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Monthly health quiz
Of all cancer diagnoses in U.S. men this year, how many will be prostate cancer?
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Nutrition tip and recipe of the month
Looking for a healthy potato salad recipe for your next summer cookout? Try Yukon Gold Potato Salad.
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Yankees-Red Sox tickets
Purchase an MVP Package as part of the WEEI/NESN Jimmy Fund Radio-Telethon, and you'll get a ticket to The Ultimate Boston Pre-Game Show on Thursday, August 17, and the Red Sox-Yankees night game on Friday, August 18.
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A Chance for Kids (TM)
Help fight children's cancers through the 6th annual A Chance for Kids (TM) program. Donate $1 to the Jimmy Fund at participating Burger King®, Modell's Sporting Goods and Blockbuster® locations and receive a scratch card guaranteed to win a prize.
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Register for the Walk
Participate in the Boston Marathon® Jimmy Fund Walk and follow the course of the Boston Marathon in honor or memory of friends, family, co-workers, and patients facing all forms of cancer. Walkers choose from one of three route options designed for everyone from the marathon enthusiast to the youngest walker.
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Make a gift
Your gift to Dana-Farber helps us find cures for
cancer and related diseases and makes a difference
in the lives of those living with cancer.
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Featured Story
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AUGUST 2006
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Clinic coordinator pedals for teens
Most people go out to dinner on their birthday or blow out candles and eat cake, but for Lisa Scherber, activities coordinator for the Jimmy Fund Clinic, her special day last December was reason to sign up for the 192-mile ride from Sturbridge to Provincetown as part of the 27th annual Pan-Massachusetts Challenge bike-a-thon held this past weekend.
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News
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Kennedy: Funding vital for cancer research
With praise for Dana-Farber's contributions to the fight against cancer, U.S. Senator Edward M. Kennedy of Massachusetts used the 10th annual Andrew H. Weinberg Memorial Lecture to sound a warning about the impact of proposed reductions in federal funding for cancer research.
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Scientists isolate leukemia stem cells in a model of human leukemia
Researchers at Dana-Farber and Children's Hospital Boston and their colleagues have isolated rare cancer stem cells that cause leukemia in a mouse model of the human disease. The leukemia stem cells isolated proved to be surprisingly different from normal blood stem cells - a finding that may be good news for developing a drug that selectively targets them.
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Moderate exercise improves survival rates for colon cancer survivors
People who have been treated for colon cancer can substantially reduce the risk that the disease will return and improve their overall chance of survival by engaging in regular exercise, according to new research by Dana-Farber scientists.
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Reducing medication errors
A recent National Institute of Medicine report estimates that 1.5 million Americans are harmed every year by medication mistakes. This National Public Radio report highlights Dana-Farber's computerized chemotherapy order entry system as one way that technology is being used to reduce errors.
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Study suggests TV-watching lowers physical activity
A study of low-income housing residents has documented that the more television people say they watched, the less active they were, researchers from Dana-Farber and colleagues report.
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Pan-Massachusetts Challenge completed
Four-thousand cyclists from 35 states and six countries rode across the Commonwealth this past weekend in the 27th annual Pan-Massachusetts Challenge (PMC). Fox25 News spoke with PMC Executive Director Billy Starr about the event.
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Survivor Story
Andrew MacKinlay, a young leukemia survivor, and his mother, Cyndi, have both become passionate advocates at Dana-Farber by sharing their stories of struggle and survival with other kids - and adults - who are battling all types of cancer.
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Save the Date
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Friday, August 18, 2006
WEEI/NESN Jimmy Fund Radio-Telethon
Bid on one-of-a-kind sports experiences, memorabilia, and fantasy packages during the Auction of Champions. Bidding is now open online and will continue live at The Ultimate Boston Pre-Game Show on Thursday, August 17.
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Tuesday, August 15, 2006
DF/BWCC Patient and Family Orientation
DFCI, Dana 100 Blum Resource Center
11-11:30 a.m.
Open to all adult patients and their families, this 30-minute session provides an overview of Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women's Cancer Center (DF/BWCC), including how to find your way around, what supportive resources are available, and more. Pagers are available in the clinic areas so that you may attend an orientation while waiting for or between appointments. To register or for more information, please call (617) 632-2931.
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September through November 2006
Survivorship Education Series
This educational series for adult cancer survivors and their family members is sponsored by the Perini Family Survivors' Center. Workshops include: Nutrition and Survivorship, Health Insurance Issues for Cancer Survivors, Exercise and Survivorship, Cardiac Health for Cancer Survivors, Integrated Therapies and Survivorship, Fertility and Survivorship, and Living Strong: Coping After Cancer. For more information, please call (617) 632-3382.
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Thursday, September 21, 2006
Got Cow? Auction
CowParade Boston features more than 100 unique works of art grazing the streets of Boston through September 5. Following their public display, the cows will be rounded up for the Got Cow? Auction to benefit cancer care and research at Dana-Farber through the Jimmy Fund.
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For more information
To view all of our upcoming seminars, workshops, and fundraising events, go to our Event Calendar.
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