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Maple Snickerdoodles
Out of the sample Brien maple products the one that I was looking forward to the most was the maple sugar. I had never used maple sugar but I had been wanting to for a while. I had also found the the perfect recipe to try the maple sugar out with on all recipes; maple snickerdoodles. These maple snickerdoodles are pretty much just snickerdoodles that use maple syrup in the cookie dough for flavour and they are rolled in a maple sugar coating. Like most cookies the maple snickerdoodles were really easy to make, taking almost no time at all and they turned out great! They were nice and crispy on the edges and soft on the inside but they were full of amazing maple flavour all the way through. What a great way to satisfy a maple craving! Luckily I still have some more maple sugar to enjoy and experiment with.
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2 cups all-purpose flour
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon
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1 egg
1/4 cup maple syrup
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1/4 cup maple sugar
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by DonnaPellegrin » 30 Mar 2005, 05:34
by suanj » 30 Mar 2005, 07:27
DonnaPellegrin wrote:I am writing a letter to a parish priest in the town of my ancestors to ask for a marriage record from his church. I have created my letter using parts of several sample letters because none of the sample letters that I have found was exactly like my request. I am having some difficulty and I would like to ask for help from anyone who knows Italian. It is important that this letter is worded correctly. The priest that I am writing to is known to be difficult and I am attempting to gain his sympathy.
My first question is simple. I am starting the letter by stating my name. What is the proper Italian?
Mi chiamo Donna Pellegrin ed abito negli Stati Uniti
Mi chiama Donna Pellegrin ed abito negli Stati Uniti
My second problem is more difficult. I have pieced together my last paragraph using parts of sample letters. I am worried that my translation is not correct. Can anyone please correct it for me?
In English:
I would like to ask if you could be so kind as to search for the marriage act of my great-grandparents in your marriage registers from 1866 to 1871. I would be very grateful if you could transcribe in full the marriage act onto a parish certificate. Or, if possible and more convenient, if you could photocopy the act. This information is very important to my family.
My translation:
Vorrei chiederLe se, per favore, puo' essere cosi' gentile da ricercare l'atto di matrimonio di miei bisnonni nei vostri registri dal 1866 fino al 1871. La sarei molta grata se poteste trascriverlo per esteso sui certificato parrocchiale di matrimonio che cortesemente Le chiedo di invaiarmi. Oppure, se avesse la possibilitàe fosse più conveniente per Lei, vorrei una fotocopia di l'atto. Queste informazioni sono molto importanti alla mia famiglia.
by DonnaPellegrin » 31 Mar 2005, 04:29
by suanj » 31 Mar 2005, 06:57
DonnaPellegrin wrote:Thank you, suanj, for your kind reply. I am having some difficulty learning the Italian language. I suppose it will become easier in time. I do appreciate your help.
I realize that this preist will probably not reply to my request. Unfortunately, this particular record is very important and I need to try. If the good padre does not reply, I hope my ancestors haunt him!
Thanks, again!
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God help the Linux movement!
It's kinda the same on Windows also. There are 400 million different applications that all do the same thing.
Granted there is usually one that is a cut above the rest... but a lot of times those are coming from a corporation.
the problem is that windows is like a petri dish for developers, while Linux distros are on of the worse platforms to develop for. there are no IDEs on par with Visual Studio or XCode and the base OS is fragmented between different glibc, gcc, kernel and x.org versions. the result is that it is more work to publish an app for Linux, than for Windows or OS X.
True, but the best solution there is to target a specific distro (and version). There really is nothing wrong with doing that, although many people will squeal.
keep thinking that.I find that publishing for linux is dead simple.
I do have to wonder how many people who are complaining about the "Fragmentation" for development are actually developers... as I'm hearing a lot of lack of clue from that side here...
And Linux as a platform is much nicer to develop for too because you can get almost all the info you need in the filesystem. In Windows you are stuck using WIN32_FUCKYOU_CAPSLOCKFUNC55(STUFF, STUFF, WHAT, MORE USELESS STUFF, WELCOME TO 1985), or WinRT if you really are masochistic.


