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One year livin strong…
We have a six month checkup at G’town tomorrow AM with Dr. Marshall. We are now at 1 year post chemo – hard to believe its been a year that we completed the chemo therapy. A year to get our lives back to a comfortable norm – which is not the same norm as before…
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Notable News
Study Finds Certain Drugs Can Keep Some Forms of Cancer in Remission Longer – NYTimes.com. Using certain anticancer drugs for years at a time can help keep some types of cancer in remission longer, doctors reported Thursday. In another finding, researchers said they had made progress on a long-sought goal — developing a way to…
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Cancer Support and Giving Back
Breakaway From Cancer. Always great to find resources that can help get support, information & answers out to the cancer community. Breakaway From Cancer partners with well known non-profits like Livestrong!, Stand Up for Cancer, and one I have never heard of but will look into: Patrick Dempsey Center for Cancer Hope & Healing. You…
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Notable News
Still a bit under the weather so my initial idea of getting up and going for a run fell to the wayside. I did want to share some interesting news I have come across the past few days: Vitamin D and colorectal cancer focus of new Arizona study U of AZ is my Alma mater…
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Sustained Avastin aids colon cancer survival-study
Sustained Avastin aids colon cancer survival-study | Reuters. LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Colorectal cancer patients who continued treatment with Roche Holding AG’s Avastin even after their cancer worsened lived longer than those who went off the drug, according to an “observational analysis” released on Thursday.
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Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation Lemonade Days – June 11, 12 & 13
I had the pleasure of meeting Jay and Liz Scott, the parents of an extraordinary little girl – Alex – and hearing their story a few years ago during a Leadership camp I organized for student’s that attend K12, Inc.* schools. After that meeting, we were so inspired , K12, Inc. partnered with them to…
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Top Perfumes Contain Hazardous Secret Chemicals
Top Perfumes Contain Hazardous Secret Chemicals, Report Finds Failing to name the chemicals in a fragrance is legal under the Federal Fair Packaging and Labeling Act of 1973. Though that law requires companies to list cosmetics ingredients on product labels, it explicitly exempts requiring breaking out the specific components of a perfume or cologne. Instead,…
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Race for the Cure – June 5, Washington D.C.
Susan G Komen Race for the Cure! On June 5th tens of thousands of people will gather on the National Mall in Washington DC to make a big impact on the global movement to end breast cancer forever. Many of us know of or have family or friends who have been diagnosed with breast cancer.…
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New Alarm Bells About Chemicals and Cancer
Op-Ed Columnist – New Alarm Bells About Chemicals and Cancer – NYTimes.com. Really important findings from a panel of distinguished experts to pay attention too! The report discusses the lack of oversight and laws and actual STUDIES about the safety of chemicals unless there is evidence that it’s not safe! There are approx 80K chemicals…
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How Diet Affects Cancer by Dr Keith Block, M.D.
After our battle with colon cancer, I have become increasingly more aware and more sensitive to cancer related research and advice. I was recently sent this book directly from the publisher to read and review. I’ve just started to read it and will do a complete review when I am through. But, so far, I…