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A Pound of Good
“Weight Lifting in Women With Breast Cancer-Related Lymphedema,” New England Journal of Medicine; Vol. 361, No. 7; Aug. 13, 2009. Available at www.nejm.org or www.pubmed.gov
“A Weighty Matter—Lifting After Breast Cancer,” New England Journal of Medicine; Vol. 361, No. 7; Aug. 13, 2009. Available at www.nejm.org or www.pubmed.gov
Breast cancer resources on the AACR’s Survivors and Advocates website: www.aacr.org/page4213.aspx
NCI’s breast cancer webpage: www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/types/breast
Livestrong at the YMCA: www.livestrong.org/site/c.khLXK1PxHmF/b.5119497/k.5FD9/LIVESTRONG_at_the_YMCA.htm
Calling it Quits
“Design and Implementation of an Effective Telephone Counseling Intervention for Adolescent Smoking Cessation,” Journal of the National Cancer Institute, Vol. 101, No. 20; Oct. 21, 2009. Available at jnci.oxfordjournals.org and www.pubmed.gov
“Helping Adolescent Smokers Quit: Can telephone quitlines lead the way?” Journal of the National Cancer Institute, Vol. 101, No. 20; Oct. 21, 2009. Available at jnci.oxfordjournals.org and www.pubmed.gov
“Group-Randomized Trial of a Proactive, Personalized Telephone Counseling Intervention for Adolescent Smoking Cessation,” Journal of the National Cancer Institute, Vol. 101, No. 20; Oct. 21, 2009. Available at jnci.oxfordjournals.org or www.pubmed.gov
Smokefree.gov: 1-800-784-8669, 1-800-332-8615 (TTY)
Living Longer
“Trends in Survival After Diagnosis With Hematologic Malignancy in Adolescence or Young Adulthood in the United States, 1981-2005,” Cancer; Vol. 115, No. 21; Nov. 1, 2009. Available at www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/28741/home or www.pubmed.gov
NCI’s Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results (SEER) database: seer.cancer.gov
The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society: www.leukemia-lymphoma.org
Leukemia and lymphoma resources on the AACR’s Survivors and Advocates website: www.aacr.org/page4243.aspx
NCI’s leukemia webpage: www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/types/leukemia
NCI’s Hodgkin lymphoma webpage: www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/types/hodgkinslymphoma
NCI’s non-Hodgkin lymphoma webpage: www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/types/non-hodgkins-lymphoma
An Emotional Toll
“Predictors of Marriage and Divorce in Adult Survivors of Childhood Cancers: A report from the childhood cancer survivor study,” Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention; Vol. 18, No. 10; October 2009. Available at cebp.aacrjournals.org or www.pubmed.gov
“Decreased Cancer Survival in Individuals Separated at Time of Diagnosis,” Cancer; Vol. 115, No. 21; Aug. 24, 2009. Available at www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/28741/home or www.pubmed.gov
CancerCare: www.cancercare.org
Cancer Support Community: www.cancersupportcommunity.org
The Association of Oncology Social Work: www.aosw.org
The Adventure Continues
Leukemia and lymphoma resources on the AACR’s Survivors and Advocates website: www.aacr.org/page4243.aspx
NCI’s leukemia webpage: www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/types/leukemia
The Measure of a Life
Leukemia and lymphoma resources on the AACR’s Survivors and Advocates website: www.aacr.org/page4243.aspx
NCI’s Hodgkin lymphoma webpage: www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/types/hodgkinslymphoma
Cancer Institute of New Jersey: www.cinj.org
Columbia University: www.columbia.edu
Rice University: www.rice.edu
The Road After Approval
“Flare-up: An often unreported phenomenon nevertheless familiar to oncologists prescribing tyrosine kinase inhibitors,” Acta Oncologica; Vol. 48, No. 4; January 2009. Available at informahealthcare.com or www.pubmed.gov
“Accelerated Metastasis After Short-Term Treatment With a Potent Inhibitor of Tumor Angiogenesis,” Cancer Cell; Vol. 15, No. 3; March 3, 2009. Available at www.cell.com/cancer-cell or www.pubmed.gov
“Antiangiogenic Therapy Elicits Malignant Progression of Tumors to Increased Local Invasion and Distant Metastasis,” Cancer Cell; Vol. 15, No. 3; March 3, 2009. Available at www.cell.com/cancer-cell or www.pubmed.gov
“Cutting Off Cancer’s Supply Line,” Nature; Vol. 458, No. 9; April 2009. Available at www.nature.com or www.pubmed.gov
“Risk of Venous Thromboembolism With Bevacizumab in Cancer Patients,” Journal of the American Medical Association; Vol. 301, No. 14; April 8, 2009. Available at www.jama.com or www.pubmed.gov
“Anti-VEGF Therapy as Adjuvant Therapy: Clouds on the horizon?” Breast Cancer Research; Vol. 11, No. 3; May 18, 2009. Available at breast-cancer-research.com or www.pubmed.gov
