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» Geraldine Ferraro's cancer is a chronic disease instead of a death sentence
Published 09/12/2007 in Multiple Myeloma , Cancer Survivors | Unrated
Geraldine Ferraro cancer

Many of us have heard of Geraldine Ferraro, who ran with Walter Mondale in a failed U.S. presidential bid in the 1980s.
» Happy or sad World Cancer Day?
Happy or sad World Cancer Day?

I guess the concept is happy -- the public urging for our world's policy makers to make cancer a top priority -- but the fact that becomes all too apparent on this World Cancer Day is quite sobering. More than seven million people die from cancer and close to 11 million new cases are diagnosed worldwide each year. In 2006, cancer killed more people than AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis combined.
» Another victim of cancer - former Cincinnati Reds pitching coach Vern Ruhle
Published 01/24/2007 in Multiple Myeloma , Celebrity in memoriam , Daily news | Unrated
Cincinnati Reds pitching coach Vern Ruhle

Former Cincinnati Reds pitching coach Vern Ruhle died Saturday after a year-long battle with myeloma, a cancer of the bone marrow. He was 55.
» Finding cancer cells with...Viagra?


The drug sildenafil, better known as Viagra has been shown in mice to support the immune system's response to cancer cells. Mice with colon and breast tumors showed that the tumor size decreased two and threefold when treated with sildenafil compared with the mice that did not receive the drug. The researchers also believe that they have evidence that sildenafil is effective on the immune system because in mice engineered to lack an immune system the tumors were unaffected. Tissue samples taken from head and neck cancer and multiple myeloma patients showed similar results.
» Trail against multiple myeloma
Published 10/31/2006 in Multiple Myeloma , Cancer Survivors , Chemotherapy , Clinical Trials , Drug , Research | Unrated


The treatment combination of Revlimid (lenalidomide), Oncovin (vincristine), Doxil (pegylated doxorubicin) and dexamethasone appears to be highly effective in multiple myeloma that has recurred or progressed following prior therapies.


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