Information about risk, prevention, screening, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, and support for all cancers Information about cancer treatment, including surgery, chemotherapy, radiation therapy, clinical trials, proton therapy, complementary medicine, and cutting edge technologies.
Articles identifying risk factors, such as health behaviors, exposures and family history, that can increase a person's chances of developing cancer. Information on prevention, risk reduction and cancer screening tests.
Ways for cancer patients and caregivers to cope with cancer, side effects, nutrition, general cancer support issues, grief/end of life issues, and shared survivor's experiences.
Includes the latest information about cancer from HealthDay News, The Abramson Cancer Center, the OncoLink Weekly News Flash, Archived videos of special cancer related events, special cancer related teaching guides for students, information about causes of cancer, links to the National Cancer Institute, and other cancer resources.
It was late Friday afternoon. It was shortly before the end of the day and the start of the Christmas holiday. The hours flowed by like frozen maple syrup. It was finally the end of the day, and the end of the work week, the start of the long weekend.
I loved Christmas. What boy didn’t? Especially a greedy little urchin like me, who measured Christmases by the size of the pile of gifts I’d get, and whether or not I got all the G.I. Joe paraphernalia I asked for. It wasn’t a spiritually uplifting, get together with loved ones, Jesus our savior is born [...]