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“No Easy Answers,” by Christie Aschwanden, Protomag.com. A ductal carcinoma in situ diagnosis can spur premature action // Should it be called cancer? // A new name might mean a different approach // Because what if it’s nothing? The name given to a certain breast condition—ductal carcinoma in situ—contains a word almost everyone finds terrifying: . . . → Read More: DCIS, No Easy Answers 
Gail Whitter is a mixed-media artist living in a small town in British Columbia, Canada. A poet in a former life, she spends most of her time listening to music and creating Spirit Dolls and jewelry. Little Girl Lost, from a collection of poems titled A Time for Ashes, is dedicated to her mother, and . . . → Read More: A poem by Gail Whitter, “Little Girl Lost”
“Triumph of Ambivalence.” By Jamie Halloway, Arlington Magazine. Breast cancer didn’t beat me. But the term survivor just doesn’t feel right. In June 1999, a new bride, I moved to Arlington to attend graduate school at Georgetown University. My husband was starting a postdoctoral fellowship at the FDA, and I had chosen the . . . → Read More: Triumph of Ambivalence
“When Cancer Put Me Under Suspicion.” By Claire Peeps, ZÓCALO PUBLIC SQUARE. I Didn’t Realize Illness Would Threaten My Credibility. Running 26 Miles Helped. In late 2006, I underwent a clean, routine mammogram. Six weeks later, I found a small lump in my left breast. Two weeks and two surgeries after that, on January 23, . . . → Read More: When Cancer Put Me Under Suspicion
“We Are Giving Ourselves Cancer.” By Rita Redberg and Rebecca Smith-Bindman, The New York Times. DESPITE great strides in prevention and treatment, cancer rates remain stubbornly high and may soon surpass heart disease as the leading cause of death in the United States. Increasingly, we and many other experts believe that an . . . → Read More: We Are Giving Ourselves Cancer
“Fighting Income Inequality Should Be Top Nonprofit Priority.” By Mark Rosenman, The Chronicle of Philanthropy. In the long-overdue battle to stem America’s growing economic inequality, too many nonprofits are either missing from action or part of the problem. While charities and foundations do much to help those in poverty, some groups actually perpetuate it through . . . → Read More: Fighting Income Inequality Should Be Top Nonprofit Priority
“Cancer in the Age of Social Media.” By Anas Younes, MD, Cancer.net. Anas Younes, MD, is the Chief of Memorial Sloan-Kettering’s Lymphoma Service in the Division of Hematologic Oncology, Department of Medicine. He is also very active on social media (@DrAnasYounes). In this post, he explores the issues raised by the recent debate over columns . . . → Read More: Cancer in the Age of Social Media 
A Breast Cancer Alphabet is approachable, even light. But it’s not fluffy. Each letter invites readers to think about the power and the limits of language, to start a new conversation about one of the most talked about, venerated, and commercialized diseases in American culture. — Gayle Sulik, Breast Cancer Consortium A Breast . . . → Read More: Book Review: “A Breast Cancer Alphabet” by Madhulika Sikka
“How Long Have I Got Left?” By Mark Rosenman, The New York Times. AS soon as the CT scan was done, I began reviewing the images. The diagnosis was immediate: Masses matting the lungs and deforming the spine. Cancer. In my neurosurgical training, I had reviewed hundreds of scans for fellow doctors to see if . . . → Read More: How Long Have I Got Left?
“National Prize Recognizes Excellence in End-of-Life Care.” The Hastings Center. There is a growing and strengthening palliative care movement focused on understanding patients at the end of life, with a sharper focus on the values and behavior of physicians in their care of the dying and a more general effort to gain medical recognition that . . . → Read More: National Prize Recognizes Excellence in End-of-Life Care |
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