Winter 2015

The latest in cancer prevention, diagnosis & treatment.

Beginning on March 30, Ken Burns' documentary based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning book The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer will air on PBS.

Bill that would create a National Prostate Cancer Council—charged with creating a plan for the screening, diagnosis and monitoring of prostate cancer—was introduced Jan. 21 by Sen. Barbara Boxer.

Lauren Hill, a student-athlete at Mount St. Joseph University, has inspired many with her commitment to fulfilling her dream of playing college basketball despite a diagnosis of diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG), an aggressive type of brain tumor.

Research updates from the annual meetings of the American Society of Hematology (ASH) and the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium (SABCS).

Camp Kesem, a national non-profit organization that provides free, one-week summer sleepaway camps for children ages 6 through 16 who are coping with a parent's cancer.

A review of "When Your Life Is Touched by Cancer: Practical Advice and Insights for Patients, Professionals and Those Who Care" by Bob Riter.

Patients with newly diagnosed metastatic colorectal cancer who had higher levels of vitamin D in their blood lived a median eight months longer and experienced greater disease-free survival after their cancer treatment.

Targeted drugs for cancer can be extremely expensive. What help is there for patients who can't support that cost?

Could using electronic devices help alleviate symptoms and improve patient-physician communication for children and young adults with cancer?

States with the highest incidence of, and mortality from, cervical cancer also have the lowest uptake of the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine by adolescent girls, researchers found in a recent study.

A simple guide can help patients understand immunotherapies for cancer.

Healthy gut bacteria may be needed for some cancer therapies to be effective.

Online support groups are growing in popularity as an outlet for stressed caregivers.

There's help for electrolyte imbalances caused by cancer and its therapies.

Survivor guilt can be an obstacle for survivors of cancer.

Through expanded access programs, patients with cancer—unable to join clinical trials—benefit from investigational drugs.

Enormous medical gains have been made against melanoma over the past four years, and more are waiting in the wings.

Throughout her treatment for breast cancer, TV personality Joan Lunden has advocated for patients like herself—while drawing strength from their support.

Readers respond to past articles of CURE.

While science sometimes moves forward in quantum leaps, it more often advances in small steps, and this year's San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium demonstrated both sides of that coin.

Hospital laughter programs can generate physical and emotional benefits for patients with cancer.

A second opinion can provide answers, ideas and perspective about whether a patient is on the right treatment path.

The debate over electronic cigarettes as a smoking-cessation tool is heating up.