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  • Forward Look

    Uterine Cancer Rates on the Rise

    Study finds deaths are highest among African-American women.

    by Brenda Conaway

  • Forward Look

    Cancer Immunotherapies Continue to Make Headway

    Drugs that harness the power of the immune system gain new approvals.

    by Alexandra Goho

  • Big Data: Sharing Information to Improve Care

    Big data, using high-powered computers to gather and analyze massive amounts of patient information, promises to revolutionize cancer care. But experts say patient concerns about privacy and other issues must be addressed.

    by Stephen Ornes

  • Survivor Profile

    Changing Course

    During her treatment for breast cancer, biomedical engineer Jessica Winter challenged her laboratory to bring its discoveries to patients more quickly.

    by Chris Palmer

  • Global Report

    A Dutch Dilemma

    While much of the Western world was tightening restrictions on smoking, one European nation, the Netherlands, found itself embroiled in a political struggle between individual freedoms and public health.

    by Cynthia Ryan

  • Healthy Habits

    Get Your Move On

    To reduce body fat, and breast cancer risk, more exercise is better.

    by Brenda Conaway

  • Healthy Habits

    Pile on the Veggies

    A study evaluates whether a change in diet could slow prostate cancer growth.

    by Melinda Mahaffey Icden

  • Healthy Habits

    Nothing Healthy About a Tan

    The CDC calls for community efforts to halt rising rates of melanoma.

    by Brenda Conaway

  • From the Editor-in-Chief

    The Immune System and Cancer

    New insights into how the immune system can be unleashed are driving new treatments.

    by William G. Nelson, MD, PhD

  • Forward Look

    Your Neighborhood, Yourself

    Q&A with Reginald Tucker-Seeley on the link between neighborhoods and cancer.

    by Sue Rochman