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Elizabeth Buell-Fleming, who just turned 5, plays in her Delaware back yard.
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April 23, 2008
Beating cancer
Faced with a cancer diagnosis, patients want facts. But they also want guidance through a thicket of information. This section - Beating Cancer - offers the latest treatments, guidance on choosing your treatment team and resources for survivors. 
Now what?
After surviving cancer, patients want help with the long-term effects of the disease and its treatments.
Recently diagnosed?
Here's help. Expert advice - and a new tool to research treatments and providers. |
When Rita Lusen was just 45, and raising two teen sons, she was diagnosed with two types of breast cancer. She never even slowed down.
One doctor pioneered minimally invasive ways to screen for the spread of breast cancer; another is working to control the enzymes that fuel most cancers.
...but, unfortunately, so do screening rates. And doctors worry that their success in fighting breast cancer could lead to complacency about the disease.
The latest treatments for breast cancer start with surgery-plus - and then get even more customized for each patient.
He kept cancer at bay long enough to walk his daughter up the aisle, but Brian McGarvey was in for the fight of his life against lung cancer.
One has transformed her group into a research behemoth; another is personalizing lung-cancer treatment.
Lung cancer kills twice as many women as breast cancer and three times as many men as prostate cancer. Yet progress is being made.
The latest treatment for lung cancer includes surgery - and carefully personalized drug therapy.
Who would have thought a bout with kidney stones would be so lifesavingly lucky?
One doctor has increased the radiation treament options for patients; another focuses on the mind-body connection.
The latest quandary in prostate cancer treatment: How early should doctors start to look for it?
The latest treatments for prostate cancer include daVinci surgery, an array of radiation therapies - and watchful waiting.
Verna Cox is a survivor with an determinedly good attitude - "Every day I wake up, I say, 'Oh thank you, Lord!' " - and a mission: providing colonoscopies for those who can't afford them.
One doctor is focused on a protein that shows where cancer lies - and may someday help fight the disease. Another addresses the fears that keep African-Americans, in particular, from life-saving screening.
As of three months ago, colorectal cancer entered the age of "personalized medicine." Cutting-edge treatment is now tailored to fit each patient and each cancer.
The latest treatments for colorectal cancer allow targeted treatment and less-invasive surgeries - and catch even the most microscopic traces of the disease.
She brought a creative spirit and her strength out of sculpting and into designing sun-proof, melanoma-preventing clothing.
One doctor fights for better diagnosis of skin cancer in Asian, African-American and Hispanic patients; another is training cancer cells to cannibalize themselves.
Some skin cancers are so harmless and common that they don't even count in cancer statistics. But deadly melanoma still needs aggressive diagnosis, and potentially aggressive treatment.
The latest treatments for skin cancer focus on prevention and early detection.
- An overview of childhood cancers
- On the front lines
- The latest in childhood cancer care
You'd never guess that 17-year-old Luis Banages - a competitive skier - has a prosthetic leg. That's because he's never let his bone cancer hold him back.
- More resources for patients
- Key links for our stories
- Support groups around the region
Check out our calendar of cancer fundraisers, support groups ad other events in Philadelphia, the suburbs and South Jersey.
Clip these early-detection coupons to help you remember when you're due for potentially life-saving tests recommended by the American Cancer Society.