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I have said it before and I'll say it again, I both love and hate the "loved ones visit" episode of Survivor. I love it because it's one of the most truly emotional events of any given season and it makes you like even the most awful and annoying players when you see them melt in gratitude that their parent/spouse/sibling is there to give them a hug and engage in a challenge. I hate it because, well, it makes me cry. Almost every damn year, I get all welled up at these reunions and then I think about what would happen if my mom showed up and then I miss my mom and then I cry and then I finish watching Survivor and call my mom and when she asks what's wrong I say, "Nothing, Mom. I love you. But if you ever come to visit me on the set of Survivor hide a box of Junior Mints somewhere on your body. Thanks"
Yes, thanks to CELL PHONE PRODUCT PLACEMENT, last night was the "loved ones" visit. Cochran's mom, Dawn's husband, Sherri's husband, Eric's brother, Eddie's dad, and Brenda's dad all came and, for some reason, this year made me more emotional than ever. Maybe it was Brenda who started off by telling her father that she was being humble this time around and she was doing really well because of it and how she thinks about him every day. Even Jeff Probst, a man with a demeanor as stony as a hidden immunity idol, got a little teared up. Dawn absolutely bawled when she saw her husband. Cochran and his mom had a cute bonding moment and then faced the challenge – where everyone had to get rungs off a pole and then throw balls with strings attached at them – as if they knew they were going to lose. Yup, Cochran and his mom just had themselves a nice cute visit. "So, how's the food out here?" "Pretty non-existant. How was your flight?"
Brenda wins the challenge and gets to pick someone to go with her to spend the rest of the afternoon with their loved ones. She chooses her retainer buddy Dawn. Oh, but no. No, indeed. Cruel, cruel Jeff Probst had other ideas in mind. Everything this season has been amped up for, what seems like, the viewers' benefit. It worked very well for the Survivor Auction, when each item was really some cruel Sophie's Choice, but last night, well, it was just mean. Probst tells Brenda that not only was there one loved one visiting, but two, including Sheri's oldest son, a revelation which brings on even more bawling. Probst then tells Brenda that either she and Dawn can go see their two loved ones and everyone else goes back to camp or everyone else gets their loved ones and she and Dawn are back at camp lonelier than the guy running the carving station at a vegetarian convention.
Of course Brenda chose to let everyone else have their fun, which screws both her and Dawn which brings about even more bawling from Dawn. And then, to make it even worse, the family BBQ was being held on a raft within sight of camp, so these two had to watch what they gave up. But Dawn didn't give it up, she just got screwed by Brenda. She cried and raged and banged things and almost lost her mind and, man, that was mean. It was so mean, in fact, I thought that at any minute Dawn and Brenda's family would come out of the trees and surprise them and give them hugs and thank them for their sacrifice. That would have been the right thing to do, but no, that did not happen. They were made to suffer.
This seems to be a new, cruel brand of Survivor that I don't know that I'm really down with. It seems to be one that prizes Dawn, Shamar, Brandon, Phillip, and, this episode, Eric freaking the hell out on everyone and making camp awful. The producers (let's call them "Probst" shall we?) think that we want the histrionics that accompanies so much of every other reality show. But this isn't any other reality TV show. This is Survivor. We don't watch it for the same reason we watch Honey Boo Boo or any of the Kardashians' dog and pony shows. We don't watch for drama. We watch for amazing game play, insight into group dynamics, big personalities making big moves, and surprises. The show already puts people on an island with little food, no change of clothes, and nothing but a non-lethal Hunger Games to keep them amused. You have to make things worse for them, especially psychologically? That's just messed up.
Speaking of great game play, I would have rather watched more of the coup against Brenda unfold rather than spend all that time watching Dawn cry and feeling so bad for her that I just want to give her a peanut butter cookie and a hug that lasts three weeks. Anyway, Brenda's big mistake was at the immunity challenge, where everyone had to hold onto handles and dangle over the water until their arms gave out. Just like when she and Andrea faced off, not giving in when it's a member of her own alliance and trying to show how strong she is made everyone see her as a big threat. When Brenda made a production out of staying up there and then lost she only reinforced in everyone's minds how hard it is going to be to get her out of the game in the future, so they took the chance and voted her off.
Then, as if there wasn't enough crying, Brenda left in a heap of sobs. "I was honest with you guys. I was genuine with you guys," she said as she stood before them and then had her torch extinguished. That even made me cry too. Usually when someone is blindsided they leave in anger, but Brenda left in sadness. Man, it was a very hard thing to watch her cry as she walked away.
Other than all the sobbing what was really interesting is how the voting went down. Cochran, Dawn, and Sheri voted for Brenda. They went off on their own and this triumvirate is now the majority. They didn't even bother to tell Eddie, who obviously wouldn't have voted with them to save himself. That was the fourth vote the needed to make sure that they got their way, and they could have used it to bargain with Eddie. Also, Eric is probably going to be burned that he wasn't in on the decision and won't trust any of them. If he wins the next couple of challenges, that exclusion could bite them in the end.
I would pick Cochran, Dawn, and Eric as the final three after this week, but based on the preview for Sunday's finale, it looks like someone might get hurt and have to leave, so I'm leaving it all up in the air. See, that's the kind of surprise we want, not one of Probst's cruel twists.