“How Much Is Life Worth: Cetuximab, non – small cell lung cancer, and the $440 billion question,” Journal of the National Cancer Institute; Vol. 101, No. 15; Aug. 5, 2009. Available at www.jnci.oxfordjournals.org or www.pubmed.gov
“Continuing Reassessment of the Risks of Erythropoiesis-Stimulating Agents in Patients with Cancer,” Clinical Cancer Research; Vol. 14, No. 11; June 1, 2008. Available at clincancerres.aacrjournals.org orwww.pubmed.gov
“Risk of Venous Thromboembolism with the Angiogenesis Inhibitor Bevacizumab in Cancer Patients: A meta-analysis,” Journal of the American Medical Association; Vol. 300, No. 19; Nov. 19, 2008. Available at www.jama.com or www.pubmed.gov
“American Society of Clinical Oncology Guideline: Recommendations for venous thromboembolism prophylaxis and treatment in patients with cancer,” Journal of Clinical Oncology; Vol. 25, No. 34; Dec. 1, 2007. Available at jco.ascopubs.org or www.pubmed.gov
“Thalidomide- and Lenalidomide-Associated Thromboembolism Among Patients With Cancer,” Journal of the American Medical Association; Vol. 296, No. 21; Dec. 6, 2006. Available at www.jama.com or www.pubmed.gov
“Thalidomide-Associated Deep Vein Thrombosis and Pulmonary Embolism,” American Journal of Medicine; Vol. 113, No. 7; November 2002. Available at www.amjmed.com or www.pubmed.gov
U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Drug Safety webpage: www.fda.gov/Drugs
FDA MedWatch Program: www.fda.gov/safety/MedWatch/default.htm
A Wounded Hero
Mickey Mantle—America’s Prodigal Son, by Tony Castro
Raising the Dead: Organ transplants, ethics and society, by Ronald Munson
NCI’s liver cancer webpage: www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/types/liver
The Official Mickey Mantle website: www.mickeymantle.com
Turning Cells On to Reading
“Moving AHEAD With an International Human Epigenome Project,” Nature; Vol. 454, No. 7; August 2008. Available at www.nature.com or www.pubmed.gov
“Epigenetics in Cancer,” New England Journal of Medicine; Vol. 358, No. 11; March 13, 2008. Available at www.nejm.org or www.pubmed.gov
“The Epigenomics of Cancer,” Cell; Vol. 128, No. 4; Feb. 23, 2007. Available www.cell.com or www.pubmed.gov
“Aberrant Methylation of p16INK4a is an Early Event in Lung Cancer and a Potential Biomarker for Early Diagnosis,” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences; Vol. 95, No. 20; Sept. 29, 1998. Available at www.pnas.org or www.pubmed.gov
Stepping Up
CancerCare: www.cancercare.org
Cancer Support Community: www.cancersupportcommunity.org
National Coalition of Cancer Survivorship: www.canceradvocacy.org
National Family Caregivers Association: www.thefamilycaregiver.org
Pancreatic Cancer Action Network: www.pancan.org
Solving Kids’ Cancer: www.solvingkidscancer.org
The Scientist and the Yew Tree
“Personal Recollections on the Early Development of Taxol,” Journal of Natural Products; Vol. 67, No. 2; February 2004. Available at pubs.acs.org/journal/jnprdf or www.pubmed.gov
Susan Band Horwitz webpage: www.einstein.yu.edu/home/faculty/profile.asp?id=330
Albert Einstein College of Medicine Yeshiva University: www.einstein.yu.edu
Breast cancer resources on the AACR’s Survivors and Advocates website: www.aacr.org/page4213.aspx
NCI’s breast cancer webpage: www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/types/breast
Tough Transitions
“Abandonment at the End of Life From Patient, Caregiver, Nurse, and Physician Perspectives,” Archives of Internal Medicine; Vol. 169, No. 5, March 9, 2009. Available at www.archinternmed.com or www.pubmed.gov
Children’s Cancer Association: www.childrenscancerassociation.org
David B. Perini, Jr. Quality of Life Clinic at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute: www.dana-farber.org/pat/surviving/childhood/default.html
Cancerblog
Someday, we’ll look back at this and laugh: RosieBlankenship.com
Breast cancer resources on the AACR’s Survivors and Advocates website: www.aacr.org/page4213.aspx
NCI’s breast cancer webpage: www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/types/breast
Speaking Out About Oral Caner
Ohio State University: www.osu.edu
The Joan Bisesi Fund for Head and Neck Oncology Research: www.jamesline.com/waystogive/funds/joansfund/Pages/index.aspx
Head and neck cancer resources on the AACR’s Survivors and Advocates website: www.aacr.org/page4636.aspx
NCI’s head and neck cancer webpage: www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/types/head-and-neck
NCI’s oral cancer webpage: www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/types/oral
Self-Portrait
Pen & Ink Watercolor: robrizzuto.blogspot.com
NCI’s esophageal cancer webpage: www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/types/esophageal