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With the NBA Draft next week and free agency beginning in 12 days this is a pivotal off-season for the Detroit Pistons and Joe Dumars. Dumars will always be known for winning two championships as a player and one as a GM so it's hard for true Pistons fans to hate him but we are starting to get tired of constantly picking in the lottery. The Pistons are in prime position to quickly become a contending team again, with a core group of young talent, the 8th pick in the draft and roughly $20 million in cap space this off-season. But it'll be up to Joe D not to mess it up. I understand that Detroit isn't the ideal place to draw free agents. Cold winters, a struggling economy and an arena while one of the nicest in the NBA, not located near downtown aren't exactly what free agents are looking for when searching for a new place to call home. But the Pistons do have a rich history of success and an owner that says he's willing to spend the money to turn this franchise around, even though we are yet to see it. So if I were Joe Dumars this is exactly what I would do:
*Draft CJ McCollum with the #8 pick. This kid has Steph Curry written all over him. Small school guy who averaged over 20 ppg during his four years of college and shot 51.6% from behind the 3-point line his senior year. Yes there are some players who actually go to school for four years and because of this McCollum would be able to jump right into the Pistons rotation and make an instant contribution.
*Find a way to trade Rodney Stuckey. Stuckey has one year left on his deal for $8.5 million and some team looking to clear cap space for 2014 would be willing to take him on. I don't care who the Pistons get in return as long as it won't mess up their cap situation. Best case situation for Detroit, a team like Oklahoma City gives up one of their numerous future first round picks for Stuckey to replace Kevin Martin who will be a free agent on July 1.
*Amnesty Charlie Villanueva. Charlie V still has the ability to be a solid bench guy who can stretch the floor and make a clutch three pointer here and there. But he can't rebound or play D to save his life. Trading Stuckey for a pick and getting rid of Villanueva would create another $17 million in cap space for the Pistons to sign two big name free agents.
*Offer Andre Iguodala and Josh Smith each five-year $70 million contracts. The first three parts of my off-season plan are possible. Signing both of these guys is a longshot, but not impossible. I also know that is a lot of money to pay both players but this is Detroit and you have to over pay to get free agents to come here. However, both Stuckey and Villanueva would have to be off the books to make it happen. Iguodala had some of his best years in Philly while playing with Pistons new head coach Mo Cheeks. Ethan Grant of Bleacher Report recently wrote that he feels Iguodala's best landing spot would be with the Pistons. He is an elite defender who can still average 15 points per game. Smith is arguable one of the best defenders in basketball and is always among the league leaders in rebounds, steals and blocks.
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These towels felt great and the color was as shown. However, when I was folding them after washing them when they arrived I noticed long runs (like a stocking would get) on the back of both bath towels. One of the face clothes had multiple snags on it and the other had a lose thread which began unraveling when I tried to pull it out. I returned these towels as overall they were a big diappointment.
Simply put, these are the best towels I've ever had -- thick, soft and incredibly absorbent. I was delighted with another set of towels by the same manufacturer that I found on Overstock a few years ago. They have been in constant use since their purchase and look like the day I took them out of the packaging. I expect the same kind of wear and continuing good looks from these as well. These towels are woven, so if you do get a hanging thread you can safely cut it. However, I've never found a hanging thread in any of their towels. They are very well made and firmly stitched on all four sides. Worth every penny!
I have not found towels this thick and absorbent in a very long time. Washed them once before using. There was some shedding, but nothing since the initial wash. Have bought two other sets since the first, and have recommended to friends who also bought and were very pleased.
These towels are beautiful for the price, but I wanted to point out a few things for those of you considering them. Foremost, I ordered the sterling blue color thinking it would coordinate well the greys in my bathroom. On two different computer monitors, the sterling blue looks to be a beautiful greyish-blue. In person, the towels are closer to a deep aqua. Although there's nothing wrong with the color, it looks nothing like the color online. A second minor issue has to do with the border pattern. On the generously sized bath towels, the pattern is sharp and clearly defined; however, on the hand towels (which are also generously sized) and wash cloths, the pattern is much less distinct. Perhaps this is to be expected, but I was somewhat disappointed. Overall, though, these are good quality towels and a reasonable price.
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Soft, luxuriant, washes well and well worth the money!