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Brought 8 of my yoga students to this cabin for a "Refresh, Rejuvenate, and Restore" Retreat where I had them in yoga bliss, relaxation, and hiking through God's creation all weekend. It was one of the most memorable trips for me as the instructor and all of my girls said it was the most relaxed they've been in a long time. But the cabin is what really made it all so. The decor, the attention to detail like seasonal soaps and toiletries, and plush towels, and beautiful fall flowers awaiting our arrival made it a true place to retreat from the hustle and bustle of life. The big fireplace was easy to light a roaring fire, and we enjoyed yoga by the fireside on our first night their. The kitchen was well equipped with plenty of space to cook as my friend and i prepared all the healthy fare for the weekend. There was plenty of cookware and dishes to make a beautiful spread. The decks were massive and so beautiful to watch deer prance through the backyard. We did not get the oppurtunity to utilize the outdoor kitchen, but it was gorgeous and hopefully we will get to use it next - AS THERE DEFINATELY WILL FOR SURE BE A NEXT TIME! This cabin is close to everything, yet it feels like you are miles away from anything and you truly can relax and breathe. You don't need the tv while you are there. You don't need the wi-fi, although it works well, and you can leave your cell phones behind. You only need to walk it, set your things down, and sit on the comfy couches and breathe and enjoy peace, and quiet and enjoy slowing down. That's what I had my girls do, and they are still reeling from the successful relaxation. My only complaint is that we couldn't stay longer. The owner is so kind, very easy to contact, and she thinks of everything. I truly feel like she prepped the house with the "golden rule" in mind. She thinks of everything! Thank you Wendy for everything. The home was everything I wanted for this retreat and more! We will be back!


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Notice: the November 9th Magic Lantern Show with Atlas Obscura is cancelled for now. We hope to reschedule for sometime during the winter. Observatory, where the event is scheduled to take place, has been damaged by Hurricane Sandy and flooding.
Alternatively, it has been decided to move forward with this Sunday's Newtown Creek "SideTour" Poison Cauldron walking tour in Greenpoint, details are found at the bottom of this posting.
- photo by Mitch Waxman
Completing the survey of the distaff tributaries of the fabled Newtown Creek in the aftermath of the so called Frankenstorm, Hurricane Sandy, my stalwart companion Hank The Elevator Guy and your humble narrator proceeded to the heart of darkness itself, the malign English Kills which runs along the borderland of Bushwick, Williamsburg, Greenpoint, and Ridgewood.
There are few casual visitors to this spot, and those of us who are familiar with this section of the Creek make attempts to limit our exposure to it.
- photo by Mitch Waxman
Reports from those who live nearby, and don't enjoy the measured luxury of choosing how often to breathe the unique perfumes of English Kills, indicated that significant flooding occurred here. The water was meant to have infiltrated out from the bulkheads, overflowing the tracks of the LIRR's Bushwick Branch, and onto both Morgan and Johnson Avenue.
- photo by Mitch Waxman
The shells of bivalves were extant upon the moist ground. Can it be possible that they were deposited by the tidal surge? One thing which should be noted is that the smell one normally associates with this area, something not dissimilar to a turtle's aquarium tank, was absent. Everything smelled… well, wet.
Only way to describe it.
- photo by Mitch Waxman
Everywhere that I've seen exposed rail tracks around the Creek, they all exhibit this fresh patina of orange corrosion. Causation does not equal correlation, however, if you were to compare them to the shots in the Newtown Pentacle posting from March of this year "approaching locomotive" you will notice a distinct change in color which your humble narrator would ascribe to immersion in brackish water.
- photo by Mitch Waxman
The water in English Kills, as always, was horrible to behold. It was a bit murkier than usual, as would be suspected, and a large amount of floatable trash was observed. Again, not unsurprising. There is a reason that my old pal Bernie Ente called this spot "the heart of darkness" and why I use "gods gift to pain".
- photo by Mitch Waxman
This is a pretty well established spot for homeless shanties and sometimes full blown camps to be established. It's hidden and far enough away from "civilization" for no one to complain about a camp fire, after all.
This shanty was smashed, no doubt by heavy winds.
- photo by Mitch Waxman
The CSO at the end of the Newtown Creek's furthest extant. One can only imagine what was erupting from it during the storm surge.
- photo by Mitch Waxman
The larger Homeless shanty dwelling atop the CSO seems to have survived the storm, and they are flying the flag.
Notice the storm debris hanging from the plants along the banks, no doubt left behind as the waters receded, sucking along anything that was submerged or floating in it on the way back into the waterway.
- photo by Mitch Waxman
Your humble narrator has been in contact with certain members of the government about oil sheens and petroleum residues observed around the Newtown Creek on this survey. They assured me, and asked that I pass along that they will be back on the beat with us as soon as they clear up the disastrous situation in the Rockaways, Staten Island, and especially the Arthur Kill. They have asked that if anybody in the area spots oil, especially after the coming storm on Wednesday, that you call the NYS DEC Spills Hotline, open 24 hours a day at 1-800-457-7362.
