A Letter from CR's Editor — Free Full Text
Trust Issues
By Gwen Darien
Trust is easily undermined when you're diagnosed with cancer, writes CR Editor-in-Chief Gwen Darien.
Cancer Update
Guilt by Association
By Damaris Christensen
A decline in breast cancer rates may be due to a drop in the use of hormone replacement therapy.
Cancer Update
Money's No Object
By Hannah Hoag
Doctors' financial ties don't worry many cancer patients.
Cancer Update
A Dangerous Duo
By Alexandra Goho
Smoking combined with viral infection boosts cervical cancer risk.
First Person
My Mother's Challenge
By Kristi Norgaard
When a woman's breast cancer stops her from riding her bike to raise money for cancer research, her daughter takes over the job.
Health Disparities
Left in the Lurch
By Alanna Kennedy
A new study of breast cancer patients with disabilities reveals that an overlooked patient group is not receiving the care it needs.
Dialogue — Free Full Text
Putting the Squeeze on Cancer
By Pedro Linger Gasiglia (photographs) and Jenny Song (text)
What do uncertainties in cancer research funding mean for new therapies? Survivorship? Clinical trials? Health care disparities?
Yesterday and Today
Madame Curie's Not-So-Magic Pill
By Corinna Wu
Two-time Nobel laureate Marie Curie predicted that radiation would one day be used to help treat a wide range of cancers. She didn't foresee the progress against her own family's cancer.
Challenges — Free Full Text
The Pain Puzzle
By Ingfei Chen
Thanks to recent medical advances, cancer patients are living longer than ever—but sometimes with significant pain. Can we get better pain control?
Profile
Learning To Speak About Cancer
By Jocelyn Selim
Despite her role as a top-rated New York City radio host, Valerie Smaldone never knew how to talk about illness. Her diagnosis of ovarian cancer changed all of that.
Answers — Free Full Text
Finding Cancer’s Self-Destruct Button
By Alexandra Goho
Cancer cells have evaded a self-destruct program that makes damaged cells pack up and die. Researchers are trying to get the process going again.
Current Issues — Free Full Text
Reality Check
By Sue Rochman
Most of us want tests that can identify cancer at its earliest stages. But determining whether a screening method actually saves lives is not a straightforward task.
Profile
A Call to Return
By Czerne M. Reid
After her husband’s cancer diagnosis, nurse Peggy Anthony returned to oncology and found that treatments—and outlooks—had improved considerably since her early days in the field.
Your Health
Cancer-Fighting Foods?
By Jenny Song
Before you make diet changes based on the latest cancer research findings, think twice. Food research is a complicated science.
Life With Cancer
Cancerblog
By Alanna Kennedy
A cancer survivor uses humor to get him through his treatments.
Portrait
38 Lemon
By David Welch
To raise awareness of brain cancer, a survivor collaborated with his friend on a series of brain tumor art.
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