5 Editor’s Letter
6 Contributors
7 Letters
CR | Page No. 2 | Summer 2009
DEPARTMENTS
8 Cancer Update
Alcohol and cancer risk; disparities in end-of-life
costs; and HPV testing for cervical cancer
14 First Person
Facing the Ultimate Deadline
By Ibby Caputo
A diagnosis of cancer gives a young woman a
whole new understanding of deadline pressure.
16 Your Health
In the Beginning
By Hester Hill Schnipper
The first days and weeks after a cancer
diagnosis can be an emotional roller coaster.
Here are some tips for getting through the
ups and downs.
FEATURES
18 Profile
Healing From Hiroshima’s Ashes
By Laura Beil
As a child in Hiroshima, Japan, Ritsuko Komaki
witnessed the devastating effects of radiation
from the atomic bomb. Now a physician
in the U.S., she uses radiation to help heal
cancer patients.
24 Perspectives
Up Close and Personal
By Damaris Christensen
Oncologists and oncology nurses often
cope with the painful aspects of their work by
focusing on the joy in their jobs and the
personal relationships they develop.
30 Yesterday & Today
The Beat Lives On
By Sue Rochman
Bob Marley brought reggae music into millions
of lives before his life and legacy were cut
short by melanoma in 1981. Have treatment
options for melanoma patients changed since
his death?
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