Special Issue 2008 | CURE

October 03, 2008

Using robotic arms, video cameras, and tiny incisions, cancer surgeons are changing what it means to go under the knife.

October 03, 2008

Cancer research pushes forward as scientists find creative ways to attack cancer.

October 03, 2008

Technology propels radiation therapy to a new status: targeted therapy.

October 03, 2008

Newer and better supportive care days to control side effects are making treatments easier for patients.

October 03, 2008

Stem cell transplantation is safer and more accessible than ever before.

October 03, 2008

Confronting tumor evolution with treatment revolution.

October 03, 2008

Donald L. Morton, cancer researcher, revolutionized breast cancer surgery with the sentinal lymph node biopsy.

October 03, 2008

Oncology surgeons are being trained in a new field that combines the surgical removal of breast cancer with breast reconstruction.

October 03, 2008

Following the approval of breast cancer drug Tykerb and a pediatric leukemia drug, researcher Neil Spector, MD, works on ways to better develop and test cancer drugs

October 03, 2008

October 03, 2008

Radiation oncologist Hak Choy, MD, became a leader in the cancer field when he began looking for ways to combine radiation, chemotherapy, and targeted agents against cancer.

October 03, 2008

A shorter schedule of radiation therapy may be more convenient and cost effective for women with early-stage breast cancer.

October 03, 2008

Innovator Russell Portenoy, MD, helped bring awareness to the importance of palliative care in cancer patients.

October 03, 2008

Improvements in reducing cancer-related bone pain include new drugs, innovative ways to deliver radiation, and surgery to repair bone.

October 03, 2008

CURE looks back at the progress in cancer research over the past two centuries and highlights scientists whose work helped get us to this point in cancer treatment.