Good article from WSJ On-line. Here patient foundations bring researchers together rather than drawing lines in the sand. CLLers need a Foundation that can...
"CLL Topics" is our Patient Advocate Group and has plans to jointly fund an Avastin/ECGC trial with Mayo. Over time, I believe it will become a powerhouse for...
Use Of Aspirin Or Other NSAIDs Increases Survival 10/4/2004 Source: Fox Chase Cancer Center Regular use of aspirin or other non-steroidal anti-inflammatory...
New patent for compounds delivering drugs directly to tumor granted - Cancer Therapy NewsRxAngiogenesis via NewsEdge Corporation : 2004 OCT 1 - (NewsRx.com &...
[This story caught my attention in part because my elderly cat Kibbles is taking calcitriol as an adjunct to treat her chronic renal insufficency. It is a...
Clin Lymphoma. 2004 Sep;5(2):123-6. Mutational Status of IgVH Genes Consistent with Antigen-Driven Selection but Not Percent of Mutations Has Prognostic Impact...
Cornea. 2004 Oct;23(7):740-3. Mucous membrane pemphigoid* in a patient with chronic lymphocytic leukemia. Seth RK, Su GW, Pflugfelder SC. Department of...
J Clin Oncol. 2004 Oct 1;22(19):3937-49. Microarray Gene Expression Profiling of B-Cell Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Subgroups Defined by Genomic Aberrations...
ZymoGenetics And Serono To Begin TACI-Ig Clinical Studies In B-Cell Malignancies 10/4/2004 ZymoGenetics announced today that it received clearance from the...
Salmedix, Inc. Announces the Initiation of Two New Clinical Trials Thursday September 30, 3:02 pm ET A New Phase II Study of SDX-101 for Chronic Lymphocytic...
Report says cup of tea is a healthy potion United Press International Friday, October 1, 2004 CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Oct 01, 2004 (United Press International via ...
Traumatized mice have lower immunity United Press International Friday, October 1, 2004 COLLEGE STATION, Texas, Oct 01, 2004 (United Press International via ...
Here is some evidence why indiscriminately popping vitamin supplements may have caused CLL. Jagged Little Pills By Ed Edelson HealthDay Reporter From...
Blood First Edition Paper, prepublished online October 5, 2004 Submitted August 27, 2004 Accepted September 30, 2004 HLA-G expression is associated with an...
THE CASE OF THE MYSTERIOUS HERBS One sometimes hears stories of people who are cured of cancer by unorthodox means, without the intervention of surgery,...
Blood First Edition Paper, prepublished online October 5, 2004 Submitted May 6, 2004 Accepted September 10, 2004 A phase I and pharmacodynamic study of...
[Cats and now dogs apparently can carry the virus. That's not good. Provides many more vectors for this to spread. Recently, the first human-to-human...
Who Should Get an Influenza (Flu) Vaccine September 17, 2004 Preventing the Flu Key Facts about Flu Vaccine Who Should Get the Vaccine Children 6 to 23 Months ...
September 27, 2004 IN THE LAB Therapies tested as West Nile virus looms ever larger As symptoms appear to increase in severity each year, doctors see an urgent...
Public release date: 5-Oct-2004 Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions Low dose radiation evades cancer cells' protective 'radar' Kills more cells than high-dose...
[I'm sure most of you have heard about this, but I'd suggest that CLL patients contact their doctors to see if they need to sign up to get the shots; flu shots...
[I'm sure most of you have heard about this, but I'd suggest that CLL patients contact their doctors to see if they need to sign up to get the shots; flu shots...
[From Karl's nhl-info list. He expresses concern that if off-label use is restricted, many patients will not have access to rituximab. The drug is approved...
For those of you who weren't on this list in July 2003, I did publish the abstract (and I did obtain the full-text article from the local medical library). I...
Dr. Joseph Tuscano from the University of California, Davis has kindly offered to speak to our group on Wednesday, November 10. I think the time will be again...
Oh boy, can you imagine the uproar all over the world if Rituxan is suddenly restricted for use in anything except NHL. Kurt ... From: scott_fs@... ...
[Offered only as an item on alcohol consumption. Red wine, of course, has been associated with resveratrol, a substance that may or may not have value in...
Bone metabolism in patients more than five years after bone marrow transplantation K Kerschan-Schindl1, M Mitterbauer2, W Füreder2, S Kudlacek3, S Grampp4, C...
September (2) 2004, Volume 34, Number 6, Pages 505-509 Post-Transplant Complications Frequent severe liver iron overload after stem cell transplantation and...
Sirolimus for GVHD prophylaxis in allogeneic stem cell transplantation C Cutler1,2 and J H Antin1,2 Abstract Summary: Sirolimus is a novel macrolide...