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National Breast Cancer Awareness Month
October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Find out more about the disease and how to prevent and treat it.
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Dana-Farber in the News
Take a look at brief, edited highlights of Dana-Farber and the Jimmy Fund as seen recently on television.
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Monthly health quiz
True or false? While the rate of women being diagnosed with breast cancer has been increasing in the U.S., the rate of women dying from the disease has decreased steadily since the early 1990s.
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Nutrition tip and recipe of the month
Pumpkins aren't just for jack-o-lanterns, they're also a fantastic source of beta-carotene, which our bodies turn into vitamin A. They're also rich in alpha-carotene, a cancer-fighting phytonutrient. Try Pumpkin Buckwheat Pancakes.
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New England Patriots Weekly Online Ticket Auction
Now is your chance to enjoy a one-of-a-kind New England Patriots experience, while supporting the groundbreaking research and exceptional adult and pediatric patient care happening every day at Dana-Farber.
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FFANY Shoes on Sale®
In honor of National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, QVC will offer more than 100,000 pairs of designer and brand-name shoes at half the suggested retail price. The 13th Annual Shoes on Sale® event benefits breast cancer research and education at Dana-Farber and other national cancer centers.
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The cures are in the cards
Show your Red Sox and Patriots spirit by sending holiday cards that root for the home teams. Our 2006 Holiday Card Collection features 15 designs created specially for Dana-Farber Cancer Institute by local artists and patients.
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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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OCTOBER 2006
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New insight into skin-tanning process suggests novel way of preventing skin cancer
Findings from a study led by researchers at Dana-Farber and Children's Hospital Boston have rewritten science's understanding of the process of skin tanning, an insight that has enabled them to develop a promising way of protecting fair-skinned people from skin cancer caused by exposure to sunlight.
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Scientists use "universal language" of gene signatures to match cancer and other diseases with potentially effective drugs
In one of the most ambitious spinoffs of the human genome project, researchers at Dana-Farber, Children's Hospital Boston, the Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT, and other collaborating centers have unveiled a new, systematic approach to drug discovery that matches diseases with potential treatments using a universal language based on cells' distinctive gene activity profiles, or "signatures."
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Online questionnaire helps determine patients' probability of having gene mutations linked to colon cancer
Researchers at Brigham and Women's Hospital and Dana-Faber have developed an online questionnaire to help physicians determine whether patients at risk for colon cancer are likely to carry mutations in two genes linked to the most common hereditary form of the disease.
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New multiple myeloma drug proves more potent than thalidomide and less toxic
A designer drug significantly less toxic than thalidomide has shown impressive activity in prolonging survival of patients with advanced multiple myeloma, report researchers from Dana-Farber.
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Study uncovers mechanism of drug resistance in form of lung cancer
Dana-Farber researchers and their colleagues have demonstrated that a genetic error so scarce it can't be detected with some standard screening equipment is often responsible for the loss of effectiveness of front-line drugs against non-small cell lung cancer.
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Jenny: A young survivor fulfills big dreams
To see 11-year-old Jenny skate it's hard to imagine her parents were once told she might never walk normally again. Jenny, who plays left wing for an all-girls' youth hockey team, has spent most of her young life inside a hockey rink, pursuing a family passion passed down by her two older brothers.
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Save the Date
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October 6 and 7, 2006
An Evening with Champions
Watch world-class figure skaters Oksana Baiul, Emily Hughes, Paul Wylie any many more jump, twirl and spin to help support the fight against cancer at the 37th annual Evening with Champions.
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Sunday, October 8, 2006
B.A.A. Half Marathon
Presented by Dana-Farber and the Jimmy Fund, the B.A.A. Half Marathon showcases Boston and Brookline's Emerald Necklace park system. Join 4,500 other runners in their race to the ultimate finish line: a world without cancer.
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Saturday, October 21, 2006
New England Patriots Blood Drive
Dana-Farber Field House at Gillette Stadium
Appointment required
The New England Patriots continue their efforts to
increase awareness of the importance of blood donation
with a fall kick-off blood drive. Donors will be entered
into a raffle to win Patriots prizes. Appointments are
required and will be scheduled from 1:45 p.m. to 5:30
p.m. To be eligible to donate you must be at least 17
years old and weigh a minimum of 110 pounds. For details
and appointments, call (617) 732-6286. Blood donations
collected will benefit patients treated at Dana-Farber,
Brigham and Women's Hospital and Children's Hospital
Boston.
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October 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: 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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For more information
To view all of our upcoming seminars, workshops, and fundraising events, go to our Event Calendar.
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