Sisters go through cancer together

January 31, 2011

BlankSisters go through cancer together

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Two sisters who live more than 1,000 miles apart are

participating in a cancer study together.

land resident Powley and her sister Bisanar of Oklahoma both

have chronic lymphocytic leukemia, or CLL.

Now both women are participating in a clinical study on the way the disease runs

in families.

As part of the study, both women are taking drugs that are expected to keep the

cancer in remission.

The sisters said that experiencing the same disease — and treatment — together

has made their already close relationship closer.

Information from: The Capital of polis, Md.,

January 31, 2011

Hmm .. What drug will they be taking and where? Is this at NIH and is it the FO

/ FCO trial?

> As part of the study, both women are taking drugs that are expected to keep

the cancer in remission.

>

> The sisters said that experiencing the same disease — and treatment — together

has made their already close relationship closer.

>

> Information from: The Capital of polis, Md.,

>

February 1, 2011

" As part of the study, both women are taking drugs that are expected to keep the

cancer in remission. "

While I pray that each of the sisters' cases of CLL stay in remission, I've yet

to learn of an approved cocktail that can be expected to produce such results.

At this point, I don't know of any trial drugs that can, with certainty, be

expected to do so either. But I do believe that very long-term control may be

a possibility down the road for a hefty number of people who have the disease

today.

Jan

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