Kathy LaTour

What role does faith and spirituality play in the lives of cancer patients?

Readers share how cancer was a positive experience for them and their family.

Cancer care for survivors is beginning to incorporate cultural differences.

News and perspectives from the minority community.

Meggan Keith, PhD, is taking matters—and breast cancer—into her own hands

Wendy Harpham, MD, relays stories and insights from the patient's perspective to help professionals better understand their patients' needs in Only 10 Seconds to Care.

Two Komen advocates talk about their work on the local and global scenes

Every year, CURE invites one advocate who is attending the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium to serve as a guest blogger. This year, readers will be hearing from Bev Parker, PhD, a 24-year breast cancer survivor who is attending the symposium for the seventh year.

Women with metastatic breast cancer (MBC) represent a growing number of breast cancer survivors worldwide, living often for many years with the challenges of ongoing treatment, debilitating side effects, and isolation. They advocate for themselves as they are able, but according to Musa Mayer, a metastatic breast cancer advocate, women with metastatic breast cancer around the world need increased attention, resources, and information on clinical trials that may prolong their lives.

When Dale Eastman was diagnosed with stage 3 breast cancer in 1990 at age 49, it turned the travel agent and mother into a driven advocate.

Krysti Hughett shares her experience as a breast cancer survivor and advocate.

While numerous studies have examined diet for the prevention of colon cancer, one study ?indicates following a Western dietary pattern may be associated with a higher risk of recurrence and mortality among colon cancer patients.