National Researchers Optimistic About Cures for all Blood Cancers

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National Researchers Optimistic About Cures for all Blood Cancers

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By Meehan

A goal of curing most types of blood cancer by 2015 is realistic and

attainable, the national research director of the Leukemia & Lymphoma

Society told an audience in Kalamazoo this morning. Treatments that

specifically target cancer cells already are saving the lives of

thousands of people every year, said Louis DeGennaro, senior vice

president of research for the New York-based society. But improving

and developing drugs that target cancer cells are only part of the

good news for the nearly 119,000 people who will be diagnosed with a

blood cancer this year, DeGennaro said. On the horizon, he said, are

vaccines that treat early-stage blood cancer, genetic treatments that

block cancer growth and better drugs that use antibodies to kill

cancer cells. ``We are seeing a shift in the way people think about

treating cancer,'' he said. DeGennaro spoke this morning at a

breakfast meeting sponsored by the West Michigan Branch Office of the

society. In an interview before his presentation at the Kalamazoo

Country Club, the research director said the most recent success

story is a drug called Gleevec. The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society

awarded about $60 million in grants to scientists in 2006. This year,

that amount will be about $64 million, he said. DeGennaro said most

people don't realize that most cancer researchers must raise their

own money for research, which means they rely heavily on

organizations such as his for help. As the society works toward a

cure for blood cancers by 2015, it will be awarding grants to teams

of researchers who can work together on projects, DeGennaro said. He

said the society is also seeking to streamline the process that takes

new drugs from the laboratory to the U.S. Food and Drug

Administration for approval. The society is also working to enroll

more adult patients in clinical trials of new therapies. ``If we can

keep the focus and the momentum going ... by 2015, the vast majority

of newly diagnosed blood-cancer patients will receive a treatment

that brings a cure,'' DeGennaro said.

The reason i sent this out is to ask for support from everyone on the list

server...

I am training to ride in the ShinerBASH(a 100 mile bike ride) as part of The

Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's Team In Training,

Please follow the link below and help find a cure to all Blood Cancers.

Helping to Find a Cure Starts Here

Tabor

Please help support me in my efforts to find a cure!

http://www.active.com/donate/tntctx/tntctxRTabor

Though one may be overpowered,

two can defend themselves.

A cord of three strands is not quickly broken

....Ecclesiastes 4:12, NIV

[Guest guest]

Hello Everyone...

Below is an article that i think everyone has an interest in. The research is

being made possible thru donations and support from everyone...

Kalamazoo Gazette

www.mlive.com

Circulation & #65533; 52,372

Visitors Per Month & #65533; 758,019

National Researchers Optimistic About Cures for all Blood Cancers

http://www.mlive.com/news/kzgazette/index.ssf?/base/news-

22/117198873056740.xml & coll=7

By Meehan

A goal of curing most types of blood cancer by 2015 is realistic and

attainable, the national research director of the Leukemia & Lymphoma

Society told an audience in Kalamazoo this morning. Treatments that

specifically target cancer cells already are saving the lives of

thousands of people every year, said Louis DeGennaro, senior vice

president of research for the New York-based society. But improving

and developing drugs that target cancer cells are only part of the

good news for the nearly 119,000 people who will be diagnosed with a

blood cancer this year, DeGennaro said. On the horizon, he said, are

vaccines that treat early-stage blood cancer, genetic treatments that

block cancer growth and better drugs that use antibodies to kill

cancer cells. ``We are seeing a shift in the way people think about

treating cancer,'' he said. DeGennaro spoke this morning at a

breakfast meeting sponsored by the West Michigan Branch Office of the

society. In an interview before his presentation at the Kalamazoo

Country Club, the research director said the most recent success

story is a drug called Gleevec. The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society

awarded about $60 million in grants to scientists in 2006. This year,

that amount will be about $64 million, he said. DeGennaro said most

people don't realize that most cancer researchers must raise their

own money for research, which means they rely heavily on

organizations such as his for help. As the society works toward a

cure for blood cancers by 2015, it will be awarding grants to teams

of researchers who can work together on projects, DeGennaro said. He

said the society is also seeking to streamline the process that takes

new drugs from the laboratory to the U.S. Food and Drug

Administration for approval. The society is also working to enroll

more adult patients in clinical trials of new therapies. ``If we can

keep the focus and the momentum going ... by 2015, the vast majority

of newly diagnosed blood-cancer patients will receive a treatment

that brings a cure,'' DeGennaro said.

