Archive for June, 2008
« Previous Entriesi[2]y’er Tina Jezuit Rocks On And Celebrates Her 20-Year Cancerversary In Style With “Cancerpalooza 20″
Submitted by The Stupid Cancer Blog
Jessup native Tina Jezuit was diagnosed with bone cancer in 1988 at the age of 11. As a result of the extensive chemotherapy, she also suffered heart failure when she was 24 and a stroke in February of 2007. Despite being unable to walk or talk after the stroke, she […]
Diagnosed with prostate cancer?
Submitted by Dr.Kattlove’s Cancer Blog
What an enigma. Perhaps the best argument against intelligent design is a man’s prostate gland. It hardly serves any useful function. And it is likely to become cancerous (nearly half of elderly men have cancer in their prostate gland at autopsy). And treating the cancer often causes impotence and incontinence.
I’m 70 […]
REDEMPTION! ‘Stand Up To Cancer” Campaign Includes Young Adult Organizations!
Submitted by The Stupid Cancer Blog
I am never one of those people who make grand gestural statements without realizing the accountability that comes with it should the random and rare opportunity present itself where I might need to stand corrected. An old boss once told me, “Don’t ever be too proud to crawl under a […]
Yo Quiero Taco Cancer
Submitted by The Stupid Cancer Blog
Cuba approves lung cancer vaccine. Country’s health officials say drug has increased survival up to 5 months. Cigar makers celebrate in the streets. Altrea holds ticker tape parade. What? Only a 5 month life extension? I suppose that’s better than nothing. What? More lung cancer patients than ever are non-smokers? […]
Remembering Allan Goldberg – Vigilant Young Adult Cancer Advocate Dies At Age 40
Submitted by The Stupid Cancer Blog
Editor: My friend and colleague is gone.
First Descents, a local nonprofit, aims to show young cancer survivors they can live full, happy, confident lives. Allan Goldberg, the group’s executive director, seemed to embody that message to a T.
Goldberg was an Ironman triathlete, a runner, an endurance racer and a Harvard […]
Katie Reider: The Art of Survivorship
Submitted by The Stupid Cancer Blog
This one is for EVERYONE who is a friend and fan of i[2]y to spread the word. This is why we exist. I has the privilege of meeting Katie Reider at The Stupid Cancer Gala NYC ‘08. She is one of the most inspirational, courageous and extraordinary young women I […]
It’s Not About the Bike – Is Lance Being Naughty?
Submitted by The Stupid Cancer Blog
Does Lance Armstrong’s life in the tabloids undermine the LIVESTRONG message? (Editor: I’ll just let this whole piece speak for itself although I’d pretty much do anything to ‘hang out’ with Kate Hudson. Let it be known that a brand cannot exist solely on the PR liability of one individual […]
More on “chemobrain”
Submitted by Dr.Kattlove’s Cancer Blog
Chemobrain has always been an orphan of the side effects of chemotherapy. I never see it mentioned in the list of toxic reactions to a new drug program for cancer. One reason is that many oncologists doubt its existence. A second is that it is hard to measure, and finally, it’s […]
FDA Cracks Down on Bogus Cancer Treatments
Submitted by The Stupid Cancer Blog
The Food and Drug Administration is cracking down on teas, supplements, creams and other products that falsely claim to cure, treat or prevent cancer even though they are not agency-approved drugs. All are available for sale on the Internet.
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Social Networking Success Story: i[2]y
Submitted by The Stupid Cancer Blog
Patrice-Anne Rutledge, bestselling author, successful freelance journalist, and online communications expert, profiles the I’m Too Young For This! Cancer Foundation.
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Calling it quits. When should chemotherapy stop?
Submitted by Dr.Kattlove’s Cancer Blog
This may be the toughest issue I faced in all my practice. I saw this issue from both ends of the care spectrum, as a practicing oncologist and as medical director of a hospice program.
Telling patients that their chemotherapy regimen was no longer working and that a new chemotherapy regimen would […]
Calling it quits.
Submitted by Dr.Kattlove’s Cancer Blog
This may be the toughest issue I faced in all my practice. I saw this issue from both ends of the care spectrum, as a practicing oncologist and as medical director of a hospice program.
