UMHS Press Release: Cancer Center names new research director

[Guest guest]

Bobby Doyle often mentions the name of Moshe Talpaz. I am sure that we have

some newbies who have never heard of him, as Dr. Druker is mentioned more often

because of his involvement and development of Gleevec. Dr. Talpaz has been

around for a while and is a brilliant doctor, known for his expertise in CML.

He developed Inteferon before Gleevec came upon the CML horizon and at that time

it was considered the only drug that might produce a remission. Many people did

and unfortunately, some saw no results. Any chemotherapy drug is harsh, but a

lot of people are still walking around today because they were willing to take a

chance. I was one of his patients in the BMS trial and I can say he was the

sweetest man and always greeted you with a smile and a handshake. I felt like I

was in the presence of Einstein, yet he could talk to you about the simplest of

things as well. I would like to take this opportunity to introduce you to him

through this article. There are more if you just Google his name. By the way,

Dr. Kantajarian at MDACC has published more papers than any other oncologist on

CML. Quite a record by any means.

http://www.med.umich.edu/opm/newspage/2006/talpaz.htm

I am grateful to all of the doctors who chose to do research on CML, however,

there are other blood cancers who are not so lucky to have as many drugs

available. I hope soon that they will go over the top and throw the ball out of

the ball park and be rid of the word cancer, when it will only be a memory.

It's like having a word on the tip of your tongue and it just won't spill out.

They are this ( ) close, so write to your congressmen and tell them you want

them to give more for cancer research. I do and I know there are a few others

who do as well, but evidently we need more people to give them a real push.

Hugs and thanks to all our buddies who worked so hard and tirelessly to raise

money for leukemia/lymphoma. I hope you are the first to be cured.

FYI,

Lottie Duthu

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Hear! Hear!

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On Oct 2, 2009, at 12:59 PM, " Lottie Duthu " <lotajam@...> wrote:

Bobby Doyle often mentions the name of Moshe Talpaz. I am sure that we have some

newbies who have never heard of him, as Dr. Druker is mentioned more often

because of his involvement and development of Gleevec. Dr. Talpaz has been

around for a while and is a brilliant doctor, known for his expertise in CML. He

developed Inteferon before Gleevec came upon the CML horizon and at that time it

was considered the only drug that might produce a remission. Many people did

and unfortunately, some saw no results. Any chemotherapy drug is harsh, but a

lot of people are still walking around today because they were willing to take a

chance. I was one of his patients in the BMS trial and I can say he was the

sweetest man and always greeted you with a smile and a handshake. I felt like I

was in the presence of Einstein, yet he could talk to you about the simplest of

things as well. I would like to take this opportunity to introduce you to him

through this article.

There are more if you just Google his name. By the way, Dr. Kantajarian at

MDACC has published more papers than any other oncologist on CML. Quite a record

by any means.

http://www.med.umich.edu/opm/newspage/2006/talpaz.htm

I am grateful to all of the doctors who chose to do research on CML, however,

there are other blood cancers who are not so lucky to have as many drugs

available. I hope soon that they will go over the top and throw the ball out of

the ball park and be rid of the word cancer, when it will only be a memory. It's

like having a word on the tip of your tongue and it just won't spill out. They

are this ( ) close, so write to your congressmen and tell them you want them to

give more for cancer research. I do and I know there are a few others who do as

well, but evidently we need more people to give them a real push. Hugs and

thanks to all our buddies who worked so hard and tirelessly to raise money for

leukemia/lymphoma. I hope you are the first to be cured.

FYI,

Lottie Duthu