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Diagnosed with Leukemia? Are You Sure?

The headlines each day bring more good news about progress in treating blood cancers. We now know more than ever before about leukemia, lymphoma, myeloma and other disorders. There used to be a fairly standard approach to treatment, but that’s changed too. There are many subtypes and new therapies, new drug combinations, various clinical trial [...]

Taking My Own Medicine

Andrew’s most recent birthday was celebrated in Columbus, Ohio where Patient Power and MMORE (Multiple Myeloma Opportunities for Research and Education) partnered to hold a Living Well with Multiple Myeloma town meeting for patients and caregivers.

When you’re diagnosed with cancer, your first job, and that of your medical team, is to beat the [...]

Powerful Patient Advocates Abroad

Just a quick note to tell you how it is thrilling to meet with our US friends and partners here in Barcelona. Today we had a long lunch with Greg Stephens, executive director and founder of The National CML Society which supports those impacted by Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia (CML). Greg is here for advisory committee meetings as [...]

How 12 Million are Putting “The Big C” Behind Them

Thank God television and movie script writers are starting to “get it.” Cancer, “The Big C,” doesn’t always kill people, or maim them, or steal their dreams. Lately there have been new TV shows acknowledging cancer as part of life that many can live through. There’s a new movie coming called 50/50 about a young [...]

Strange Coincidence: When Cancer Strikes Hospital System CEO

Pat Elliott, me and a HUGE cactus at Banner MD Anderson!

I am just back from the Phoenix-metro area. It’s now the 5th largest in the United States and despite home foreclosures, there is still a feeling of growth in many areas. Gilbert, a nearby suburb, has expanded to over 200,000 people and a [...]