Pulse

Briefs

Legal help for cancer survivors, treating teens with cancer.

 

The Best of Both Worlds

Integrative oncology blends conventional and complementary therapies with the goal of relieving symptoms for cancer patients.

 

Evangelist for Exercise

University of Minnesota professor and breast cancer survivor Wendy Rahn wants everyone to know that exercise after a cancer diagnosis may reduce the risk of dying from the disease.

 

End Notes

An Underestimation

A patient demonstrates the strength of the human spirit.

By Ben Willenbring

 

 

Table of Contents | October 2010

Cover Story

Survival Strategy

As more people are surviving cancer, medicine is responding with programs that address their lifelong needs.

By Kate Ledger

 

Perspective

Remembering Bob

A patient helps a medical student and cancer survivor find the confidence she needs.

By Yaolin Zhou
 

Healing Camilla's Heart

It takes a preceptor's fearless self-disclosure to convince a medical student to accept herself.

By Rachel Hammer
 

The Other Side of the Tracks

A poem by Laurie Azine, D.O.

 

Clinical and Health Affairs

Surviving Childhood Cancer: Cure Is Not Enough

By Daniel A. Mulrooney, M.D., M.S.
 

Cardiac Complications from Cancer Therapy

By Anne Hudson Blaes, M.D., M.S.
 

Late Complications in Blood and Marrow Transplant Survivors

By Navneet S. Majhail, M.D., M.S.
 

Cancer Rehabilitation

By Nancy A. Hutchison, M.D.
 

Interventional Nutrition and Cancer Survivorship: A Case Study

By Gregory A. Plotnikoff, M.D., M.T.S., FACP

 

Editor's Note

The Burden of Survival

 

MMA News Now

Scenes from the 2010 Annual Meeting
New President to Focus on Physician Wellness
MMA House of Delegates Elects New Officers
Minnesota Physicians Set Policy
Physicians Honor Their Peers

 

Tracking Reform

 

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