Spring 2016 | CURE

June 06, 2016

Cancer-related picture books can help children better understand and face cancer.

May 26, 2016

Speech pathologists can help ease “chemobrain” through cognition training, and by teaching patients to compensate for deficits in memory or skills.

May 24, 2016

At the genomic level, we now have the tools to detect multiple mutations in the billions of DNA base pairs of cancer cells of a given person’s tumor, and from that information, to select one of several targeted drugs that may be a “match” for that tumor.

May 23, 2016

Letters from you, our readers.

May 23, 2016

Cigarette smoking is the No. 1 risk factor for lung cancer. But there is now promising news for people who are battling the addiction.

May 20, 2016

When a bone cancer diagnosis at age 13 stopped James Ragan from playing sports, he found the art of film, which continued to play a major role in the rest of his life.

May 20, 2016

Cancer care is clearly becoming more complex — and the world isn’t standing still to wait for patients or their health care professionals to catch up.

May 19, 2016

Cooling caps can preserve hair for patients with breast cancer undergoing chemotherapy.

May 18, 2016

By participating in survivorship clinical trials, those who have weathered cancer can improve quality of life — not just for themselves, but for future survivors.

May 17, 2016

Telling cancer stories through comics and graphic novels can be therapeutic for writers, illustrators and their audiences.

May 17, 2016

Men whose partners are diagnosed with cancer may need to learn new strategies to become effective caregivers.

May 16, 2016

When it comes to cancer treatment, why do some patients respond better than others? That’s a question researchers are working tirelessly to answer.

May 13, 2016

Scientists are studying exceptional responders, who benefit from cancer therapies when others don’t, to learn how to duplicate those results in broader groups of patients.