Psychosocial

A geneticist I never met in person saved my life by insisting my gastroenterologist do a new colonoscopy. Had it not been for Mellissa Clarkson, I would have battled a new cancer that may have been discovered too late.

If we are honest, I think most of us wonder deep down if we are going to live long enough to see the next grandchild, attend an important wedding or anniversary, or finish a project.

Here are the top 5 CURE stories for January 2019.

A prostate cancer survivor offers his thoughts on what you should (and shouldn't) say to someone who was recently diagnosed.

I began to develop a daily routine to aid me in my life-long effort to keep cancer from returning – or at the very least, to give me some tools for coping.

Cancerland is a frightening place to be for days, weeks, months and yes, even years. Turn that worry into something positive; reach out and be kind today and every day forward.

Outwardly, you start to look like your old self again while inside you're still licking the wounds of your cancer battle.

One expert discusses how cancer and its treatments can have many lasting side effects on patients, from depression to peripheral neuropathy.

Loneliness may play a key role in an individual’s social constraints following a cancer diagnosis and its treatment, which in turn, may worsen symptom burden, according to recent research.

A recent survey demonstrated the common tradeoffs most patients report regarding treatment decisions, highlighting the importance of shared decision making.

I never fully understood how ingrained my children were in my soul until I had to give serious thought to the end of my own life, and I knew I didn't want to face it without them.

While celebrating Christmas this year, there was a moment that really surprised me. My youngest stepson said something about being sorry he wasn’t more help when I was going through cancer.

How we deal with our cancer may be a matter of perspective.

As cancer once again robbed me of the chance to make the holiday memories I had hoped for, it took a kid eating frozen pizza on Christmas Eve to remind me what really mattered.

A former caregiver's ongoing journey.

I often joke in training classes on aging that with every new candle on my birthday cake, a new medicine bottle shows up in my cabinet.

The Raymond Foundation released the Cancer Caregiver Action Plan to help others with emotional support and information.

As we celebrate the holidays, wish lists are made for gifts. I have a wish list for cancer.

Making peace with radiation can be a challenge, even if high doses of targeted radiation can silence cancer cells. It took me almost two weeks to tame the beast of fear. What have you done to trick yourself into handling difficult situations during cancer treatment?

Here are the top 5 CURE stories for December 2018.

It's the approach we take when handling trauma in our life that can make all the difference.

Whenever I thought about my brother and his death, I used to feel tremendous survivor's guilt. He never knew he had Lynch syndrome when he was diagnosed with colon cancer.

When bad things happen to friends we care about, we often stand in silence because we don't know what to say.

It's not the actual hand we are dealt when live throws us a curve. It's how we play it.

A person’s relationship with food can change after a cancer diagnosis, stirring up feelings of anxiety. A recent seminar discussed strategies that can help.

Instead of fighting the roadblocks that cancer can prevent, what would happen if we embraced them?

Cancer has led me to men and women who grabbed onto life but died anyway.

I try so hard to be positive, but in the back of my mind, I am constantly waiting for the other shoe to drop, for my blood counts to worsen, for the results of the next bone marrow biopsy to be haywire, for the chemo with its side effects to be administered, intensified or changed.