Contributors


Robert Stern

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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.


Beth DuPree, MD, FACS, ABIHM

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Beth DuPree on What Patients With Breast Cancer Need to Know at Diagnosis

Beth DuPree, MD, FACS, ABIHM, medical director of Integrative Medicine and Wellness and vice president of Holy Redeemer Health System, adjunct assistant professor of Surgery at the University of Pennsylvania, discusses what patients need to know the day they are diagnosed with breast cancer.


Elaine S. DeMeyer

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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.


Rita Stoddard

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Footprints On Our Hearts

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


Susan Kreimer

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Into the Future

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



Debra Wood, RN

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What to Watch For

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


Dr. Daniel McFarland

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Tumor Mutation Burden May Be Predictive of Depression in Patients With Lung Cancer

Tumor mutation burden may be an independent predictor of developing depression in patients with lung cancer, according to Dr. Daniel McFarland.



Maurie Markman

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Pioneering Oncologist Provides an Overview of Advances in Cancer

Dr. Maurie Markman sits down with Dr. Vincent T. DeVita, one of the most influential researchers and physicians in the cancer care arena.


Jason M Broderick

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Aidixi Plus Bacillus Calmette-Guérin Effective in Bladder Cancer

Aidixi plus BCG showed strong early efficacy and manageable safety in patients with high-risk, HER2-expressing non–muscle-invasive bladder cancer.


Nancy Bell

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Caring for a Young Person With Cancer Can Be a Balancing Act

Caring for a young person with cancer can be a challenge, explains Nancy Bell.



Jane N. Winter, M.D.

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CAR-T Cell Therapy: It's Astonishing

The time has finally come when researchers have found a way to harness the immune system and use it to fight blood cancers.





Theresa Sullivan Barger

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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.


Eleanor K. Waldrup

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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]





Dianne Rohald

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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.


DONNA FERNANDEZ

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Stronger Where Broken

A stage 4 lung cancer survivor walks in hope.


Garett Frampton

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Does Age Affect Cancer Genomics?

Garrett Frampton, associate director of Cancer Genomics at Foundation Medicine, discusses recent research about genetic mutations that are more common in certain age groups.


Ahrang Jung

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Examining Stress and Quality of Life in Bladder Cancer

Patients with non-muscle invasive bladder cancer experience high levels of distress, according to one study.


Kevin Dimit

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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]


Radhakrishnan Ramchandren, M.D.

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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.


Richard French

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A PSA for Myeloproliferative Neoplasms

After realizing how little awareness there was about MPNs, one advocate looked to his TV background to help.