Winter 2017/2018 Vol. 07 Issue 04
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From the Editor-in-Chief
Team Science: A Winning Approach to ResearchResearch teams have been highly successful in discovering cancer breakthroughs.
by William G. Nelson, MD, PhD
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Your Cancer Guide
Talking With Your Children About DyingPrepare to be open with children when cancer treatment has stopped working.
by Hester Hill Schnipper
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Caregiving With Confidence
Make Your PlansDon't let cancer get in the way of scheduling future activities.
by Aimee Swartz
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Policy Matters
Keep Safeguards That Protect Americans With CancerProtections contained in the Affordable Care Act that benefit cancer patients and survivors shoulds be preserved in any effort to replace or repeal the act.
by Gilbert S. Omenn, MD, PhD
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A Call to CareCaregivers for cancer patients find themselves playing a complex and vital role as care shifts from the hospital to the home.
by Kate Yandell
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Targeting Brain CancerResearchers are trying to understand brain cancer at the molecular level. Their goal is to find new, more effective therapies for this hard-to-treat disease.
by Stephen Ornes
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The Cost of TreatmentAs efforts to change or repeal the Affordable Care Act continue, health care bills keep piling up for many cancer patients and caregivers.
by Sue Rochman
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Survivor Profile
A Second ChanceAfter the deaths of her sister and mother from cancer and a bout with osteosarcoma as a teenager, Court Simmons vowed to “do something amazing” with her life. Her goal is to be a pediatric oncology nurse.
by Lindsey Konkel
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Q&A
Why Fat MattersCancer epidemiologist Cornelia Ulrich discusses research that explores how fat cells and cancer cells communicate.
by Marci A. Landsmann
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Sound Advice
Your Questions, Our AnswersHelping a parent who is reluctant to report her symptoms, responding to those who want to assign blame for cancer, and assessing new treatments with your doctor.
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Get Involved
A Running StartCancer to 5K offers exercise training and support to cancer survivors at all fitness levels.
by Brenda Conaway
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In the Moment- Winter 2017/2018Lauren Chiarello Mika, Sandy Russell, Christopher Rios.
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
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AACR IO: Revolutionizing Treatment through ImmunotherapyThe AACR’s immuno-oncology meeting brings together the leading experts in immunotherapy to accelerate progress in cancer science and medicine.
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A New Resource Provides a Sanctuary for Black TNBC PatientsThe Black TNBC Sanctuary was created to help Black women with triple-negative breast cancer get answers about their diagnosis and care.
Dr. Humberto M. Guiot: Targeting Pancreatic Cancer in a Community-Based Clinical Trial
