Cancer Horizons

After receiving a testicular cancer diagnosis at just 26 years old, Jonny Imerman sought mentorship from someone else who had endured a similar situation but came up short. In turn, he founded the cancer support community Imerman Angels, created to provide personalized connections to enable one-on-one support among cancer fighters, survivors and caregivers. In this week’s episode, we spoke with Im...

The middle – an area many adolescent and young adults (AYAs) with cancer find themselves. While their physical and emotional needs tend to be quite different, many institutions fail to focus on the specific needs of AYAs who don’t fall under either the pediatric or adult checklist. In this week’s episode of CURE Talks Cancer, we spoke with a young adult who was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemi...

After many years of interviewing celebrities on E! News and the red carpet, and while also starring in her own reality tv show, Giuliana Rancic was faced with one of the most challenging moments in her life: a breast cancer diagnosis amidst trying to undergo her third round of in vitro fertilization. While many supporters continually told her to be strong throughout her journey, Giuliana also told...

For this month's episode of the CURE Talks Cancer Podcast: Nursing Edition, we'll hear from Caitlin Cohen, M.S.N., RN, CPNP-AC, CPHON, a nurse practitioner at the University of Chicago Medicine Comer Children’s Hospital, in Illinois. Cohen was given the 2019 Extraordinary Healer Award in Oncology Nursing.  From ensuring that her patients have the fuel they need to heal to always providing emotiona...

Ninety percent of patients with cancer enter their first oncology appointment with a nutritional issue; however, Savor Health, who works in conjunctions with Merck’s Your Cancer Game Plan, has set out to combat just that. In this week’s episode of CURE Talks Cancer, founder and CEO of Savor Health, Susan Bratton discussed the importance of nutrition for patients and caregivers before, during and a...

You’d think that, after being the drummer in a multi-platinum rock and roll band that has sold more than 40 million albums and DVDs since bursting onto the music scene in the mid-80’s, life would be “Nothin’ But a Good Time” for Poison drummer Rikki Rockett. However, back in 2015, Rikki received a throat cancer diagnosis that would change his life. This week, we’re kicking off the Head and Neck Ca...

In the face of a cancer diagnosis and learning she was positive for Lynch Syndrome, wife and mother Heather Tolley-Bauer used comedy as an outlet to cope with her diagnosis and raises awareness for colon cancer. Also the founder of Hyphen-Up, the “stay-at-home mom and a kick-ass cancer survivor” hopes to help others embrace who they are. To read more about Tolley-Bauer, visit curetoday.com .

What do a 16-year-old advocate, one patient’s “tear catcher” and a Moon Shot doctor all have in common? They were all recognized by CURE as the 2019 Ovarian Cancer Heroes for their innovative research and dedication to raising awareness for patients with the disease.  In this week’s episode, we spoke with ovarian cancer advocate Ryan Mitstifer Walton, gynecologic oncology nurse Paula Anastasia, RN...

As the most decorated Olympic gymnast in American history, Shannon Miller has faced countless long days of training and a vast amount of success throughout her career. But it was a rare ovarian cancer diagnosis that stood to be a challenge and a life-altering reward for her to help others with the disease. Now cancer free, Shannon strives to live her best each and every day, while also serving as...

Patricia Jakel, RN, MN, AOCN, thought that she was doing perfectly fine in her career as an oncology nurse. Until she was diagnosed with breast cancer.  In the first-ever CURE Talks Cancer Podcast: Nursing Edition, hear what Jakel has to say about how her experience as a patient shaped the way she performs her job as a clinical nurse specialist at UCLA.

This week, we spoke with Linda Tantawi, CEO of Susan G. Komen Greater New York City, about the organization and how it serves as the “pink ribbon connecting the community” to help educate women about breast cancer screening and treatment. “We are the pink ribbon that runs around throughout the greater New York City area, connecting hospitals and other advocacy organizations as well as the communit...

After a routine physical led to his kidney cancer diagnosis, one patient advocate and survivor has cherished every day he’s had with his family and uses this as motivation to help raise awareness during Kidney Cancer Awareness month. “Renal cell carcinoma is like a phantom in your body,” said Ed, who was treated as part of a clinical trial at Fox Chase Cancer Center after he had exhausted all othe...

