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Reliving My Cancer Treatments Thanks to COVID-19

April 6th 2020

By William Ramshaw

The COVID-19 pandemic has brought a number of new challenges to patients with cancer, and one of them is reliving the isolation and anxiety that cancer brings.

Running Through the Gate of Cancer

April 4th 2020

By Jane Biehl Ph.D.

A survivor talks about leaving the gate open and racing out of it when diagnosed with cancer.

For Those with Predispositions to Cancer, COVID-19 Adds 'A Second Helping of Stress'

April 3rd 2020

By Beth Fand Incollingo

Patient advocacy group Facing Our Risk of Cancer Empowered addressed individuals with hereditary cancer syndromes to offer suggestions for decreasing anxiety and fear during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Why People with Cancer are My Guides During a Global Pandemic

April 3rd 2020

By Bethany Davis, LSWAIC

Kindness During COVID-19

April 2nd 2020

By Kim Johnson

Practicing kindness can help survivors, patients and everyone else get through this pandemic together.

4 Things Patients with Cancer Might Have Missed Regarding COVID-19

April 2nd 2020

By Conor Killmurray

As the novel coronavirus outbreak begins impacting many facets of cancer care in the United States, it’s easy to have possibly missed some of the news surrounding COVID-19 and cancer. Here are four things that our readers may have missed.

CURE's Top Stories: March 2020

April 1st 2020

By Jessica Skarzynski

Here are the top 5 stories from CURE® for March 2020.

Unplanned Hospitalizations in Patients with Cancer May Lead to Substantial Physical, Psychological Symptoms

March 31st 2020

By Ryan McDonald

The development of an inpatient symptom monitoring intervention, according to researchers, may enhance awareness of patient symptom burden and improve symptom control and health care usage.

The Ronald McDonald House: Going Back After 30 Years

March 29th 2020

By Ryan Hamner

30 years after cancer treatment, one survivor returns to the Ronald McDonald House that made a major difference in their cancer journey.

Reading Between the Line of Coronavirus

March 27th 2020

By Khevin Barnes

While patients with cancer and survivors face extra risk due to the COVID-19 pandemic, they are more adept at handling the uncertainty and fear than one may think.

How Patients with Cancer, and Survivors, Can Manage Stress Through COVID-19 Uncertainty

March 27th 2020

By Ryan McDonald

Dr. Shelley Johns, a researcher with the Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center and Regenstrief Institute, offers advice on how survivors and patients with cancer can recognize and manage the stress they may be experiencing as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Friendships And Cancer

March 22nd 2020

By Jane Biehl Ph.D.

Family is vital during the cancer journey, but family is not just made of legal and blood relatives, but the friends we make along the way as well.

Using Self-Care to Cope with Cancer and a Pandemic

March 20th 2020

By Bonnie Annis

Daily, we are learning more about ways to stay healthy during the COVID-19 pandemic. For the person affected by cancer, self-care can already play a vital role in healing and can now help during social distancing.

Flipping The Script

March 19th 2020

By Martha Carlson

A friend's call to list all the good things people without cancer have done for those with cancer brings an unexpected rush of hope and happiness.

Do You Understand Your Diagnosis?

March 16th 2020

By Kathy LaTour

Health literacy is important for any patient with cancer trying to understand their diagnosis, and they need help from their care team to gain that.

The Healing Power of Words

March 15th 2020

By Bonnie Annis

Words are powerful and precious. And cancer survivors can use their stories and words of encouragement to help others as they go through their own journey with cancer.

Let Me Be Cranky

March 14th 2020

By Jane Biehl Ph.D.

As a cancer survivor or patient with cancer, being honest about feeling cranky some days and knowing it is being human is important to the journey.

Dealing With the Threat of Coronavirus as a Cancer Survivor

March 13th 2020

By Laura Yeager

Having lived with the possibility of early death as a two-time cancer patient, I’m used to the coronavirus threat and all that it entails.

Party Time

March 9th 2020

By Steve Rubin

After waiting on scan results, the whole process can be so draining that I'm left broken and depleted. Often for several days later. Making it hard to completely enjoy the relief good news should provide.

Going Through Coronavirus Quarantine After Cancer

March 6th 2020

By Shira Zwebner

Forced isolation after cancer can be triggering, but the alternative with a compromised immune system in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic is much worse.

Cancer Survivors, Are You Low On Patience Power?

March 5th 2020

By Barbara Tako

Being able to wait is a skill many patients with cancer learn to acquire, but that doesn't make it easy. Here's how to get your own patience power.

Why I Write

March 3rd 2020

By Kathy LaTour

Writing can provide a release for all the emotions bottled up inside that you can't quite say out loud, and can help when coping with the cancer journey.

Childhood Cancer Survivors with Post-Traumatic Stress Symptoms Face Late Effects

February 29th 2020

By Katie Kosko

Survivors of childhood cancer with post-traumatic stress symptoms reported more psychosocial late effects, a new study shows.

Discovering Our Cancer Triggers

February 28th 2020

By Khevin Barnes

Hotter than a pistol, words and thoughts have the power to make us crazy. But we can determine how we move forward with them.

Treasures, Time Outs and Testimonies

February 25th 2020

By Doris Cardwell

One survivor shares three things that helped her find a sense of control in the chaos that a cancer diagnosis can bring.

Survivorship and the Patient, Patient

February 24th 2020

By Bonnie Annis

A look at a survivor's survivorship appointment.

The Right Moves

February 21st 2020

By Steve Rubin

This time around, newfound joy and passion have added a different layer to Scanxiety.

Recurrent Worry And Recurrent Relief

February 20th 2020

By Barbara Tako

A cancer survivor discusses the ongoing emotional roller coaster ride of cancer survivorship.

Racing The Sunset With Sarah

February 18th 2020

By Trevor Maxwell

On every cancer journey we need a strong support group to provide strength, acceptance and love — for one patient with cancer their spouse stepped into that role and beyond.

When the New Normal After Cancer Means New Hair

February 17th 2020

By Felicia Mitchell

Hair loss, a common side effect of some chemo drugs, affects us all in different ways. Yet when hair grows back differently, it becomes a reminder of the changes that come with a diagnosis of cancer.