Summer 2016 Vol. 06 Issue 02
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From the Editor-in-Chief
Can Big Data Launch Cancer Research?Analysis of big data in cancer medicine will be key to delivering on the cancer moonshot.
by William G. Nelson, MD, PhD
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Editor's Letter
Cancer and Watchful WaitingWatching and waiting for cancer to progress can be an alternative to active treatment.
by Kevin McLaughlin
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Forward Look
A Report Card on Active Surveillance | Breast Cancer Survivors and Vaginal Estrogen | Cancer Centers Unite to Increase HPV Vaccination Rates | Determining Value | Getting to the Root of Brain Cancer | PET Scan Overuse | Radiation Appointments Are Numerous, And Necessary | Vice President Joe Biden Brings "Moonshot" to AACR Annual Meeting
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Your Cancer Guide
Weakening the Grip of Survivor GuiltGive yourself permission to appreciate your good fortune, despite knowing others who have not fared as well.
by Hester Hill Schnipper
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Caregiving With Confidence
Finding Silver LiningsCaregiving is difficult, but it can bring rewards.
by Carly O'Brien
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The Riddle of Bacteria and Cancer
Bacteria can be friend or foe—or both. Researchers are looking at bacteria to boost the effectiveness of cancer treatments, even if they don't fully understand how the tiny organisms work.
by Stephen Ornes
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Treatment Is Waiting
For patients with chronic blood cancers, the early intervention mantra of cancer does not always apply.
by Sue Rochman
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Survivor Profile
In Support and ServiceRetired Army colonel and prostate cancer survivor Jim Williams asks men to pay better attention to their health.
by Lauren Gravitz
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Yesterday & Today
A Kind and Decent ManWhether playing Franklin D. Roosevelt or Richard Gilmore, the wealthy scion in 'Gilmore Girls,' Edward Herrmann took on gentlemanly roles that mirrored his real-life persona. He died of brain cancer in 2014.
by Marilyn Fenichel
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Q&A
Learning Emotional JudoPsychiatrist Andrew Roth helps prostate cancer patients identify and take control of their emotions.
by Kate Yandell
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In the Moment- Summer 2016
Fran Keilt, Virginia White, Barbara Rascati.
Reports on breast density inform women of their status but raise questions about what to do next.
by Robin Roenker
Injection Immunotherapies Get FDA ApprovalGiving immunotherapy drugs as injections, rather than intravenously, means patients can spend less time in the hospital or treatment center.
by Laura Gesualdi-Gilmore
Designing Clinical Trials for the PatientChallenges in developing and studying treatments call for new ways of thinking about cancer research.
by Eric Fitzsimmons
Treating Smoldering Multiple MyelomaA monoclonal antibody drug reduced the risk of smoldering myeloma progressing to multiple myeloma in patients at high risk for disease progression.
by Sandra Gordon