Winter 2009

What effect does stress have on the healing process for survivors?

Better communication tools help patients improve their health literacy.

Navigating the emotional and practical hurdles of caring for parents and stepparents.

LIVESTRONG at School program teaches cancer in the classroom.

A breast cancer drug delivers a heavy blow to certain stomach cancers.

Can green tea prevent cancer?

The relationship between a tumor and the surrounding environment is complex, with each influencing the other.

Cancer-related fatigue doesn’t have to slow you down.

Information about The Pancreatic Cancer Symposia

Drew Carey's million dollar promise, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's next play, Patrick Swayze and more.

Learning to appreciate the best seat in the house.

Is the Gardasil vaccine safe?

Young patients' songs take flight with Purple Songs Can Fly project

How much is enough when it comes to cancer information?

Meggan Keith, PhD, is taking matters—and breast cancer—into her own hands

States get millions from the CDC to cover colon cancer screenings

Updates from the American Society of Hematology meeting and the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium.

Letters from our readers

Drug news and recent developments

A sample of approaches and research done on integrative techniques.

Two studies presented in December at the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium offer hope of enhancing both the effectiveness and safety of Herceptin (trastuzumab), the drug that helped introduce the era of targeted therapy a decade ago.

When doctors search for cancer inside the body using images from X-rays, radio waves, or echoes of bouncing sound, they are scanning for tumors they can see. But maybe in the future this same technology might help doctors spot tumors that can’t yet be seen, by looking for their footprints in the surrounding tissue.

The depth and duration of stress may lead to depression.

FDA ban on flavored cigarettes goes into effect, with more restrictions to come.

Wendy Harpham, MD, relays stories and insights from the patient's perspective to help professionals better understand their patients' needs in Only 10 Seconds to Care.

"C" is for "cupid" at online dating site for survivors

Ten science-based stress reducers to help manage post-treatment stress.

Create a community of caregivers to help share the responsibilities.

Today patients with head and neck cancer are benefiting from a multidisciplinary team for treatment.