Breast cancer patient's minor thought turns into major triumph

BY Carla Dickerson

For me, curling up with a good book is a relaxing evening. I particularly enjoy reading autobiographies. Other times, when my creative juices flow, I'll write some poetry or prose.
 
During a difficult time several years ago, I started to write parables and devotionals. My first book was self-published, and I feel it revealed to me that God's purpose for my life was to minister to others as part of my own healing...

Accelerated partial breast irradiation treatment: Who needs it?

BY Simona Shaitelman, M.D.

Women with early stage breast cancer have so many different treatment options that the choices can be overwhelming. For almost all women who...

Second chances: Give it a try

BY Janet Ruffin

Janet Hull Ruffin is an artist, arts educator and poet. She is finishing a book of poems showing what it's like to work with critically...

The effect of domestic violence on cancer patients' children

BY Ginasenda Rodriguez and Stephen Collazo - Social Work Counselors

October is National Domestic Violence Awareness Month.

Intimate parent violence (IPV), more commonly known as domestic violence,...

Take This Breast Test

BY Adelina Espat

Breast Cancer Awareness Month is a good time to test your breast IQ. Find out how much you really know about what it takes to be on guard...

Can we talk?

BY Cindy Carmack, Ph.D.

A cancer diagnosis causes patients and their families to have many emotions. It's normal to feel sad, angry and worried about the future....

Photographer's vision intact after thyroid cancer

BY Rob Bohning

Rob Bohning is a photographer in northern California and was diagnosed with stage IV medullary thyroid cancer in September 2011. Learn more...

If my brain tumor comes back, I'll beat it again

BY Jennifer Manion

In February 2007, I began having headaches. My youngest daughter was about six weeks old and did not have a sleeping routine, so I blamed...

What to do if you are diagnosed with mantle cell lymphoma

BY Michael Wang, M.D.

First, don't panic
Due to recent progress in treatment, mantle cell lymphoma (MCL) patients live for many years with a good quality of...