Defining when a patient becomes a cancer “survivor” seems to vary depending on whom you ask. Some people say that this term can be applied after a patient has shown no evidence of disease for five years; others assert that survivor is a status achieved following the patient’s completion of all recommended treatments and surgeries. (...)
Construction Workers Don Pink Hard Hats
Posted by admin | Issues & Perspectives, UncategorizedOf all the hard hat colors to choose from, you wouldn't think construction workers would opt to wear pink ones. But that's just what they did at Johns Hopkins to honor breast cancer awareness month. Construction employees of EMCOR Group, Inc., a mechanical and electrical construction company, who are working at Hopkins on what is believed to be the largest hospital(...)
Oct 5, 2010 1 comment
What Matters to You?
Posted by admin | Issues & Perspectives, ResearchIt was the culmination of years of effort by many scientists and physicians and the bravery of patients to try something new that has brought some steady hope in an experimental therapy called epigenetics.
Oct 1, 2010 No comments