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What to Do if You Get Laid Off — Advice for Cancer Survivors
A computer model shows how arsenic (red and yellow spheres) interacts with and inhibits the activity of the Pin1 protein (red, white and blue).

Two Drugs Block ‘Master Regulator’ of Breast, Other Cancers

The researchers hope to develop a clinical trial to combine arsenic with the standard therapy for women with triple-negative breast cancer.
By National Cancer Institute
From left: Matt outside looking cold as balls — oh, wait; Matt with his twins (while lacking his original twins); Matt being on the ball on the radio.

Matt Wakefield’s Bare Reality

Matt Wakefield, two-time testicular cancer survivor, bares all about his journey — quite literally.
By Justin Birckbichler
Breast implant

Statement on FDA’s Commitment to Studying Breast Implant Safety

Our perspective today is based the decades of work we have done to assess and communicate the benefits and risks of breast implants.
By Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Red and white blood cells

FDA Approves New Kind of Treatment for Hairy Cell Leukemia

Immunotoxin Lumoxiti fills an unmet need for patients whose disease has progressed after trying other FDA-approved therapies.
By Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Female reproductive system

A Closer Look at Postmenopausal Bleeding and Endometrial Cancer

Researchers concluded that “increased awareness and better early detection may improve endometrial cancer mortality going forward.”
By National Cancer Institute
FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, MD

Statement on New Steps to Address Epidemic of Youth E-Cigarette Use

“The accelerating trajectory of use we’re seeing in youth, and the resulting path to addiction, must end,” says the agency.
By Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

Loneliness in CancerLand, Part 2

What I wish you knew — the flip side
By Lisa Vento Nielsen

Another 9/11... 17 years later

When the priest spoke about the dead and the many who continue to die from 9/11-related illnesses, I wept.
By Lisa Vento Nielsen

Month 94 — Educate Yourself

You’ll be better equipped to move forward if you’ve learned about this insidious disease that’s more complex than most people understand...
By Daniel Zeller
Jonathan Gullery

Right Place, Right Time, Right Trial

“This has given me a more positive outlook on life,” Jonathan Gullery says. “I’m more mindful now. I get out there. I live.”
By MRA Blog

Loneliness in CancerLand

What I wish you knew about being a survivor, part 1
By Lisa Vento Nielsen

The Beauty Bus Funding

70% of spas and salons turn clients with cancer away because their “insurance won’t cover” them. THIS IS OUT OF DATE AND DISCRIMINATIVE.
By Amanda Hayes
Here I am looking ridiculous but having the time of my life talking a bit about me, the 3 businesses I run and how much I love getting older.

Celebrating Life...

This much is certain: I enjoy being busy, I do not get enough sleep and I love my life.
By Lisa Vento Nielsen

The Beauty Bus [VIDEO]

I’m taking a beauty oncology treatment course in the next couple weeks, so I can serve people who’ve had or are in treatment for cancer.
By Amanda Hayes

Enhancements to NCI’s SEER Program Creating New Research Opportunities

Forty-five years since its launch, SEER can become an invaluable resource for performing and informing clinical and even basic research.
By National Cancer Institute
We all made wishes — guess what mine was for.

We Only Have So Much Time...

How do you handle the world of what if? What do you do to help yourself not go down the road of negativity? For me, it’s staying busy.
By Lisa Vento Nielsen
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