The reason i sent this out is to ask for support from everyone on the list

server...

I am training to ride in the ShinerBASH(a 100 mile bike ride) as part of The

Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's Team In Training,

Please follow the link below and help find a cure to all Blood Cancers.

Helping to Find a Cure Starts Here

Tabor

Please help support me in my efforts to find a cure!

http://www.active.com/donate/tntctx/tntctxRTabor

Though one may be overpowered,

two can defend themselves.

A cord of three strands is not quickly broken

....Ecclesiastes 4:12, NIV

Tabor

Please help support me in my efforts to find a cure!

http://www.active.com/donate/tntctx/tntctxRTabor

Though one may be overpowered,

two can defend themselves.

A cord of three strands is not quickly broken

....Ecclesiastes 4:12, NIV

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As a person recently diagnosed and undergoing treatment for Leukemia, I want to

personally thank you as well as everyone else for your support in finding a

cure. Every little bit counts and is greatly appreciated by anyone touched by

this disease. I commend you for your efforts!

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Hello Everyone...

Below is an article that i think everyone has an interest in. The research is

being made possible thru donations and support from everyone...

Kalamazoo Gazette

www.mlive.com

Circulation & #65533; 52,372

Visitors Per Month & #65533; 758,019

National Researchers Optimistic About Cures for all Blood Cancers

http://www.mlive.com/news/kzgazette/index.ssf?/base/news-

22/117198873056740.xml & coll=7

By Meehan

A goal of curing most types of blood cancer by 2015 is realistic and

attainable, the national research director of the Leukemia & Lymphoma

Society told an audience in Kalamazoo this morning. Treatments that

specifically target cancer cells already are saving the lives of

thousands of people every year, said Louis DeGennaro, senior vice

president of research for the New York-based society. But improving

and developing drugs that target cancer cells are only part of the

good news for the nearly 119,000 people who will be diagnosed with a

blood cancer this year, DeGennaro said. On the horizon, he said, are

vaccines that treat early-stage blood cancer, genetic treatments that

block cancer growth and better drugs that use antibodies to kill

cancer cells. ``We are seeing a shift in the way people think about

treating cancer,'' he said. DeGennaro spoke this morning at a

breakfast meeting sponsored by the West Michigan Branch Office of the

society. In an interview before his presentation at the Kalamazoo

Country Club, the research director said the most recent success

story is a drug called Gleevec. The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society

awarded about $60 million in grants to scientists in 2006. This year,

that amount will be about $64 million, he said. DeGennaro said most

people don't realize that most cancer researchers must raise their

own money for research, which means they rely heavily on

organizations such as his for help. As the society works toward a

cure for blood cancers by 2015, it will be awarding grants to teams

of researchers who can work together on projects, DeGennaro said. He

said the society is also seeking to streamline the process that takes

new drugs from the laboratory to the U.S. Food and Drug

Administration for approval. The society is also working to enroll

more adult patients in clinical trials of new therapies. ``If we can

keep the focus and the momentum going ... by 2015, the vast majority

of newly diagnosed blood-cancer patients will receive a treatment

that brings a cure,'' DeGennaro said.

The reason i sent this out is to ask for support from everyone on the list

server...

I am training to ride in the ShinerBASH(a 100 mile bike ride) as part of The

Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's Team In Training,

Please follow the link below and help find a cure to all Blood Cancers.

Helping to Find a Cure Starts Here

Tabor

Please help support me in my efforts to find a cure!

http://www.active.com/donate/tntctx/tntctxRTabor

Though one may be overpowered,

two can defend themselves.

A cord of three strands is not quickly broken ...Ecclesiastes 4:12, NIV

Tabor

Please help support me in my efforts to find a cure!

http://www.active.com/donate/tntctx/tntctxRTabor

Though one may be overpowered,

two can defend themselves.

A cord of three strands is not quickly broken ...Ecclesiastes 4:12, NIV