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Tennessee Frat Holds Press Conference To Deny Butt Chugging Allegations
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OTC - Last week news broke that a University of Tennessee fraternity member had been hospitalized after he buttchugged wine. Today the entire fraternity stood behind their attorney to deny the buttchugging allegation. I'd like to pick my favorite part of this video, but the entire video is a complete comedy pyramid. The attorney really does deny that the alleged buttchugger is gay and they really did have the press conference in the center of campus. The lecture to the media is priceless. Actually, the entire press conference is outstanding.
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Also what's this dude's obsession with being gay? Umm bro nobody thought you were gay. They thought you were getting hazed with liquor up your asshole. Not like it was a dick up your ass. It was an alcohol enema. But now that you're so hung up on it and denying it so adamantly I'm kind of starting to think that you actually may be gay? See what you did there gayball? Backfire city.
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okay, I already tried this once, but this is way off into the weeds, and I'm not interested in a bash fest. either we get back on the topic of udev or I'm out.
With that said, I do not think RedHat gives Oracle much opportunity to contribute to RHEL development. That could change if RedHat were to adopt Canonical's practices of giving commit privileges to people outside their organization and having an open bug tracker.
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okay, I already tried this once, but this is way off into the weeds, and I'm not interested in a bash fest. either we get back on the topic of udev or I'm out.
As an additional note, I am putting the finishes touches on the kmod work. There are a few additional things that I want to address, but it will be back in HEAD soon.
Yes, I know it "would make GNOME Linux only", but there are some points to consider:
1) Isn't that the de facto case already?
2) The dependency is IIRC on the systemd interface, meaning that you can replace it with other software that provides the same functionality.
And while I'm grateful for the work Canonical has put into making Linux a 'mainstream' desktop possibility, there's no comparing Red Hat's and Canonical's contributions to the Linux ecosystem, Oracle doesn't even register.
2. That gives distribution developers more work.
As for RedHat's contributions, they tend to focus on quantity over quality. With the exception of Linus' tree, patches that they provide to upstream projects often lack the scrutiny given to patches that they write against the Linux kernel. This seems to be in part because they only seem to care about their narrow set of target cases and in part because they do not seem to enforce QA standards on what they submit. It is nice of them to try to contribute, but there are plenty of people who would prefer RedHat employees to enforce better QA standards on their contributions and to handle cases that they do not necessarily need themselves. It would prevent regressions that such patches often cause for others.
By the way, I finished reworking the kmod builtin in eudev. It has been committed to HEAD.
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Also, the WP article on JDS/OpenSolaris says that "OpenSolaris Desktop is now tied to the OpenSolaris operating system", which makes your point kind of moot
That's what usually happens when you decide to go against the stream. But I guess you know that already, with the fork and all2. That gives distribution developers more work.


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Sheriff's deputy injured in crash
Mac man faces DUII, other charges
Nov 22, 2013
News-Register Staff
DAYTON — A Yamhill County Sheriff's Office deputy was injured Friday afternoon in a two-vehicle crash west of Dayton at the intersection of Fletcher Road and Lafayette Highway.
A McMinnville man faces numerous charges, including driving under the influence of intoxicants, as a result of the crash.
At the request of the sheriff's office, the Oregon State Police is investigating the incident. It gave this account of the 1:42 p.m. crash:
A marked 2008 Ford Crown Victoria, driven by Deputy Josh Eckroth, 29, was northbound on Lafayette Highway traveling 55 mph and approaching the Fletcher Road intersection.
A southbound 1997 Ford van driven by Steven Jay Mares, 40, of McMinnville, abruptly turned left from Lafayette Highway toward Fletcher Road and into the path of Eckroth's patrol vehicle. The deputy attempted to avoid the crash but the two vehicles collided almost head-on.
Both drivers were transported by McMinnville Fire Department ambulance to the Willamette Valley Medical Center. Eckroth sustained minor injuries and Mares serious injuries. They were both wearing seat belts and the air bags in their vehicles deployed.
Mares was charged with one count each of third-degree assault, DUII, reckless driving and recklessly endangering another person. He was cited to appear in circuit court.
OSP was assisted at the scene by the sheriff's office. Dayton fire medical personnel also responded. An Oregon Department of Transportation crew rerouted traffic while the investigation took place and the scene was cleared.
Lafayette Highway was closed for about 1 1/2 hours.
