Cancer Health Winter 2026
Cancer Health Winter 2026
In every issue, you’ll find cutting-edge health information and the hottest topics of interest to people with cancer and their loved ones.
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Features
My Story Is a Story of What Not To Do
After a diagnosis of Stage IV prostate cancer, Euvon Jones turned his life around—with the help of his wife, Janet.
Movement Is Medicine
Exercise lowers cancer risk, boosts treatment effectiveness and improves quality of life for patients and survivors.
Editor’s Letter
Personal Goals
Do you keep a bucket list? Compiling a checklist of lifetime goals can motivate.
News
Weird Looking Stools, Indeed!
A statewide awareness campaign in Georgia encourages conversations about colon cancer.
They Got Game
A new roster of sports heroes are sharing their cancer journeys to educate the public and raise awareness
Can a Single Blood Test Detect Multiple Cancers?
What about whole-body MRIs?
NCI Gets a New Leader
Anthony Letai, MD, PhD, was sworn in this fall as director of the National Cancer Institute.
A $2,000,000,000 Gift
The Knight Cancer Institute at Oregon Health & Science University receives the largest single gift to a university in U.S. history.
Care & Treatment
Do COVID Vaccines Boost Immunotherapy?
Messenger RNA (mRNA) COVID-19 vaccines may improve the effectiveness of checkpoint immunotherapy.
Treatment Gets Easier With Injectable Options
Cancer patients receiving immunotherapy now have the option of brief subcutaneous injections rather than lengthy intravenous infusions.
Shorter Radiation Therapy Reduces Side Effects
Shorter radiation regimens are better tolerated and do not compromise treatment effectiveness.
Federally Funded Clinical Trials Play a Vital Role in Cancer Care
Government-funded trials more often involved rare cancers and pediatric cancers.
Voices
Bucket Lists and Chemo Brain
Breast cancer and side effects didn’t deter Jackie Lantry from life goals: living in France and learning the language.
Basics
Leukemia and Lymphoma
Many people with blood cancers can be successfully treated and have long-term remission.
Diary
A Leukemia Diary
Todd Bushmaker, 55, an architect in Green Bay, Wisconsin, has lived with chronic lymphocytic leukemia for more than 22 years.
Can Heal
A Portrait of Empowerment
New York artist Pauline Decarmo transforms several bouts with cancer—and debilitating side effects—into art and a lifestyle that inspire.
Solutions
Sit Less, Move More
Cancer survivors benefit from reducing sedentary behavior. These five movement snacks can help keep you active.
Your Team
Addressing Menopause and Women’s Sexual Side Effects
Mary Jane Minkin, MD, is codirector of the Sexuality, Intimacy & Menopause Program at Yale Medicine’s Smilow Cancer Hospital.
Resources
Sarcoma and Bone Cancer Resources
Visit these sites for information.
Good Stuff
Energize & Strengthen
Get out of your comfort zone and build confidence—and muscle!—with fitness classes and products.
Survey
Exercise Survey
Take our survey and let us know the role of exercise in your life.
Digital Edition
Cancer Health Winter 2026
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