Contributors


Carol Schumacher

Latest:

Healing Close to Home

"I wholeheartedly recommend Betsy Loop for the 2019 CURE® Extraordinary Healer® Award because that is a perfect description of her: extraordinary and a healer of the body, of the mind and, most important, of the spirit. She deserves to be recognized as a very special person and nurse — and one I have been blessed to know," wrote Carol Schumacher.


Bonnie Annis

Latest:

I Don’t Have All the Cancer Answers, But I Wish I Did

After nearly 10 years as a breast cancer survivor, I've received so many questions I can't answer about cancer.


Heather L. Van Epps, PhD

Latest:

What's in a Picture: Scans for Lymphoma Recurrence

Despite the lack of data to justify them, periodic surveillance PET scans during remission are performed frequently.


Prevent Cancer Foundation

Latest:

Boys Need the HPV Vaccine, Too

Oropharyngeal cancer rates have been on the rise in men in the United States in recent years. The low HPV vaccine uptake rate, particularly among young men, is a major cause of the problem.


Marjorie Gelber

Latest:

The Unsung Hero

I am a 13-year breast cancer survivor who has had the honor of observing and being cared for by the unsung hero and angel on earth, Kathy Ammirata.


Anne Katz, RN, PhD

Latest:

Anne Katz on Young Patients With Cancer and Their Sexuality

Anne Katz, RN, PhD, clinical nurse specialist, sexuality counselor, CancerCare Manitoba, discusses young patients with cancer and their sexuality.


Elizabeth Gardner

Latest:

A Delicate Balance: Treating Cancer in the Midst of the Opioid Epidemic

An ongoing opioid epidemic is making it more challenging to treat cancer pain.


JANE DE LARTIGUE, PH.D.

Latest:

On the Double: Improving Survival Rates in Pancreatic Cancer

A leader of the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network, which aims to double survival rates by 2020, outlines treatment strategies that could lead to success.


Guy Marini

Latest:

Holding Her Smile in His Heart Forever

A devoted husband and caregiver shares the poetry he wrote for his beloved wife, Mary Lee, after doctors gave her 18 to 36 months to live.


Andrea Valera, RN, VA Palo Alto Health Care System

Latest:

Extraordinary Empathy in the World of Oncology

An Extraordinary Healer essay honoring JENNI CHANG, B.S.N., RN, OCN [VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM, PALO ALTO, CALIFORNIA]


Anne Weber

Latest:

Living with Peace of Mind As a Two-Time Cancer Survivor

A two-time survivor shares how taking action led her doctors to catch an aggressive second cancer.


Carol Miele

Latest:

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."


Julianne Ashley

Latest:

A Tale of T-Shirts and Angels: My Breast Cancer Story

An Extraordinary Healers essay honoring Patty Madsen, RN [Blake Medical Center in Bradenton, Florida].


Sandra Gordon

Latest:

Meet Your Healthcare Team

When 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.




Michele Singerline

Latest:

Expert Caring, Easing My Fears: How My Nurse Helped Me Through Cancer

An essay honoring Shannon Moore, RN [Cape Fear Valley Cancer Center in Fayetteville, North Carolina]


Rev. Margaret M. Nunez, RN, BSN, MA, NCC, LPC

Latest:

How My Nurse Helped Me Focus on My Own Cancer Journey

An Extraordinary Healers essay honoring Tam Yunker, RN, ADN [Levine Cancer Center, Carolinas Health Care System, in Charlotte, North Carolina]



Diane T. Huston

Latest:

Beyond an Extraordinary Healer

I first met Jeannine Arias, RN, in 1985 when we started working in the ICU at Morris Hospital, a small community hospital in Morris, Illinois.


Greg Frazee

Latest:

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.


Alejandra Isabel Carasa

Latest:

Making an Arduous Journey With Lymphoma Easier

An Extraordinary Healers essay honoring Veda Smith, RN [Larkin Hospital in Miami, Florida].



A.J. Cincotta-Eichenfield, LMSW

Latest:

Cancer And Your Self-Image: Adjusting Is an Ongoing Process

Cancer changes everything about one’s self-image, but that doesn’t mean it is a negative outcome.



Jennifer Cain

Latest:

On Cancer, Grief and Motherhood

For 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.


Jim Chastain

Latest:

Lower Extremities

Life is crazy, hospitals are crazy, and catheters are crazier still.


Aghdas Ashtari

Latest:

Talking With Our Eyes: Communicating After a Cancer Diagnosis

Finalist for the 2015 Extraordinary Healer Award for Oncology Nursing: Beverly M. Moser, RN, BSN, OCN [Rose Quarter Compass Oncology in Portland, Oregon]


Bryan Gilpin

Latest:

Fully Present in Cancer Treatment: The Greatest Gift

An Extraordinary Healers essay honoring Miguel Lopez, RN [Arizona Oncology in Phoenix, Arizona]