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Ryan P. Smith, MD and Eric Shinohara, MD, MSCI
Updated by: Lara Bonner Millar, MD
The Abramson Cancer Center of the University of Pennsylvania
Last Modified: January 27, 2011
Gastric cancer is cancer of the stomach. The stomach is the organ that holds and stores food. It is located just underneath (deep to) the lower portion of the rib cage on the left side. It is connected to the mouth and throat by the esophagus. The stomach contains acid and is quite muscular. Due to the motion of the stomach and the acid, quite a bit of digestion takes place in the stomach. The partially digested food is then emptied into the small intestine so that absorption of the nutrients from food can take place. Although the stomach obviously cannot be directly visualized, it can be seen via an endoscopy procedure using a fiber-optic camera (see below).
The definition of a tumor is a mass of quickly and abnormally growing cells. Tumors can be either benign or malignant. Benign tumors have uncontrolled cell growth, but without any invasion into normal tissues and without any spread. A malignant tumor is called cancer when these tumor cells gain the propensity to invade tissues and spread locally as well as to distant parts of the body. In this sense, gastric cancer occurs when cells in the lining of the stomach grow uncontrollably and form tumors that can invade normal tissues and spread to other parts of the body.
Cancers are described by the types of cells from which they arise. Over 90% of gastric cancers arise from the lining of the stomach. Since this lining has glands, the cancer that comes from it is called adenocarcinoma. Although there are other cancers that can arise in the stomach (lymphomas-from lymph tissue, leiomyosarcoma-from muscle tissue, squamous cell carcinoma-from lining without glands), the vast majority are adenocarcinomas. Hence, these are the most commonly studied.
In the United States, there are about 22,000 gastric cancers annually; with about 11,00 deaths attributed to this disease each year Interestingly, its incidence has drastically decreased since 1930. Although it is presumed that this is due to some sort of dietary or environmental factor(s), the exact reason behind this decrease is not known. One theory is that the advent of refrigeration led to decreased use of nitrites, "smoking" of foods, and other such forms of food preservation. It also decreased food contamination. Gastric cancer is approximately twice as common in men and more common in Blacks than Caucasians. It is rare to see gastric cancer before the age of 40, and its incidence increases with age thereafter. There are two types of gastric cancer, the intestinal type and the diffuse type; the latter carries a worse prognosis.
Although gastric cancer has greatly decreased in the United States, on a worldwide scale its incidence is still high, and it is the second leading cause of cancer death worldwide, behind lung cancer. Its highest incidence is in East Asia (e.g.-Japan, China), presumably because of a diet consisting of heavily smoked, salted, and pickled foods. Interestingly, first generation immigrants from these countries have a decreased incidence of stomach cancer after moving to the United States, but it is still higher than the general American population. However, the incidence greatly declines in second and third generation Japanese and Chinese immigrants to the United States, pointing to the fact that there does not appear to be an inherently genetic component in Eastern Asians' preponderance to gastric cancer, but rather an environmental component.
As mentioned above, diets heavily salted, smoked, or pickled are associated with an increased risk of disease, while diets rich in fruits, vegetables, and dietary fiber are associated with a decreased risk of cancer. The incidence of gastric cancers also increases with decreasing socioeconomic status, likely due to a number of social, occupational, and cultural factors. Tobacco use has also been associated with an increase in gastric cancers. There does not appear to be a link with alcohol consumption.
There does appear to be a genetic link in some cases of gastric cancer, and there are some genetic diseases such as hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer, familial adenomatous polyposis, and Peutz Jeghers syndrome which all predispose to gastric cancer. It also appears that people with blood type A are at increased risk for gastric cancer for an unknown reason.
Studies have also linked infection with Helicobacter pylori with gastric cancer. H. pylori is associated with gastric ulcers and chronic atrophic gastritis, which may explain the high incidence of gastric cancer in patients infected with H. pylori. However, the exact role of H. pylori in the development of gastric cancer remains unclear. It is theorized that H. pylori causes a gastritis or inflammation of the stomach, which can lead to a loss of secretory cells in the stomach, also known as strophic gastritis. It is believed that this process of atrophy can lead to gastric cancer. H. pylori has also been linked to lymphomas of the stomach.
Pernicious anemia, an autoimmune disease where the stomach does not produce stomach acid, has also been linked to gastric cancer. Drugs which cause a decrease in stomach acid production have not been linked to an increased risk of gastric cancer.
It should be noted that, although these risk factors are listed above, the majority of gastric cancers develop without any one obvious predisposing cause. In other words, there is no extremely strong cause effect relationship with any risk factor, in contrast, for example, to that between smoking and lung cancer.
Because there is no one risk factor directly associated with gastric cancer, there is no strict lifestyle change that can greatly decrease a person's risk of developing gastric cancer. However, eating a "Western" type diet, without heavily smoked or salted foods and rich in fruits and vegetables will likely decrease a person's risk. Also, smoking cessation will likely decrease gastric cancer risk (though smoking should be stopped for numerous other health reasons). Some have advocated the consumption of foods with high level of antioxidants and vitamin C to prevent gastric cancers, though this has not been definitively proven. Since H. pylori infections have been linked to the development of gastric cancers, the quick treatment of H. pylori infections may decrease the numbers of gastric cancers, though whether treating H. Pylori actually reduces the risk of gastric cancer remains controversial. The decision to treat H. pylori should be discussed with your physician.
