Also: What's the latest on e‑cigarettes and cancer?
Also: What's the latest on e‑cigarettes and cancer?
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JANUARY 24, 2019
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A new study highlights how circadian rhythms and cancer biology intersect, how important these two fields are to each other, and how we might begin to explore that relationship to target cancers.   
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Claiming that use of electronic cigarettes among young people is reaching "epidemic proportions," the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has undertaken a range of measures to ensure compliance with laws banning sales to minors.
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After undergoing a promising new treatment for acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), Cole Malone is back to doing what he loves: playing on a flag football team with his twin brother, Michael.
 
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David Reardon, MD
In 2016, Frances Zichichi went on a new clinical trial for brain cancer. She received the checkpoint blocker drug nivolumab, an immunotherapy drug which releases the immune system from molecular "brakes" that keep it from attacking cancer cells. She is now tumor-free.
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Boston magazine has named more than 115 physicians and surgeons affiliated with Dana-Farber Cancer Institute to its annual "Top Doctors" guide.
Ronald Bleday, MD (left) and Jeffrey A. Meyerhardt, MD, MPH, FASCO
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Caregivers Coffee Hour
Thursday, January 31, 2019
10:30 a.m. – Noon
Blum Center

Come together with other caregivers to discuss shared experiences, while enjoying coffee with people who have been there. Events calendar
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Chefs for Jimmy
Friday, January 25, 2019
6:30 – 9:30 p.m.
Chez Josef, Agawam, MA

Join us for a premier food tasting event in the region where you can indulge in culinary delights from the area's best restaurants and caterers – while raising money for cancer research and patient care at Dana-Farber. Buy tickets
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