The Chicken Man
The clasp went click over the veins popping out of his skinny wrists. He had never felt handcuffs, but he imagined that there was something kindred in the feeling of buckling into a too-tight watch for...
View ArticleTime Flies (When You’re Alive)
EXT. ABBOTT BACK YARD - DAY A cooler, windier day. Francesca is walking through her garden, no longer abloom. She’s bundled-up. Paul is moving across the lawn with some tea on a tray. He puts it down...
View ArticlePatient Tips: Communication and The Art of Keeping In Touch
When dealing with cancer, all of your friends, loved ones, family members and colleagues will want information on how you're doing. Here are some helpful ways you can achieve this goal without...
View ArticleThe Etiquette of Cancer
Lumpectomy, chemotherapy, radiation, menopause-inducing medication, Herceptin, homeopathic remedies, injected three times a week and a double mastectomy - almost six years later. I've become an...
View ArticleHappy Mammogram!
On my 40th birthday I got a mammogram. Not as a gift. And not as a celebration, in the way that you might get a tattoo on your birthday, or go skydiving. It wasn't something I always wanted to do. I...
View ArticleA New Script For Cancer Research
Successful experiments are built on a vision of the future and overcome the pitfalls of the past. "Stand Up to Cancer" promises to be such an experiment - ambitious in aim, grand in scale, and smart...
View ArticleTen Friends
Just after my second 37th birthday, I got a phone call. My mother had started speaking unintelligible gibberish at the drug store where she worked. She lived for two more months after that; but she...
View ArticleThe Edge
We are at a critical moment in the history of cancer research. Recent discoveries in science and technology have dramatically altered and increased our understanding of the biological events that lead...
View ArticleWhat Is Cancer
Cancer is the end result of a series of enduring mistakes, known as mutations, made by cells during the normal process of cell division that continually replaces aging cells. read more
View ArticleThe Phightin' Phils
PHILADELPHIA – Philadelphia Phillies manager Charlie Manuel can’t forget the phone call that prompted shock, worry and tears in this jolly bear of a man. On the phone that spring day in 1998 was...
View ArticleWhy Now
To some extent, the answer to that question would be Martin Luther King, Jr.’s answer: "Now, because it is long overdue." But what is special about now is that there have been three developments in the...
View ArticleWhy Now
Science, technology and the public are poised to unlock the mysteries of cancer.
View ArticleCuck Fancer
18 year-old Lymphoma survivor Ben Teller takes his diagnosis of cancer as an opportunity to take action.
View ArticleCharles Gibson and Dr. Tim Johnson: A Conversation
Cancer touches everyone. Charles Gibson and Dr. Tim Johnson discuss how cancer has affected their lives and the science behind the disease.
View ArticleBrian Williams and Robert Bazell: A Conversation
Brian Williams speaks with science expert Robert Bazell about cancer in America today.
View ArticleABC, CBS, NBC ANNOUNCE HISTORIC COLLABORATION TO “STAND UP TO CANCER”
Stars from film, television, sports, journalism and music come together for September 5th prime time television event to raise funds for cancer research read more
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