There are no established programs for primary prevention of gastric cancer in the United States. There are no plans to initiate a screening program in the United States, simply because the incidence of gastric cancer is fairly low, and thus the yield from gastric cancer screening would be far too low to approach cost-effectiveness. A few populations may be exceptions (e.g.-patients with known atrophic gastritis, a chronic inflammation of the stomach lining), but overall screening for gastric cancer in the United States would likely cause more problems than it would solve (i.e. a lot of false positives, or false alarms). Currently, screening for H. Pylori is not recommended for areas with a relatively low incidence of gastric cancer, such as in the United States.
In some Japanese centers, where gastric cancer is much more prevalent, screening has been more successful. A variety of tests have been used in these screening programs, with the ability to accurately identify gastric cancers in over 90% of patients who actually have it. These tests include double-contrast barium radiographs (so-call "upper GIs" or "barium swallows") and upper endoscopies. An upper endoscopy (or an "EGD") is a test done using a camera at the end of a long tube that is placed down the patient's throat to the stomach itself. The physician performing the EGD is able to directly visualize the stomach. Many abnormalities can be detected with an EGD-most importantly, ulcers and cancers. Patients are sedated during the procedure, so discomfort is kept to a minimum.
More recently, studies have verified the use of a newer blood test that could be used for screening for gastric cancer. This analyzes the presence of enzymes in the blood called the serum pepsinogen I/II ratio, which is low in patients at risk for atrophic gastritis and gastric cancer. However, this is still in the earlier stage of testing and needs to be verified.
The symptoms of gastric cancer are often nonspecific, and the majority of people will unfortunately present with advanced disease. The vast majority of gastric cancer patients present with vague complaints such as upper abdominal discomfort or indigestion, loss of appetite, occasional vomiting, belching, or decreased ability to eat a large meal. Unfortunately, these symptoms are often the exact symptoms that patients experience when they have peptic ulcer disease or gastritis. Therefore, patients can be treated for benign diseases, such as ulcers, without the diagnosis of gastric cancers being made. This is not incorrect management, as gastritis and peptic ulcer disease are much more common than gastric cancer. However, if symptoms persist or do not respond to treatment, further investigations should follow.
Up to 25% of people with gastric cancer will have a history of gastric ulcers. Other symptoms, such as vomiting blood or problems with swallowing, are less common, but should be investigated without delay. Additional symptoms that generally apply to cancer patients are unexplained weight loss as well as fatigue and weakness, with or without anemia. Again, these symptoms are, unfortunately, nondescript, and do not necessarily apply to cancer in general or gastric cancer specifically. Advanced disease can present with lymph node involvement with masses in the area of the belly button, the underarms, or the clavicle. People with advanced disease may also present with abdominal swelling.
Upper endoscopy, as described above, is routinely used for the initial diagnosis and staging of patients with gastric cancer. Using endoscopy, the diagnosis can be obtained in over 95% of cases. Many times, ultrasound during endoscopy is used to attempt to identify how deep into the wall of the stomach the cancer has penetrated. In addition, ultrasound can identify spread to lymph nodes in many cases. Depth of wall invasion and presence of lymph node spread are two very important components of treatment, as the surgeon uses this information to determine if he or she can operate.
Other procedures are needed to determine the stage of the disease. CT scans ("CAT scans") of the abdomen and chest are done, not only to rule out spread to distant organs, like the liver and lungs, but also to determine the spread to lymph nodes close to the stomach that could not be identified by ultrasound. Other tests to rule out abdominal spread of disease outside of the stomach itself are PET scans, which use radioactive solutions to identify tumors, and laparoscopy. Laparoscopy is a surgical procedure that involves puncturing the abdominal cavity with a fiber optic camera and directly viewing the organs and tissues in the stomach's area and the entire abdominal cavity. Although PET scans and laparoscopy are fairly new introductions to the staging of gastric cancer, CT scans, endoscopy, and ultrasound are more generally accepted as required in order to properly identify the extent of disease, and all will likely be done in a patient diagnosed with gastric cancer.
Other, more routine tests done before treatment include blood screening tests, to insure that overall blood counts are within normal limits, and that a patient's liver, kidneys, and overall health are normal.
All of these tests are important to determine the extent of the disease, which allows the disease to be staged. The stage provides a guideline for the optimal treatment of the gastric cancer as well as the prognosis.
