Is There A Better Place To Decide What’s Right For Patients?
Who should decide when evidence for a drug sufficient to support a patient’s decision to give it a try?
At Penn State, THON—The World’s Largest Student-Run Charity—Helps Kids with Cancer
Dancing for cancer may seem a crazy idea, paradoxical, and wildly inefficient as a fundraising scheme. But it’s become the thing to do, a good karma-generating phenomenon, and year-round source of pride for the Penn State community.
Taboo, The Black Eyed Peas Musician, Has A Message For Cancer Patients
I’m speaking to people of all communities, he said. With “cancer there’s no prejudice. There’s no age limit. It can happen to anybody.”
‘Until 20,’ A Film About A Young Cancer Patient’s End-Of-Life Decisions
This is a true story about a brave young man with osteosarcoma. But it’s more than that. This is a documentary about end-of-life decisions, and how a family copes.
Memo To Candidates: Support For U.S. Cancer Research Crosses Party Lines
A striking 50% of those surveyed said they’d be more likely to vote for a Presidential candidate who supports sustained increases in federal funding for cancer research over the next decade, and 10% indicated they’d be less likely to do so.
In Concert, U2’s Bono Sings About Progress Against HIV, With Words Of Hope From Paul Simon
The last time I heard this band play live, it was outdoors on a pier on Manhattan’s west side, in the summer of 1982 or 1983. At that time, AIDS was just starting, and most of the then-young group’s inspiring songs drew on tensions in Ireland.
Bogus Cancer Charities Are Harmful To Patients: How To Give Wisely
“If you want to give to a charity you should look it up and be sure about it,” said Leonie Giles of the Charity Navigator.
Bill Clinton Speaks About Science And Cancer Research At Charity Event
“You’ll be shocked when they finally figure out how to do early detection, how relatively inexpensive it will be, quickly,” Clinton said at an ovarian cancer charity event.
Eating For A Cause, and Standing Up To Cancer
Since its founding in 2008, SU2C has emerged as one of the largest and most innovative anti-cancer programs. Cause marketing is a serious issue, and business..
Who’s a Survivor?
Survivor seems a strange term for a patient like me, said by her oncologist to be in remission—meaning that there’s no overt evidence of persistent cancer cells in the body.