Summer 2009

Find a clinical that's right for you.

Find a clinical trial that's right for you.

A Q&A with Christine Wilson, RN, winner of the 2009 Extraordinary Healer Award for Oncology Nursing.

Although renal cell carcinoma is the most common type, there are other types of kidney cancer.

Parents can help ease the transition from school to clinic and back again.

There are several organizations and institutions that have prepared school-related documents and checklists for parents of childhood cancer patients.

Newer targets found on cancer cells are providing scientists the ammunition to better treat cancer.

Cancer survivors with certain conditions need to take precautions in exercising.

ASCO fertility guidelines are still not yet widely followed.

Finalist essay from the 2009 Extraordinary Healer Award contest.

Finalist essay from the 2009 Extraordinary Healer Award contest.

Excerpt: Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Cancer Book

An infection reminds a breast cancer survivor that implants do not come with a lifetime guarantee.

Cancer is usually not an emergency, so days or even weeks should be taken to answer the question as best possible.

Clinical trials for cancers of unknown primary patients.

Childhood cancer survivors need long-term surveillance to keep up with late-term effects, screenings, and other health-related issues.

The Cancer Book gives patients and caregivers a platform to share emotion, pain, anxiety, and faith.

New research shows oncologists and cardiologists need to develop a consensus on how to monitor and treat heart damage in certain cancer patients.

How will the National Cancer Institute use its $1.3 billion from the federal stimulus bill?

A list of resources with information about providing primary care.

Breast cancer patients facing reconstruction may not find all the answers they need.

The Certified Cancer Exercise Trainer program certifies health and fitness professional to work with cancer patients and survivors.

Clinical trials of potential drugs are getting more sophisticated.

Targeted drugs can come at a heavy cost for patients.

Resources for information on childhood cancer.

The mutation of a single gene, the von Hippel-Lindau gene, can lead to the development of clear-cell renal cell carcinomas.

Surgical removal is the treatment of choice for kidney tumors detected early.

A list of drugs and their effects on hair loss.

Several factors must be weighed when making a decision about fertility preservation techniques.