The staging of a cancer basically describes how much it has grown before the diagnosis is made, documenting the extent of disease. Unfortunately, gastric cancer often presents as a more advanced disease because of lack of early diagnosis, due mainly to the lack of specific associated symptoms. Before the staging systems are introduced, here's some background on how cancers grow and spread, and therefore become more advanced in stage.
Cancers cause problems because they spread and can disrupt the functioning of normal organs. One way gastric cancer can spread is by local extension to invade through the stomach wall and into adjacent structures. These surrounding structures include the soft tissues and fat surrounding the stomach as well as other organs such as the spleen, pancreas, large intestine, small intestine, liver, and large blood vessels.
Gastric cancer can also spread by accessing the lymphatic system. The lymphatic circulation is a complete circulation system in the body (somewhat like the blood circulatory system) that drains into various lymph nodes. When cancer cells access this lymphatic circulation, they can travel to lymph nodes and start new sites of cancer. This is called lymphatic spread. Gastric cancers have a propensity to undergo lymphatic spread because there are many small lymphatic vessels contained within the stomach wall. The first lymph nodes that cancer cells spread to are the "perigastric" nodes along the sides of the stomach itself. They can then spread to lymph nodes adjacent to the liver, spleen, pancreas, and aorta.
Gastric cancers can also spread through the bloodstream. Cancer cells gain access to distant organs via the bloodstream and the tumors that arise from these cells are called metastases. Because of the stomach's blood supply, the most common organ it spreads to is the liver, though tumors can also spread to the lung or other organs less commonly.
A fourth way gastric cancer can spread is throughout the entire abdomen, the so-called peritoneal cavity. Although rare, once cancer cells grow outside of the stomach itself, there is nothing stopping cells from spreading to any surface in the entire abdominal cavity.
There are two accepted staging systems in gastric cancer. They both detail the extent of disease by describing the growth of tumor in the stomach itself as well as the presence and extent of spread to the lymph nodes. The TNM systems are used to describe many types of cancers. They have three components: T-describing the extent of the "primary" tumor (the tumor in the stomach itself); N-describing the spread to the lymph nodes; M-describing the spread to other organs (i.e.-metastases).
The "T" stage is as follows:
The "N" stage is as follows:
The "M" stage is as follows:
The overall stage is based on a combination of these T, N, and M parameters:
Though complicated, this staging systems help physicians determine the extent of the cancer, and therefore make treatment decisions regarding a patient's cancer. The stage of cancer, or extent of disease, is based on information gathered through various tests done as the diagnosis and work-up of the cancer is being performed.
Currently, all curative treatments for gastric cancer involve surgery (surgical resection of all of the cancer). The smallest amount of surgery that is possible while still taking out all of the cancer is what is normally performed. Generally, tumors which are localized to the part of the stomach closest to the esophagus (proximal stomach) are treated with a gastrectomy (removal of the entire stomach). A partial gastrectomy is the removal of only a portion of the stomach, in contrast to a total gastrectomy, which is done when the tumor is larger. Partial gastrectomies may be appropriate for those tumors located further from the esophagus, in the distal portion of the stomach. For partial gastrectomy, the surgical margin around the gastric cancer needs to be 5 cm, i.e., there needs to be 5 cm of normal stomach tissue around the tumor in the portion of the stomach removed. Diffuse disease involving the stomach is also an indication for a total gastrectomy. Also, the surgeon performs a complete dissection of the lymph nodes, removing as many as possible. How extensive of a lymph node dissection to perform is controversial, with contradictory data from the United States compared with Japan. However, it is import that an experienced surgeon performs the dissection as it is a difficult surgery. Obviously, when the stomach or a portion of the stomach is removed, the two ends must be rejoined. This is done by various procedures, all attempting to eliminate as many of the side effects of the surgery as possible, such as inability to eat larger meals and the so-called "dumping syndrome." Dumping syndrome results from the stomach being removed and the result of the small intestine filling too rapidly with undigested food. Symptoms include nausea, vomiting, bloating, diarrhea, and even shortness of breath. These symptoms can usually be managed with dietary modifications.
Although surgery is always required for curative treatment, it is often not enough to achieve cure in many cases. The majority of cases of early gastric cancer are cured by surgery alone. However, in most patients with more advanced cases of gastric cancer, such as those with positive lymph nodes or tumors which have invaded the deep layers of the stomach or beyond, the cancer will come back if only surgery is done. Up to two-thirds of these patients recur, with cancer coming back in their lymph nodes or other organs. To combat this, radiation therapy and chemotherapy are recommended in many patients. It is felt that any patient with stage IB or higher gastric cancer (involvement of deeper portions of the stomach wall or any lymph nodes involved with cancer) will benefit from additional therapy with concurrent radiation and chemotherapy.
