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===Survivorship

Medical News Today: Cancer Patients Can Benefit From Early Detection of

Heart Damage Using Echocardiography http://bit.ly/nWeVNU

Cure Today: Tell what you're taking (supplements) http://bit.ly/oF8bbX

Quackwatch: Questionable Cancer Therapies - A place to look up alternative

therapies that may be suggested by well meaning friends/family or stumbled

upon on the web http://bit.ly/r8Z1Ej

Rude Introduction to Epidemiology - Every other day, there is report that

x, y, or even z causes cancer http://bit.ly/5AvMxL

Cure: Managing treatment related diarrhea http://bit.ly/oFz7fM

Pre-existing condition insurance plans http://bit.ly/mZumCg

Flu shots? University Of Michigan: What you need to know

http://bit.ly/njsO0f

MSNBC: Cancer Kiss-off: Getting dumped after diagnosis

http://on.today.com/opqFJF

" I'm Gonna Love You Through It " - a McBride http://bit.ly/qu9Fxj

MD : Tips for Coping Through a Long Hospital Stay

http://bit.ly/pNsg16

MD: A day in the life of a hospice professional http://bit.ly/p8Cq7s

NY Times: Navigating the Net Wisely in a Health Crisis

http://nyti.ms/nD6Jo8

NeedyMeds.org: Pharmaceutical Patient Assistance programs for lymphoma

medications http://bit.ly/p5zGAa

NeedyMeds.org and the Lymphoma Research Foundation announce a new source of

information on Lymphoma medications and the financial help available for

those living with the disease http://bit.ly/ngXvgb

CNN: Doctors, listen to your patients - Some thoughts from Abraham Verghese

MD, author of a wonderful novel- " Cutting for Stone. " http://bit.ly/qGQKS4

===Outcome Reports & Background

Burkitts: ls of Oncology: Evaluation of the addition of rituximab to

CODOX-M/IVAC for Burkitt's lymphoma: a retrospective analysis

http://bit.ly/oSciRs

CLL: Pubmed: Single-agent rituximab in treatment-refractory or poor

prognosis patients http://1.usa.gov/njiYyO

Cutaneous T Cell: Brit J Dermatology: Low-Dose Total Skin Electron Beam

Therapy as a Debulking Agent: An open-label prospective phase II study

http://bit.ly/qaBARf

DLBCL - Weill Cornell: Update http://bit.ly/qYSwjN

Hodgkins: Cohort study evaluates risk of secondary malignancy following

chemotherapy treatment for Hodgkin's lymphoma - Highlights the need for

regular follow-up care. http://bit.ly/mVpJ4G

Follicular- NCCN: Guidelines Emphasize Patient Preference as Key to

Selection of Maintenance Therapy in Follicular Lymphoma http://bit.ly/oa9Qud

Follicular - Oncology Times: Is 'Watch and Wait' Still a Reasonable

Strategy for Patients with Asymptomatic, Low-Tumor-Burden Advanced-Stage

Disease? http://bit.ly/pBuaA8

Neutropenia - Br J Cancer. 2009 September: Prevention of febrile

neutropenia: use of prophylactic antibiotics http://1.usa.gov/pij0vY

Neutropenia - Support Care Cancer. 2010 May: Prophylaxis of

chemotherapy-induced febrile neutropenia with granulocyte colony-stimulating

factors: where are we now? http://1.usa.gov/oXzimf

Velcade - Biotech News: Takeda Pulls FDA Application for Expanded Use of

Cancer Drug Velcade http://bit.ly/qUMdF3

===Videos / Webcasts

CLL - In the Pipeline: Interview with Lowe with of the

Manhattan Institute on the results of that immunotherapy leukemia (CLL)

trial (and on some broader topics around the current state of drug

discovery). http://bit.ly/pKcBiU

Ted- Ideas worth Spreading: Battling bad science http://bit.ly/p2Ztsn

==== Advocacy and Notices

" Update on DLBCL " on Wednesday, October 5 from 1:30 to 2:30 pm, Eastern

Time. http://bit.ly/oLlzaR

NPR transcript and audio: Shortages Lead Doctors To Ration Critical Drugs

http://n.pr/pQ6TkL

Drug Shortages CRISIS and How to address!

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LRF: Philadelphia-Ask the Doctor: Updates on Lymphoma and Treatments

R. , MD Fox Chase Cancer Center 10/12/11

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===Clinical Trials

Science Daily: Cochrane Collaboration Urges Free Access to ALL Data from

ALL Clinical Trials http://bit.ly/qWZLGB

Scientific American: Molecules to Medicine: Clinical trials for Beginners

http://bit.ly/qFFb5Q

Science Based Medicine: The wrong way to open up clinical trials.

http://bit.ly/obJkLu

PAL Pipeline of new drugs with links to trials

PAL Trial tools:

- New Trials since Sept 1

- When to Consider Trials?

- Lookup Trials by Type & Treatment Status

- Antibody-based trials

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NCI: Which Study Results Are the Most Helpful in Making Cancer Care

Decisions? www.lymphomation.org/current.htm

=== Food for Thought

Dr. Len's Cancer Blog: Steve Jobs http://bit.ly/o36EZB

DB's Medical Rants: The proper amount of medical care http://bit.ly/qdlgpt

NY Times: How to Steer Toward the Path of Least Treatment (general)

http://nyti.ms/qHZRVU

Science Daily: Older Cancer Survivor Population to Increase Substantially

http://bit.ly/nfbSXz

Respectful Insolence: Steve Jobs, neuroendocrine tumors, and alternative

medicine http://bit.ly/qezGen

Skeptoid- Critical Analysis of Pop Phenomenon: Boost Your Immune System (or

Not) -Is " boosting your immune system " for real? Is that possible, and can

you really buy it in a bottle? http://bit.ly/nd6Igk

Skeptoid- Critical Analysis of Pop Phenomenon: A Lesson in Treating Illness

http://bit.ly/qNhdlM

Quackwatch: Why You Should Stay Away from Insulin Potentiation Therapy

http://bit.ly/ov6Xib

===Technical ... Theory/Preclinical

Live Science: Health Value of Omega 3 Fatty Acids questioned

http://bit.ly/qeyeTE

Special Thanks is Due to Anjou!

All the best,

Karl

Patients Against Lymphoma

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