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March is National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month
Find out quick facts and related news and links.
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Monthly health quiz
How many people in the U.S. 50 and older are screened for colorectal cancer each year?
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Nutrition tip and recipe of the month
Tomato consumption has been linked to lower rates of colorectal, bladder, breast, and prostate cancer. Try Seafood Stew with Tomatoes and Saffron.
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Get your Scooper Bowl tickets
Widely regarded as the city's official kick-off to summer, this all-you-can-eat ice cream festival takes place on June 6, 7, and 8. Groups of 15 or more receive a 10 percent discount on tickets purchased online prior to the event.
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Gear up for Golf
The Jimmy Fund Golf season kicks off in Florida on Monday, March 13. Participate in an existing tournament or host your own.
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Honor your guests
In lieu of the standard party favor, consider a gift that will endure. Special Occasion Favors are perfect for both social and business occasions. Recipients will be touched that you chose to support the Jimmy Fund and Dana-Farber to help find a cure for cancer.
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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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MARCH 2006
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Lisa Diller, MD, named chief medical officer of Dana-Farber/Children's Hospital Cancer Care, New England's largest pediatric cancer program
Lisa Diller, MD, has been named chief medical officer of Dana-Farber/Children's Hospital Cancer Care (DF/CHCC) and clinical director of Pediatric Oncology at Dana-Farber and Children's Hospital Boston.
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News
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Silent killer
The recent death of Dana Reeve has again put lung cancer in the national spotlight. It is the number one cancer killer in the U.S. and accounts for one in four cancer deaths among women. Bruce Johnson, MD, is featured in this NBC Nightly News piece.
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Lung cancer treatment and research at Dana-Farber
Lung cancer incidence and mortality rates are now
decreasing in men and stabilizing in women. According to
the American Cancer Society, this fact can be attributed
to decreased smoking rates over the past 30 years. Learn
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Dana-Farber's strategic vision
President Edward J. Benz, Jr., MD, discusses Dana-Farber's strategic plan, the war on cancer, and the most promising avenues of research with Maryanne Kane on New England Cable News' CEO Corner.
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Treatment of milk-duct growths requires more than surgery, study finds
Surgery alone does not adequately lower the chances of relapse for women with small, early-stage growths in the milk ducts of the breast, a new study by Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center researchers has found.
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Hall of Fame broadcaster Curt Gowdy was great friend to Jimmy Fund, Dana-Farber
Dana-Farber President Edward J. Benz Jr., MD, and the entire Dana-Farber and Jimmy Fund family mourn the loss of Curt Gowdy, the former Boston Red Sox radio and TV broadcaster who went on to national prominence in a variety of sports.
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Yoga for Kids class helps pediatric patients get through difficult medical procedures, cope with fear
There may not be a Sanskrit term to describe the yoga pose of crawling onto dad's chest and lying there quietly for a few minutes, but for the little boy in the purple jumpsuit it worked fine.
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Survivor Story
When Rick Blanc was diagnosed with a brain tumor, he and his wife prepared for the worst. A Dana-Farber doctor offered them hope, and five years later they've welcomed their second child.
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Marathon Challenge runners meet Patient Partners
Boston Marathon® runners received some inspiration from patients at Dana-Farber. WCVB-TV explains how the runners met their patient partners at the Meet Your Match party.
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For late patient's mother, hospice role is chance to serve, thank
Each time Sandy Aiello looks at the ceramic handprint made by her daughter Kayla in the last weeks of her life, she smiles. In the midst of the worst experience a parent can imagine, Aiello and her husband, Chuck, were comforted by the fact their 5-year-old spent her final days playing with cousins and sleeping in her own bed.
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Save the Date
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Thursday, March 16, 2006
Brain Tumor Support Group
DFCI, Dana 1635 Conference Room
12-1:30 p.m.
For patients and partners or other adult support. Refreshments served. For more information, call (617) 732-6826.
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Wednesday, March 22, 2006
Practical Matters of Going Through Treatment
DFCI, Dana 100 Blum Resource Center
10-11 a.m.
For patients and their families. Topics to be discussed include side effects, fatigue, employment, disability, and more. To register, call (617) 632-2931.
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Tuesday, April 11, 2006
Rally Against Cancer
Celebrate the Red Sox Home Opener by encouraging your company's employees to show their team pride, wear Sox apparel to work, and make a $5 gift to the Jimmy Fund and Dana-Farber. The company that raises the most money will receive a special visit from Red Sox outfielder Trot Nixon.
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Monday, April 17, 2006
Dana-Farber Marathon Challenge
Help reach the ultimate finish line, a world without cancer, by supporting the Dana-Farber Marathon Challenge. The Marathon Challenge directs 100 percent of funds raised to the Claudia Adams Barr Program in Innovative Basic Cancer Research, which enables researchers to achieve better cure rates and enhance patients' quality of life.
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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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