Radiation therapy makes the use of high energy x-rays to kill cancer cells. It does this by damaging the DNA in tumor cells. Normal cells in our body can repair radiation damage much quicker than tumor cells, so while tumor cells are killed by radiation, many normal cells are not. This is the basis for the use of radiation therapy in cancer treatment. Radiation is delivered using large machines that produce the high energy x-rays. After radiation oncologists set up the radiation fields ("radiation fields" are the areas of the body that will be treated by radiation), treatment is begun. Radiation is given 5 days a week for approximately 5 weeks at a radiation treatment center. The treatment takes just a few minutes each day and is completely painless. The typical radiation field used in the treatment of gastric cancer includes portions of the upper abdomen. In other words, it is designed to kill tumor cells in the area that the surgery was performed. Typical side effects include nausea and vomiting (though this should be less of a problem since the stomach has already been removed) and diarrhea.
Chemotherapy is defined as drugs that are used to kill tumor cells. The large advantage in using chemotherapy is that, since it is a medicine, is travels through the entire body. Hence, if some tumor cells have spread outside of what surgery or radiation can treat, they can potentially be killed by chemotherapy. Similar to radiation, some normal cells are damaged during treatment, resulting in side effects. The standard chemotherapy used in the treatment of gastric cancer is called 5-FU, coupled with another drug called leucovorin. This type of chemotherapy is delivered through the vein. Side effects from 5-FU and leucovorin include nausea, diarrhea, skin changes, and sores of the mouth. Although other chemotherapy drugs (cisplatin, oxaloplatin, epirubicin) are being investigated for the treatment of gastric cancer, 5-FU plus leucovorin remains the standard. Sometimes chemotherapy and radiation are used prior to surgery, but a large trial has demonstrated that surgery follow by radiation with chemotherapy appears to be the best current treatment. The value of radiation and chemotherapy was demonstrated in a large study first reported in 2001, and updated in 2009 by MacDonald et al. These authors reported a much better outcome in patients with Stage IB or greater gastric cancer who were treated with radiation and chemotherapy after potentially curable surgery. This study has established the "standard of care" in the United States, and is detailed as follows:
There has also been a study demonstrating the benefit of preoperative chemotherapy followed by surgery and postoperative chemotherapy, a regimen often used in people who may not tolerate radiation with chemotherapy. The type of chemotherapy advised in this setting is epirubicin, cisplatin and 5-fluorouracil (ECF). About 20% of gastric cancers overproduce a protein called HER-2; in such cases the addition of Herceptin, a biological agent, to chemotherapy has been shown to improve survival for patients with advanced disease.
Once someone completes treatment for gastric cancer (including surgery +/- radiation and chemotherapy), he or she needs to be closely followed by his or her cancer physicians. This close follow-up is required for a couple of reasons. First, it needs to be insured that the patient recovers from the cancer treatment itself. This includes ensuring that the patient has no vomiting or diarrhea and has healed from surgery. Also, symptoms of "dumping syndrome" need to be addressed with dietary modifications. In addition, because of the removal of the stomach or a portion of the stomach, gastric cancer patients are prone to a certain type of anemia, resulting from not having enough vitamin B-12. This will be monitored for the patient's entire life, as this anemia does not usually occur until years after the surgery.
The other major reason a patient needs to be followed closely is to make sure their cancer does not recur. Recurrence can be detected using physical exam, repeat, periodic endoscopies, and CT scans. At first, patients will have follow-up visits and tests fairly often. The longer the patient is free of disease, the less often he or she will have to go for check-ups.
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Smalley SR. New Developments in Radiotherapy for Gastric Cancer. ASTRO Refresher Course, Copyright American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology, 2002
Van Cutsem E, Kang Y, Chung H, et al. Efficacy results from the ToGA trial: A phase III study of trastuzumab added to standard chemotherapy (CT) in first-line human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2)-positive advanced gastric cancer (GC). J Clin Oncol 2009; 27(18S)


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UNH student receives prestigious American Cancer Society fellowship
Saturday, May 4, 2013
DURHAM — University of New Hampshire senior Jenny Jing has been selected as an Alvan T. — Viola D. Fuller Junior Research Fellow by the American Cancer Society. The prestigious Fuller Fellowships give undergraduate students from New England an opportunity to participate in laboratories performing cancer-related research for 10 weeks in the summer of 2013.
Jing credits her UNH experience, rich with work in research labs, with helping her secure the competitive fellowship. She worked on the genetics of the strawberry in the lab of professor Tom Davis for three years, and this past year, joined Anthony Tagliaferro, professor emeritus of nutrition, in his lab. She also explored the human element of health care by working with Semra Aytur, assistant professor of health management and policy, on public health research.
Plus, she says, "Mass General is one of the greatest hospitals in the nation."