LLS Statement

[Guest guest]

Hi all -

Some 20,000 women were in the Nike Women's Marathon in San Francisco yesterday,

raising funds for LLS. An article in the San Francico Chronicle said the race is

in its seventh year and has raised more than $100 million dollars for leukemia

and lymphoma research. The article also included the following information:

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Thanks in part to research grants from the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, the

primary recipient of marathon funds, outlooks have improved dramatically for

those with blood cancer, society spokeswoman Liz Olsen said.

Forty years ago, very few children survived leukemia, but now 85 percent live

five years or more after diagnosis. Chronic myelogenous leukemia, which once had

a survival rate of three years, is now essentially cured, she said.

Read more:

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/10/18/BAMF1FU1CR.DTL#ixzz1\

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Some questions for you:

Do you agree that CML is now " essentially cured? "

Do you think an organization that views a disease as " essentially cured " will

contribute funds toward research in that disease?

Other thoughts?

Pat in Phoenix