What’s inside:

  • President Clinton signs NCCS Ribbon of Hope
President Bill Clinton signs the NCCS Ribbon of Hope TM and calls it “a symbol of the progress we have made and the progress still to come.” Survivorship leaders present include (far right) NCCS President Betsy Clark and NCCS director Ellen Stovall (next to Clark). Also on hand (l-r): Jane Reese-Coulbourne, executive vice president, National Breast Cancer Coalition; cancer survivor Olda Mondragon; cancer survivor Erin Schraibman; Harold Varmus, MD, director, National Cancer Institute; Dorothy Bankhead, cancer survivor; Richard Klausner, MD, chief of the National Cancer Institute; Fran Visco, head of the National Breast Cancer Coalition; Stephen Joseph, MD, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs; Susan Blumenthal, MD, director, Office of Women’s Health, Dept. of Health and Human Services, and Patrick Garbe, cancer survivor.
  • What a party! By Betsy Clark
  • New NCCS Almanac debuts at conference by Jack Sheahan
    • The definitive guide to survivorship takes a bow
  • “I wanted to write a book that told the truth,” by Anita Baumann
  • NCCS Honors Klausner, Stewart, by Sonja Tyler
  • Profiles in survivorship
    • NCCS awardees Arthur Frank, Susan Stewart, Richard Klausner
  • Four minority cancer groups receive $5,000 grants, by Donna Doneski and Ellen Stovall
  • Southwest memories: scenes from the Assembly
    • Conference scene and an eyeful of NCCS’ won Balloon of Hope
  • Michael Lerner: uniting two worlds of healing, by Donna Meyers
    • Michael Lerner talks about complementary therapies, and the story of Bill’s cat
  • Survivorship movement surges with major gains, by Terrence Campbell
    • The President announces big gains for survivors, and appoints NCCS’ Stovall to national cancer post. And Gen. Schwarzkopf’s PSA on NCCS hits television airwaves
  • Two survivors elected to NCCS Board
  • Avon awards $1 million to breast cancer leaders
  • Grassroots Heroes, by Judie Blanchard
    • NCCS spotlights 4 groups as models for the cancer community
  • A fighting chance in the war on cancer, by Ellen L. Stovall
    • Ellen Stovall on the tools needed to make a real difference in dealing with cancer
  • Going the extra 2 miles for NCCS, by Sally McElroy