mystery in Non-Secretory Myeloma

There is no difference in treatment for non-secretory multiple myeloma and multiple myeloma, an expert told CURE®.

Cancer Made Me Fearless

Cancer can make you braver than you ever thought you were.

Dealing With Uncertainty From Metastatic Breast Cancer

Everybody Dies, With or Without Cancer

Cancer may throw off a "plan" of where, when, why and how death happens.