Telling patients that their chemotherapy regimen was no longer working and that a new chemotherapy regimen would […]
More mastectomies these days
Submitted by Dr.Kattlove’s Cancer Blog
When I first entered practice, many of the women I saw who had surgery for breast cancer were treated with radical mastectomies. This meant that not only were their cancerous breasts removed, but the surgeon also took off the underlying muscle. This left them with a thin sheet of skin covering […]
New melanoma drugs — why do so few benefit?
Submitted by The Stupid Cancer Blog
(Editor: Melanoma is the #1 cancer in young adults, accounting for 25% of all cases in the US annually. Let’s think a little bit before we blindly give our hard earned money to the billion dollar cancer society thinking we’re going to help young adults with melanoma. Hint: You’re not.)
When […]
More profit than progress in cancer research
Submitted by The Stupid Cancer Blog
SURPRISE! SURPRISE! SURPRISE!
By Robert Bazell, Chief science and health correspondent – With so many expensive drugs available, why aren’t we doing better?
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Waitress laid off after shaving head for cancer charity! (WTF?)
Submitted by The Stupid Cancer Blog
Stacey Fearnall, 36, tells the Owen Sound Sun Times that she raised nearly $2,700 after pledging to let someone chop off her long, red hair at a Cops for Cancer event. But when she returned to work three days later, the owners of Nathaniel’s restaurant told her to take the […]
American Cancer Society GIven 2-Stars For Sucking
Submitted by The Stupid Cancer Blog.
Charity Navigator, one of the country’s most reputable watchdog groups, has not surprisingly given the illustrious American Cancer Society a 2-Star rating (out of 4) for bloated overhead and poor allocation of funds.
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American Cancer Society: The World’s Wealthiest “Nonprofit”
Submitted by The Stupid Cancer Blog.
An excerpt from the PreventCancer.com website. Very interesting. Definitely food for thought worth sharing with the cancerverse…
“The American Cancer Society is fixated on damage control— diagnosis and treatment— and basic molecular biology, with indifference or even hostility to cancer prevention. This myopic mindset is compounded by interlocking conflicts of interest […]
An Interview With Matthew Zachary, Founder i[2]y
Submitted by The Stupid Cancer Blog.
Beth Kanter (Social Media and Non-profit Guru) profiles the innovative thought leader behind a national social movement and grass roots following to raise awareness for the needs of cancer survivors in their 20s and 30s.
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Nope, nope, absolutely not. Rules are rules.
Submitted by The Stupid Cancer Blog
In the last six months, 18 year-old Leanna Elizalde has undergone two cancer surgeries followed by radiation therapy. As she struggled through cancer treatments, she attempted to keep up with her schoolwork — and for the most part she succeeded. However, the end of the school year finds her a […]
Disorderly Commentary
Submitted by Boys and Schools Blog
There is–or can be, anyway–a fine line between concern/activism and encouraging a notion of greivance and victimhood. When you’re looking for news on the state of boys (and, let’s face it–”news” in this context almost always translates to, “bad news,” as that’s just the nature of the beast in the […]
i[2]y Founder Matthew Zachary Profiled on Wall Street Journal Health Blog
Submitted by The Stupid Cancer Blog
Ad Man Sees Young Cancer Patients as Consumer Bloc
In 1995, Matthew Zachary was a 21-year-old concert pianist. He began to lose the use of his left hand, was diagnosed with brain cancer and given six months to live.
As he went through treatment and beyond, he found that cancer support tended […]
Stand Down To Stupid Cancer (A Follow-up)
Submitted by The Stupid Cancer Blog.
OK… so a follow-up was in order to revisit the previous post from last week about that new Stand Up 2 Cancer blitz thing that is taking over the media, the airwaves and our lives en toto.
Apparently when the Entertainment Industry Foundation puts their mind to it, they accomplish anything […]
Cancer Drug Winners And Losers - Forbes.com
Submitted by The Stupid Cancer Blog.
A roundup of winners and losers from the year’s biggest cancer conference…Every year, drug companies big and small make their way to the annual meeting of the American College of Clinical Oncology, a showplace for new cancer medicines.The data presented at ASCO can have a huge impact both on the […]
Ted Kennedy chooses surgery and his surgeon
Submitted by Dr.Kattlove’s Cancer Blog
As I write this, Senator Kennedy is undergoing surgery for his brain tumor, not in Boston where he was first diagnosed, but at Duke University in North Carolina. Then he will receive his expected radiation and chemotherapy in Boston. Why this change in venues for his treatment?
The answer is simple. Kennedy […]
