Contributors


Helen C

Latest:

A Tribute to Mom

Throughout her life and especially in her fight against lung cancer, Mom set us an example in unconditional devotion, taught our family valuable life lessons and never lost her indomitable spirit.


Richard E. Farmer

Latest:

Hope And The Patient With Cancer

Hope is a potent ally for the patient with cancer, and it is a response that helps inform a patient's journey with cancer.


Valerie Bosselman

Latest:

Beginning to End

Winning Essay: CURE’s 2010 Extraordinary Healer Award for Oncology Nursing


Matthew R. Cooperberg, M.D., M.P.H.

Latest:

Deciding Best Next Steps in Prostate Cancer Treatment

Here's how one expert decides on the next steps in treatment when a man with prostate cancer has a rising PSA and no visible metastases.


Toby Bressler, RN, BSN, OCN

Latest:

Web Exclusive: A Peaceful Spirit

Finalist essay from the 2009 Extraordinary Healer Award contest.


Danielle

Latest:

CURE Community Vlogs: Turning Lemons into Lemonade After a Cancer Diagnosis

“Everything is perspective. It's how you look at it.”


Rose Niland

Latest:

The Card of Hope, The Card of Life

LONG AFTER THE TREATMENT ENDED, the card lived.


Jamie Bearse, President

Latest:

Top 10 Things Learned in 20 Years of Fighting Prostate Cancer

Many advances have been made in the fight against prostate cancer in the past two decades, but ZERO will not stop until the disease is completely ended.


Patrick I. Borgen, MD

Latest:

'Maximum Amount of Caution' Necessary for Immunosuppressed Patients Amid COVID-19 Pandemic

In the face of the COVID-19 pandemic patients with cancer who are considered to have weakened immune systems need to have a special emphasis placed on their care.


Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center

Latest:

Oncologists Address Fertility Issues Earlier With Patients

Oncologists are increasingly focusing on treatment-related infertility.



Dr. Peter Martin

Latest:

Older Patients With Mantle Cell Lymphoma Benefit Most From Individualized Treatment

While emerging therapies for mantle cell lymphoma (MCL) continue to shape the treatment landscape, no key standard currently exists, says one expert – particularly for older patients, who benefit most from a treatment approach that has been tailored to fit them and their disease.


Kathryn Sharkey

Latest:

Little Caregivers

Involving children in cancer caregiving may lessen fears and help with understanding.


Bob Piniewski

Latest:

Another Inconvenient Truth

What I didn't know then about childhood cancer.


Bonnie J. Addario

Latest:

A Chat With Bonnie J. Addario

When first diagnosed with lung cancer, some doctors told Bonnie J. Addario that there was nothing that they could do for her. Now, 14 years later, she has spent over a decade helping others with the disease through her Bonnie J. Addario Lung Cancer Foundation.


Allan Goldberg

Latest:

A Survivor's Search for Meaning

What another survivor taught me about surviving cancer.


Elaine Suva-Bongiovi

Latest:

Going the Extra Mile for Patients With Cancer

An Extraordinary Healer essay honoring CINDY L. TEEPLE, APRN, M.S.N., AOCN [ABRAHAM MITTELMAN, M.D., PRIVATE PRACTICE, PURCHASE, NEW YORK]


Amy Rogers-Nazarov

Latest:

v4n2 - Connecting Online

I am awed when I consider that billions of electrical impulses traversing networks of computers worldwide have created a haven for people who share a terrifying disease.


Jami Bonyun

Latest:

Embracing the Pink Ribbon for my Daughters

A patient with breast cancer discovers that going pink isn’t all that bad.


Lisa Chapman

Latest:

An Extraordinary Healer and So Much More

An Extraordinary Healer essay honoring Carmi Fazio, RN, BSN, ONA [Molina Healthcare IN Niles, Illinois]


Allison Gilchrist, Laura Joszt, Greg Kennelty, Anita T. Shaffer

Latest:

Lending a Hand: Lung Cancer Advocacy Groups Help Those in Need

Advocacy groups are making a difference in the lung cancer community. What can they do for you?


Helen Osborne

Latest:

The More You Know

How much is enough when it comes to cancer information?



Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock

Latest:

An Oncology Pioneer

An Extraordinary Healer essay honoring KATHY IVY, B.S.N., RN, OCN [CHILDRESS REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER, CHILDRESS, TEXAS]


Stacy Lipson

Latest:

Should You Share Your Faith with Your Medical Team?

For some patients, faith plays an important part in how they cope with treatment and recovery, but whether it extends to the exam room depends on many factors.


Patricia Nee

Latest:

Web Exclusive: Saving Lives

One of three finalist essays for the 2008 CURE Extraordinary Healer Award Contest.


Laura Yeager

Latest:

When Your Hero Dies of Lung Cancer

Walt Disney died of lung cancer, leaving an important lesson to my son.


Lori Luedtke

Latest:

Caring For Those Left Behind During Treatment For Cancer

When we get cancer all the attention is focused on us, but the demands of caregiving can leave behind family and loved ones that need attention as well. Especially our children.


By Beth Fand Incollingo

Latest:

Speaking Out: Taking Action Against Skin Cancer

Patients can pick from a growing array of treatments, from same-day- results surgery to game-changing immunotherapy, to fight the most common type of cancer.


Hannah Slater

Latest:

Rubraca May Prolong Progression-Free Survival in Patients With Ovarian Cancer With BRCA Mutations, Preliminary Results Show

The phase 3 ARIEL4 trial evaluated Rubraca (rucaparib) versus chemotherapy in patients with ovarian cancer and a BRCA mutation who did not respond to two or more lines of chemotherapy.