Spring 2009

FDA decision changes the routine for treating cancer-related anemia.

Caregivers need to help patients keep their minds and bodies active.

Patients may be asked to take steps to deplete their body's natural store of iodine so the thyroid will more readily absorb the radioactive iodine treatment and maximize treatment effectiveness

Conquering prostate cancer with a mix of medicine, spirituality, love, and intimacy

Childhood cancer survivors skip needed mammograms

Childhood cancer patients make their mark in art exhibit

Updating your family health history--U.S. Surgeon General's office updates family health history program, "My Family Health Portrait"

Kathy Bates, Patrick Swayze, and Nip/Tuck talk about cancer

Gene testing now recommended before colon cancer treatment

Selenium and vitamin E supplements get a negative grade in prevention test

An unexpected survivor addresses breast cancer risk

Patients call in for survivorship series teleconference

Connecting quality health care with economics

Creating a "wish list" for health care reform.

Treatment updates from the 2009 ASCO Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium.

A port can make intravenous chemotherapy easier on patients.

Overwhelmed spouse caregivers take control of stress.

Why treatment of one cancer could lead to the diagnosis of a new cancer.

Breast cancer survivors find healing in the challenges of the road.

Addressing and correcting cognitive problems in older cancer patients.

The gold standard in treating non-Hodgkin lymphoma gets new backup.

Thyroid cancer's high survival rate masks the sometimes tricky tumor.

Readers respond to past articles.

Changes to Medicare find patients and providers playing by new rules.