What is this Harvard-educated great-grandfather Ingersoll "Sandy" Cunningham doing pushing food carts through the hallways of Dana-Farber, handing out sandwiches to patients? "You’ve got to have some objective when you get up in the morning, a purpose and a place to be."
Harnessing a probe used to image the brain in diagnosing Alzheimer's disease and related forms of dementia, scientists have successfully cleared patient-derived brain cells of an abnormal protein associated with dementia and other neurogenerative disorders.
We hear it all the time: Cancer is a battle, and patients have to fight in order to increase their chances of a good outcome. But does this put the burden of healing on patients by turning them into winners and losers?
Jen Mancuso’s analytical mind has served her well during her career as a biochemist and information technology expert. Thinking like a diagnostician has also allowed her to remain upbeat while facing the greatest challenge of her life: stage IV melanoma.
Results of a small clinical trial suggest that supplementing chemotherapy with high doses of vitamin D may benefit patients with metastatic colorectal cancer by delaying progression of the disease. Prompted by the "very encouraging" results of the SUNSHINE clinical trial, the potential benefits of vitamin D supplementation in metastatic colorectal cancer will be evaluated in a larger clinical trial.
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Men Over Fifty Cancer Support Group
Tuesday, April 23, 2019 5:30 – 7:00 p.m. 450 Brookline Ave., Boston, MA This is a patients-only monthly support group focusing on issues specific to men in treatment for cancer. Events calendar
John Hancock Fenway Fantasy Day
Saturday, June 1, 2019 Fenway Park, Boston, MA Experience Fenway Park like never before at John Hancock Fenway Fantasy Day. Bat, field, or volunteer to raise funds for lifesaving research and care at Dana-Farber. Register today
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