Andrew sums up what all the news out of ASH means for you, the patient. [...]
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We’ve been waiting for years. The FDA today approved the first-ever “anti-cancer vaccine.” Provenge, made by blossoming biotech company Dendreon in Seattle, is a personalized therapy designed to give a second chance for a patient’s own immune system to beat back advanced prostate cancer. It is, by no means, for every prostate cancer patient (more [...]
The Dr. No of Cancer Drugs? from Patient Power® on Vimeo. Our live webcast last night with two cancer experts from Vanderbilt Medical Center, and a patient who owes his life to them, provides a clear picture, in my opinion, of the future for beating cancer. The headline is: It’s in your genes. What we learned is that there are 30 to 40 genes that play [...] A new discovery from a joint venture of M.I.T. and Harvard has devised a test to see if experimental chemicals can kill cancer stem cells – the “mother,” if you will of millions of other cancer cells that mature and spread. Their theory is that, in many solid tumor types, unless you kill the cancer [...] 40-year-old Rhonda Craig of Lake Stevens, Washington is a no-baloney-type woman. Good thing. She has a tough job as a Washington State Trooper. She can find herself speeding along on a remote highway at night to pull over someone who is usually law abiding and compliant or someone who could be a deadly threat. Rhonda, [...] I have been hosting webcasts about cancer for years. And when it has come to discussing research, one cool area beginning years ago was the idea that a patient could be treated with a cancer vaccine – not one like we receive as kids to prevent a disease, but rather a shot you’d receive after [...] Two years ago Ralph Goodman, 62, of Bellevue, Washington was told his episodes of dizziness and lapses in focus were indications of the most serious diagnosis, an inoperable form of brain cancer. Some people would have emotionally crumbled, knocked to the floor and unable to get up. Not Ralph. While he was shocking and upset, [...] Aboard the MS Zuiderdam in the Greek Islands – Our cruise with family and friends continues as does the battle to have the teenagers wear enough sunscreen and get to bed before 2:00 a.m. As we travel there is some news to note about the death of a celebrity in the news and the fight [...] |
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