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I had a dream I was eating my flip flops. I was cutting him up with a knife and chewing them up, and they were quite yummy! Then I got mad at myself because they were my favorite pair. So I had to walk around with half eaten flip flops. Bobby, Tampa, FL
We eat the strangest things in dreams, I tell you! So lets start with your diet. Have you changed it? Do you need to? Are you "flip flopping" on your diet? If not, then what else have you flip flopped on recently? I live in Florida too and flip flops are the standard footwear here so it may be more about what shoes in general mean than it does about the type of shoe. That being said, your dream seems to be suggesting that a direction you were headed in, and the steps you were taking to get there, is now not as viable or useful to you... incomplete, just as your flip flops were half eaten. You wound up getting mad at yourself in the dream over something that was initially exciting. What can you relate that too in your real life?
Bobby replies: I did take on a new career / partnership opportunity very recently that I was excited about but now regret because they are the wrong partners. It does not feel complete at all. I know for a fact Im going have to start from scratch again. I do get mad at myself when I cannot deal with others slacking when I'm trying to get stuff accomplished.
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Just as you would eventually have to get new flip flops in your dream, I think this dream is showing you that your current partners are not very useful and will not get you where you need to go. Dont let this eat away at you anymore. Time for new ones!
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|My grandfather Richard Austin, 2nd Battalion Welsh Regiment, who died on 18th March 1918 aged 28. It is thought he was killed by a shell at Wieltje near Ypres. He is buried at Duhallow Advanced Dressing Station cemetery north of Ypres. My father, Glyn Austin, was born on 18th January 1916 having been conceived while his father was recuperating from wounds in 1915, having been sent home to Neath Hospital near Swansea. He never met his father, and never knew what had happened to him, except that he had been lost in France. My father's mother Caroline Austin was left with Glyn, aged 2, and Freddie, aged 5, who was later killed by the Mumbles Train on 3rd July 1919. She also lost a brother, Albert George Reed, who was awarded a Military Medal and died on 5th July 1917, and had another brother David William Reed who returned very badly wounded. She also lost a brother-in-law, Sidney George Austin, who was killed on 13th September 1916, remembered on the Thiepval Memorial. Unsurprisingly she would never talk to my father about any of this and never remarried.
With the increased availability of information from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission we were able to trace my grandfather to a cemetery near Ypres, and in October 1999 took my father, then 83, to visit his fathers' grave. It seemed doubly ironic that the grave had been there unknown to any of us for over 80 years and my father had served as an aircraftman in 1939-40 only a short distance away at Vitry-en Artois near Arras. In fact, we were able to find that little aerodrome the following day.
There are a number of photos of Albert Reed, David Reed, and Caroline with Glyn and Freddie, some of which have been to the Front, and have come back, I assume, showing the effects of this as they appear to be stained by blood, mud, rain or whatever.
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Among participants in the study who received a diagnosis of lung cancer based on spiral CT screening and a resulting biopsy, 85 percent had stage I lung cancer (412 of 484), and a statistically estimated 10-year survival among these patients was 88 percent. Among stage I patients who underwent surgery within 1 month of diagnosis, the estimated 10-year survival rate was 92 percent. Very few patients in the study, however, have been followed for 10 years. Read more
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I'd like to draw the entire cancer community's attention to a Request for Information (RFI) in the October 20 issue of NIH Guide to Grants and Contracts. This important new RFI is soliciting suggestions for new initiatives that will improve and accelerate biomedical and behavioral research and its impact on public health, to be implemented under the aegis of the NIH Roadmap for Medical Research.
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Lung Cancer Screening Study Spurs Optimism, Caution
New results from a large, observational study suggest that using spiral computed tomography (CT) to screen people at increased risk for lung cancer can detect the disease at an early stage and may increase the number of people who can be cured. Currently, the vast majority of lung cancer diagnoses aren't made until the disease is well advanced, and most of these patients die within 5 years.
Among participants in the study who received a diagnosis of lung cancer based on spiral CT screening and a resulting biopsy, 85 percent had stage I lung cancer (412 of 484), and a statistically estimated 10-year survival among these patients was 88 percent. Among stage I patients who underwent surgery within 1 month of diagnosis, the estimated 10-year survival rate was 92 percent. Very few patients in the study, however, have been followed for 10 years.
Some researchers and members of the lung cancer advocacy community have suggested that the results represent a long-awaited breakthrough; others believe that the study, because it wasn't a randomized trial with an unscreened control arm, falls short of answering some critical questions.
The study was published in the October 26 New England Journal of Medicine.