For 25-plus years, we’ve watched Scott Foley in a variety of acting roles – on shows like “Felicity,” “Scandal” and now “Whiskey Cavalier” – but many don’t know about his role as a caregiver to his mother after she received an ovarian cancer diagnosis when he was just 11. Following his experience, Scott has teamed up with Tesaro as part of the Not on My Watch movement to share his story in hopes o...

After receiving a stage 4 neuroblastoma diagnosis at 15 months old, Candace Stevens beat the odds, and has used her experience to shape her career choice today. Stevens was treated at St. Jude, and now participates in the institution’s LIFE program – research that brings long-term childhood cancer survivors back to St. Jude for regular health screenings throughout their adult lives. The findings f...

With the flood of information available on genetic testing for hereditary cancer risk, there is still an abundance of misinformation that exists regarding at-home tests. Lisa Schlager, vice president of community affairs and public policy at FORCE, helped to dispel some of the misconceptions associated with at-home genetic testing, and why it is still vital to include a genetic counselor in this p...

As CURE gears up for its very first patient-focused meeting held in conjunction with this year’s Miami Breast Cancer Conference on March 9, CURE Talks Cancer invited meeting faculty members Patrick Borgen, M.D., and patient advocate Stephanie Seban in to our studios here in New Jersey. The pair discussed their journey as patient and doctor, and also why they are looking forward to helping to educa...

For this week’s episode of the CURE Talks Cancer podcast, we’re speaking with Maria Falzone, a safer sex educator and comedienne who is living with advanced cholangiocarcinoma – a rare cancer of the liver bile ducts. After a recurrence in the summer of 2018, Falzone decided to forego chemotherapy and instead make the most out of whatever time she had left. To her, that meant making amends with oth...

Two doctors with very different journeys were honored by CURE for their efforts to improve the quality of life for those affected by chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL). At the 2018 CLL Heroes Award ceremony, John C. Byrd, M.D., a researcher and clinical specialist at the Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center-James Cancer Hospital, and Brian Koffman, M.D.C.M., a family doctor who has be...

For this week's episode, hear from some of CURE's 2018 MPN Heroes. These Heroes are patients, survivors, caregivers, advocates or health care professionals with a passion for improving the lives and outcomes of patients with myeloproliferative neoplasms.  To read more, visit https://www.curetoday.com/articles/cure-honors-nine-who-help-people-with-rare-blood-cancers

In 1991, two mothers faced every parent’s worst nightmare: their two infant daughters were undergoing treatment for cancer. With advances in research, both of their daughters survived; however, both mothers' journeys did not end there.   Melissa Helms and Risa Tramel founded the National Pediatric Cancer Foundation, a non-profit organization whose mission is to fund research that will lead to the...

Laurie was no stranger to cancer after she faced a bout with stage 3b non-Hodgkin lymphoma back in 1977, but her second diagnosis of breast cancer left her with a very tough decision on how she wanted to move forward with treatment. After her oncologist recommended she us a diagnostic test, called the Oncotype DX assay, that helps make informed, individualized treatment decisions, Laurie was able...

Following the launch of the CURE Talks Cancer podcast on March 1, the CURE team took a look back on its favorite episodes from its first season. In this podcast, you’ll hear about the episode that kicked this all off – Barbells for Boobs – while also learning more about our interview with “McDreamy” himself, Patrick Dempsey; an advocacy group that will “knock” your socks off – Knitted Knockers; a...

Evan Ruggiero, who grew up tap dancing, was in college when he faced one of his biggest hurdles yet – a diagnosis of osteosarcoma that eventually led to a leg amputation. When he received this news, doctors told him of all the aspects of life he would eventually be able to re-learn and participate in: walking, running, driving, swimming and so on. But one of Evan’s biggest goals was to tap dance a...

Dating back to 1860 in Poland, three sisters’ journeys with the BRCA mutation isn’t exactly the claim to fame they were hoping for. Kathryn (Winn) Buckley, Bridget (Winn) Stillwell and Maureen (Winn) Boesen’s family was one of eight studied at Creighton University in the 1980s, and at one point, the most significant history of breast and ovarian cancer ever documented in the United States. As they...

In 2012, former NFL head coach Chuck Pagano started to feel fatigued – a feeling most would associate with the long two-a-days of any given football preseason – but it was when unexplained bruises started to appear that he visited with the team’s medical staff and was eventually diagnosed with acute promyelocytic leukemia. Since, he looks back on his journey and feels there was a reason he faced a...