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Out for a Few Days

I'll be on a business trip for a few days so no blog updates or e-mails (alas, I have no laptop to travel with). See you on the other side.

Study Shows Carrots Help Prevent Cancer

A compound in carrots may be a potent cancer fighter, reducing malignancies in rats by a third, a European study claims. "One of the natural pesticides in carrots is responsible for the cancer-preventing effect of carrots," said researcher Kirsten Brandt, a senior lecturer at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne, in England. "We now have identified a compound which seems to have an effect that can explain this benefit." Falcarinol, a compound that protects the vegetable from fungal diseases, may be the prime reason carrots are so unfriendly to cancers.

Baseball Player Scott Hodges Battling Lymphoma

The other day, MLB.com announced that former Expos third baseman Scott Hodges has been diagnosed with lymphoma. He is still in staging where they will figure out if it's Hodgkin's or Non-Hodgkin's.

This isn't the first time illness has hit Scott - he was diagnosed with Crohn's Disease in 2001.

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Some Interesting Articles

The January 25th edition of the NCI Cancer Bulletin has several interesting articles. They have identified a new cancer protein they whimsically call the Pokemon protein. There is a good article on vaccines. They also announce they have made their famous PDQ data sheets more web friendly. Check out the issue.

Blood Test Might Replace Bone Marrow Biopsy

Quest Diagnostics has been granted an exclusive license from The M. D. Anderson Cancer Center to use five proprietary blood testing methods, which, once available in the form of laboratory diagnostic tests, may eliminate the need for painful and expensive bone marrow and other tissue extractions. The tests are intended to provide a safer, less painful tool for the diagnosis, treatment and monitoring of leukemia and lymphoma in cancer patients. The initial tests are expected as early as the end of this year.

Update on the Alison Yowell Story

The Washington Post and WRC-TV 4 in Washington report this morning that Loudoun County Superintendant Hatrick has offered to rehire Alison Yowell after her treatment for Hodgkin's Lymphoma.

I had written Mr. Hatrick and others stating that the treatment sounded harsh given Ms. Yowell was undergoing cancer treatment. He wrote back stating the media had not portrayed all of the story - the school district could not go into detail since Ms. Yowell had not given them permission to do so.

Two More For Today

Two news items popped up last minute:

Doctors have been looking for a drug that works as well as adriamycin without the problems it can cause to the heart. At the ASH 2004 meeting, information was presented on a phase 2 trial of Pixantrone which they hope works just as well without heart problems. Article

Site Reader Level

In providing information of a medical nature, it is very difficult to target a large audience. You might have people looking for very technical information or someone that doesn't know a lymph node from a big toe.

As this site has developed over the years, you can see where I settled. Mostly geared to patients, loved ones, and friends with links to other more technical information.

Teacher forced out because she has Hodgkins Lymphoma

A horrible story out of Loudoun, Virginia not far from Washington, DC. Seventh-grade English teacher Alison Yowell has been forced from her job because she ran out of sick days while being treated for relapsed Hodgkin's Lymphoma.

She said the school system forced her to resign when her request for 4 months of unpaid leave for Hodgkin's medical treatment was denied.