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Barbara A. Chernow, PhD (Columbia University), is the founder of Chernow Editorial Services, Inc., a company that produces medical and professional books for publishers worldwide. She has also edited many reference projects, including the Columbia Encyclopedia, is the author of Beyond the Internet, and has taught at NYU and the New School. She published an article, The Other Side of Grief, in the Brooklyn Quarterly

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Friendships and Cancer: A Delicate Balance

What is the appropriate reaction when a friend is diagnosed with cancer? Should you be sympathetic, optimistic, questioning? How do you handle your own fears—those you feel for your friend and, particularly as you grow older, those that evoke the possibility of personal loss and even the reality of your own vulnerability?

Gregory Carroll, PhD

As a psychologist specializing in clinician-patient communication, Greg has worn a few hats: university professor, associate dean, foundation executive and independent consultant. Diagnosed in January 2014 with high-grade carcinoma of the head and neck, he underwent extensive surgery, chemotherapy and radiation treatment over the next five months. He and his wife Suzanne reside in Connecticut and are profoundly grateful to all the oncology professionals, staff and survivors who treat and support them.

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Life Is Too Short for That

Coping with losses, one lesson at a time

Doris Cardwell

Doris Cardwell received a life-changing diagnosis of inflammatory breast cancer in 2007. While undergoing treatment, she co-founded a mentor program for the cancer center treating her. She also created community events to educate, encourage and empower people regarding cancer. Doris was the first Survivorship Community Outreach Liaison for her local cancer center. She is an advocate, educator and encourager on issues facing cancer survivors. Doris is a wife, mother, empty nester, survivor of life and lover of all things coffee. An avid speaker and blogger, she is available at

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Strangers, Manners and a Personal Side of Breast Cancer

I am still struggling to navigate the intrusive questions of well-meaning strangers 17 years after surviving inflammatory breast cancer.

Tamera Anderson-Hanna

Tamera Anderson-Hanna is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor, Certified Addiction Professional, Certified Rehabilitation Counselor and became a Registered Yoga Teacher while coping with breast cancer in 2015. She owns Wellness, Therapy, & Yoga in Florida where she provides personal wellness services and coaching and she is a public speaker on wellness-related topics. You can connect with her at www.wellnesstherapyyoga.com.

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I’m Not the Same Since Cancer — and I’m Thankful for That

Cancer gave me a new “fluffy” perspective on life.

Carol Boulet

Carol Boulet is semi-retired in Florida after loving her 30 years of teaching. She works part-time as a literacy coach helping young students build language skills. To enjoy the beauty of nature, she often goes to the beach and reads for hours. She moderates a book club, keeps an active social life and recently started work on a memoir in a local writing class. In 2008, Carol was diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer and, after three surgeries, chemotherapy and radiation, is now a nine-year survivor.

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Sometimes Cancer Patients Must Console Others

When I returned home from my first visit to my surgeon after my diagnosis of breast cancer, I could see the look of worry on my mother's face.

Darlene Dobkowski, MA

Darlene Dobkowski, Managing Editor for

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Overcoming Hormone Therapy Resistance in Metastatic Breast Cancer

An expert discusses the next steps for patients with metastatic breast cancer after their disease no longer responds to hormone therapy.

Rylan DeStefano

Rylan DeStefano is an assistant editor working for CURE®, and has been with MJH Life Sciences since June of 2023. Rylan is a graduate from Muhlenberg College. When she’s not writing, Rylan loves to read, travel and spend time with family and friends.

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Shannen Doherty Discusses IVF, ‘Chickadee’ Cardwell’s Cancer to Be Shown on New Show and More

From Shannen Doherty discussing in-vitro fertilization before breast cancer to "Chickadee" Cardwell's cancer experience to be featured on an upcoming TV series, here's what's happening in the oncology space this week.

Jamie Cesanek

Jamie Cesanek, Assistant Web Editor for

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Photoimmunotherapy Trial Begins in Certain Patients With Head and Neck, and Skin Cancer

The goal of the phase 2 trial is to study the safety and efficacy of ASP-1929, a photoimmunotherapy with fluorescence imaging, in patients with head and neck or skin cancer.

Susan Keller

Susan Keller has a 30-year career as a medical writer and has won awards in national and regional poetry contests. Magazines including Psychology Today, Conquer: The Patient Voice, Patient Power, and two Guideposts magazines are all running articles about Susan’s journey with lymphoma. She has also been featured in the media, including the Marin IJ and the Argus Courier. "Blood Brother: A Memoir" is now available on Amazon and Barnes & Noble Nook.

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After a Horrible Experience With a Prescribed Drug Taper, I Decided to Wean Off Prednisone Myself

I’d become an eating machine with a loathsome attitude on prednisone, so I decided to conduct my own taper of the drug.

Mary Rohrer

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An Inspiring, Guiding Light Through Lung Cancer

"He strengthens you with the scientific knowledge he provides, with his courage as a role model and with his fighting spirit.”

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The Importance of Gratitude During Cancer, Not Only in November

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