Smarter Trials for Smarter Drugs
Clinical trials of potential drugs are getting more sophisticated.
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Sticker Shock
Targeted drugs can come at a heavy cost for patients.
Targeted Therapy: Hope or Hype?
The promise and reality of targeted cancer drugs.
For the Caregiver: Brain Nourishment
Caregivers need to help patients keep their minds and bodies active.
Mind Games
Addressing and correcting cognitive problems in older cancer patients.
Medicine's New Epicenter? Epigenetics
Flipping cancer's "off" switch.
Epigenetics & Your Overall Health
Epigenetics has broad impact on overall health.
Chemical Reactions
Epigenetics may turn the field of toxicology upside down.
No Child Left Behind
Childhood cancer garners sympathy from all, but drug development from few.
Clinical Trials: Time for a Redesign?
Researchers explore ways to improve drug evaluations in pediatric clinical trials.
Taking Up the Fight
Advocates are working together to increase awareness and research in childhood cancers.
More Radiation in Less Time
A new approach to radiation treatment in early-stage breast cancer employs a larger dose on a shorter schedule.
Shining Light on Detection
New optical imaging techniques may help find cancers that aren't otherwise obvious
A Virus as ‘Smart Bomb’
Scientists are making progress on an approach that might one day help ensure that a brain tumor, once gone, stays gone.
Use As Directed
As more cancer drugs become self-administered, why aren’t patients taking their medicine?
The Simple & the Innovative
Researchers and advocates offer explanations for why patients may not take their medicine as directed and suggestions on what can help.
A Different Kind of Caring
Hospice nurses see their profession as a calling.
Overexposure
Family Ties
The individual & family decisions behind testing for genetic cancer risk.