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Out on a Limb!"I’ve been out on a limb for the past eight years. I can tell you firsthand, it gets lonely out there… and scary."
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A Tale of T-Shirts and Angels: My Breast Cancer StoryAn Extraordinary Healers essay honoring Patty Madsen, RN [Blake Medical Center in Bradenton, Florida].
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Meet Your Healthcare TeamWhen you are diagnosed with cancer, you may be cared for by a battalion of medical professionals and support staff with titles that may be unfamiliar to you.
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Expert Caring, Easing My Fears: How My Nurse Helped Me Through CancerAn essay honoring Shannon Moore, RN [Cape Fear Valley Cancer Center in Fayetteville, North Carolina]
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How My Nurse Helped Me Focus on My Own Cancer JourneyAn Extraordinary Healers essay honoring Tam Yunker, RN, ADN [Levine Cancer Center, Carolinas Health Care System, in Charlotte, North Carolina]
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Beyond an Extraordinary HealerI first met Jeannine Arias, RN, in 1985 when we started working in the ICU at Morris Hospital, a small community hospital in Morris, Illinois.
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One of Cancer's Special "Gifts"Finalist essay written by Greg Frazee nominating nurse Annette Graham, NP, AOCNP, from the Virginia Cancer Institute, for CURE's 2010 Extraordinary Healer Award contest.
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Making an Arduous Journey With Lymphoma EasierAn Extraordinary Healers essay honoring Veda Smith, RN [Larkin Hospital in Miami, Florida].
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Cancer And Your Self-Image: Adjusting Is an Ongoing ProcessCancer changes everything about one’s self-image, but that doesn’t mean it is a negative outcome.
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On Cancer, Grief and MotherhoodFor a while, it seemed like Jennifer had the perfect life. She was expecting a baby girl and marrying the love of her life. Then things took a turn and she was thrown into single motherhood with a cancer diagnosis.
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Talking With Our Eyes: Communicating After a Cancer DiagnosisFinalist for the 2015 Extraordinary Healer Award for Oncology Nursing: Beverly M. Moser, RN, BSN, OCN [Rose Quarter Compass Oncology in Portland, Oregon]
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Fully Present in Cancer Treatment: The Greatest GiftAn Extraordinary Healers essay honoring Miguel Lopez, RN [Arizona Oncology in Phoenix, Arizona]
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A Mother's Love"She is the very epitome of what I feel a nurse should be: caring and making you feel hopeful."
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Malecare: Men Fighting Cancer TogetherThrough Malecare, men are coming together to fight prostate cancer.
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Andrew M. Kaunitz on Side Effects From Surgically-Induced MenopauseKaunitz says that hot flashes and fatigue are the most commonly experience side effects.
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For One Oncology Nurse and Her Patients, Dreams Come TrueAn Extraordinary Healer essay honoring Kim Hess, NP [New Bern Cancer Care in New Bern, North Carolina]
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A Comforting SoulIT SEEMS IMPOSSIBLE to me to put into words just how special St. Jude Children's Research Hospital nurse practitioner Martha May is to my family.
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Kristen Harris Shares Her StoryKristen Harris discusses her friendship with Emily Caldwell Morrison, who died of brain cancer in March 2014.
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Rubraca Granted Breakthrough Designation for Prostate CancerThe FDA has granted the PARP inhibitor Rubraca (rucaparib) a breakthrough therapy designation for single-agent use in adult patients with BRCA1/2-positive metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) following at least one androgen receptor–directed therapy and taxane-based chemotherapy.
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Patricia K. Koenig: Living With Polycythemia VeraPatricia K. Koenig, patient advocate and 2016 MPN Hero, discusses living with polycythemia vera (PV).
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Ann Brazeau on the Importance of MPN Support GroupsAnn Brazeau, founder and CEO of MPN Advocacy & Education International and a 2016 MPN Hero, discusses the importance and benefits of MPN support groups.
