Breast Cancer
Marlena’s Breast Cancer Story: Strengthening Family Ties and Pursuing Her Purpose
Marlena Murphy didn’t expect to get breast cancer—the first time or the second. “It was something I never imagined I would experience,” she says.
At 40 years old, Marlena was doing her regular monthly self-checks...
Cancer
Cancer Survivorship Means Living Well in the Here-and-Now
Cancer survivorship means different things to different people. Just as no two people’s cancer is exactly alike, neither is their experience of having had, or continuing to live with, cancer.
The National Cancer Institute (NCI)...
Cancer
Supportive Oncology Helps Maintain Quality of Life During Cancer
About 70% of patients referred to Winship’s Supportive Oncology Clinic mistakenly conflate palliative care and hospice care, according to Kimberly A. Curseen, MD, director of supportive and palliative care outpatient services for Emory Healthcare....
Cancer
Cancer Clinical Trials Are a Win for Patients, Doctors & Researchers
In the effort to cure cancer, you might say that clinical trials are a win-win.
Patients who participate in trials win in a wide variety of ways, benefiting from advancements discovered during previous trials as...
Cancer
Four Stories of Cancer Survivorship
Held annually on the first Sunday of June, National Cancer Survivors Day is a celebration of survivors of cancer – more than 16.9 million in America – and an occasion to draw attention to...
Women's Health
3 Reasons Your Annual Well-Woman Exam Can’t Be Missed
Chances are your to-do list is already a mile long. You’ve got things to do, places to go and people to see. So why add one more item to your list?
Well, when that item...
Brain and Spine Tumors
Glioblastoma Is the Best Known Brain Cancer, But It Is Rare
Just the words “brain cancer” and “glioblastoma” can strike fear into anyone’s heart. And it is very scary to receive such a diagnosis. But despite their high visibility because of the famous people who...
Head and Neck Cancer
How Collaborative Care Improves Head and Neck Cancer Survival
Our Head and Neck Cancer Multidisciplinary Program was a kind of incubator for what we at Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University call “The Winship Way.”
The program started practicing patient-centered care before it was...
