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“Circumventing Resistance to Kinase-Inhibitor Therapy,” “Dasatinib in Imatinib-Resistant Philadelphia Chromosome–Positive Leukemias” and “Nilotinib in Imatinib-Resistant CML and Philadelphia Chromosome–Positive ALL,” New England Journal of Medicine; Vol. 354, No. 24, June 15, 2006. Available at www.nejm.org or www.pubmed.gov
"New-Age Drug Meets Resistance,” Nature ; Vol. 412, No. 6844, July 19, 2001. Available at www.nature.com or www.pubmed.gov
Leukemia resources on the AACR’sSurvivors and Advocates website
NCI’s leukemia webpage
GIST Cancer Research Fund: 1-845-634-6060
GIST Support International: 1-215-340-9374
Leukemia & Lymphoma Society: 1-800-955-4572
“Inflammatory Biomarkers for Persistent Fatigue in Breast Cancer Survivors,” Clinical Cancer Research; Vol. 12, No. 9, May 1, 2006. Available at www.aacrjournals.org or www.pubmed.gov
Breast cancer resources on the AACR’s Survivors and Advocates website
NCI’s breast cancer webpage
“Decoding Hereditary Colorectal Cancer,” New England Journal of Medicine; Vol. 354, No. 26, June 29, 2006. Available at www.nejm.org or www.pubmed.gov
C3: Colorectal Cancer Coalition: 1-202-244-2906
Colorectal cancer resources on the AACR’s Survivors and Advocates website
NCI’s colon and rectal cancer webpage
“Factors Related to Underuse of Surveillance Mammography Among Breast Cancer Survivors,” Journal of Clinical Oncology; Vol. 24, No. 1, Jan. 1, 2006. Available at www.jco.org or www.pubmed.gov
“Patterns and Predictors of Mammography Utilization Among Breast Cancer Survivors,” Cancer ; Vol. 106, No. 11, June 1, 2006. Available at www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/jtoc/28741 or www.pubmed.gov
Breast cancer resources on the AACR’s Survivors and Advocates website
NCI’s breast cancer webpage
Living Beyond Breast Cancer: 1-888-753-5222
American Lung Association
Americans for Nonsmokers’ Rights
SmokeFreeOhio
Smokefree.gov: 1-800-784-8669, 1-800-332-8615 (TTY)
NCI’s Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results statistics on cancer mortality and incidence by race
NCI’s Center to Reduce Cancer Health Disparities
Resources for minorities and special populations on the AACR’s Survivors and Advocates website
Gifts to the Anita Roberts Memorial Fund will support the Anita Roberts Memorial Scholarship and a memorial contemplation garden at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Donations can be made online at the Foundation for the NIH website (www.fnih.org). Checks made payable to the Dr. Anita Roberts Memorial Fund can be mailed to: Foundation for the NIH, 1 Cloister Court, Suite 152 Bethesda, MD 20814.
After Breast Cancer: A Common-Sense Guide to Life After Treatment, by Hester Hill Schnipper; Bantam/Dell, 2006.
You Can Be Your Own Sex Therapist: A Systematized Behavioral Approach to Enhancing Your Sensual Pleasures, Improving Your Sexual Enjoyment, by Carole Altman; Casper Publishing, 1997.
No Less a Woman: Femininity, Sexuality, and Breast Cancer, by Deborah Hobler Kahane; Hunter House, 1995.
Sexuality and Fertility After Cancer, by Leslie R. Schover; John Wiley and Sons, 1997.
American Cancer Society’s sexuality webpage
Breast cancer resources on the AACR’s Survivors and Advocates website
International cancer resources on the AACR’s Survivors and Advocates website
The AACR’s Scientist↔Survivor Program
NCI’s transitional cell cancer of the renal pelvis and ureter webpage
Pediatric cancer resources on the AACR’s Survivors and Advocates website
Pediatric programs at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
NCI’s childhood cancers webpage
Hazen Kennedy’s blog
Judah Folkman’s laboratory
Rakesh Jain’s laboratory
Dr. Folkman’s War: Angiogenesis and the Struggle to Defeat Cancer, by Robert Cooke; Random House, 2001.
“The Illness and Death of Eva Perón: Cancer, Politics, and Secrecy,” The Lancet ; Vol. 355, No. 9219, June 3, 2000. Available at www.thelancet.com or www.pubmed.gov
Cervical cancer resources on the AACR’s Survivors and Advocates website
NCI’s cervical cancer webpage
Gynecologic Cancer Foundation: 1-800-444-4441
National Cervical Cancer Coalition: 1-800-685-5531
“Molecular Signatures Predict Outcomes of Breast Cancer,” and “Concordance among Gene-Expression–Based Predictors for Breast Cancer,” New England Journal of Medicine; Vol. 355, No. 6, Aug. 10, 2006. Available at www.nejm.org or www.pubmed.gov
The TAILORx trial
"A Bull’s Eye for Targeted Lung Cancer Therapy” and “EGFR Mutations in Lung Cancer: Correlation with Clinical Response to Gefitinib Therapy,” Science; Vol. 304, No. 5676, June 4, 2004.
Available at www.sciencemag.org or www.pubmed.gov
“Targeting Targeted Therapy” and “Activating Mutations in the Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Underlying Responsiveness of Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer to Gefitinib,” New England Journal of Medicine; Vol. 350, No. 21, May 20, 2004. Available at www.nejm.org or www.pubmed.gov
Lisa Coussens’ laboratory
Breast cancer resources on the AACR’s Survivors and Advocates website
NCI’s breast cancer webpage
Beth Nielsen Chapman’s website
"American Society of Clinical Oncology Recommendations on Fertility Preservation in Cancer Patients,” Journal of Clinical Oncology; Vol. 24, No. 18, June 20, 2006. Available at www.jco.org or at www.pubmed.gov
The Lance Armstrong Foundation’s female infertility webpage
The Lance Armstrong Foundation’s male infertility webpage
Lymphoma resources on the AACR’s Survivors and Advocates website
NCI’s non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma webpage
Mom’s Cancer, by Brian Fies; Abrams Image, 2006.
Brian Fies’ website
Lung cancer resources on the AACR’s Survivors and Advocates website
NCI’s lung cancer webpage