"The results are potentially exciting," said Dr. Gary Kelloff, a special advisor to NCI's Cancer Imaging Program in the Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis.
"Although it isn't possible to determine whether CT screening actually decreases mortality based on these results," he said, "they do provide valuable information."
That includes data to help determine the percentage of screened patients with suspicious lesions that will be confirmed as cancers and evaluate the role of various tests, such as bronchoscopies and PET scans, in confirming spiral CT results.
The study - the International Early Lung Cancer Action Project (I-ELCAP) - involved 31,567 people without symptoms indicative of lung cancer but who were considered to be at increased risk for the disease.
All participants underwent baseline screenings using spiral CT between 1993 and 2005. Based on specific protocols dictated by the baseline screening results, 27,456 patients underwent additional "annual" spiral CT screenings.
Initially launched with a focus on current and former smokers in the United States, I-ELCAP was eventually expanded to include some international sites and a broader at-risk group, including people with heavy exposure to secondhand smoke or workplace contaminants linked to lung cancer, such as asbestos.
"In a population at risk for lung cancer, such screening could prevent 80 percent of deaths from lung cancer," wrote the study's lead author, Dr. Claudia Henschke of Weill Medical College of Cornell University, and colleagues.
The results, said Dr. Denise Aberle, a professor of radiology at the UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, "raises great hope for CT screening" for the early detection of lung cancer.
Along with Dr. Christine Berg from NCI's Division of Cancer Prevention, Dr. Aberle is a co-principal investigator on the NCI-sponsored National Lung Screening Trial (NLST), which is comparing spiral CT and chest x-ray in a population of more than 50,000 to determine which offers a stronger mortality benefit when used as a screening tool in current and former smokers.
Dr. Aberle cautioned that the findings can't be construed as proof that spiral CT decreases the risk of death from lung cancer because the study provides only an estimate of survival based on a median of 3.3 years of follow-up.
"Survival statistics are entirely appropriate when used to compare differences in treatment modalities in patients with the same stage of a condition who are randomized to different treatment arms," she explained. But using a survival endpoint to infer a screening benefit can be misleading, she continued. For example, by diagnosing disease in advance of symptoms, survival will increase even if there is no delay in death.
"These results punctuate the critical necessity of addressing the effectiveness of screening by determining mortality differences in a randomized trial," said Dr. Kelloff.
By Carmen Phillips
Help Choose the Next Roadmap Initiatives
I'd like to draw the entire cancer community's attention to a Request for Information (RFI) in the October 20 issue of NIH Guide to Grants and Contracts. This important new RFI is soliciting suggestions for new initiatives that will improve and accelerate biomedical and behavioral research and its impact on public health, to be implemented under the aegis of the NIH Roadmap for Medical Research.
The feedback generated will build the foundation from which five to eight new Roadmap initiatives will be launched, from within the currently projected Roadmap budget, beginning in Fiscal Year 2008.
With this RFI, NIH is reaching out to as broad an audience as possible - the scientific community, health professionals, patient advocates, and the general public - to amass a broad array of novel and transformative ideas. On behalf of the NCI leadership team, I encourage the entire cancer community to participate in this process, nominating novel ideas on topics such as new ways to overcome barriers to research, accelerate translation of scientific discoveries, and fill research gaps that do not fall within the mission of any single NIH Institute or Center (IC).
The Roadmap is often described as an "incubator space" for initiatives that cut across scientific disciplines but that also represent "high-risk" projects that, under normal circumstances, might not be funded. That framework will continue with this new batch of initiatives.
In formulating your suggestions, please take special note of the inclusion criteria outlined in the RFI and that responses must be submitted by November 17.
I've already had an opportunity to participate in this endeavor. This summer, along with NIH Director Dr. Elias Zerhouni and National Institute of Mental Health Director Dr. Thomas Insel, I co-chaired one of five "consultation sessions" that represented the first phase of the process to identify these new initiatives. During these sessions, participating scientists, who represented a broad range of disciplines, discussed major impediments to rapid advances in biomedical research and how to possibly overcome them.
The second phase entailed all IC directors submitting their top ideas/initiatives for consideration. This RFI is the last, and perhaps most important, phase. In addition to submitting ideas, I also encourage you to review and provide feedback on the ideas nominated to date via the consultation sessions and IC Directors.
By the spring of 2007, all of the new ideas generated via this three-phase process will have been vetted, grouped into topic areas, and prioritized by the NIH IC Directors and the NIH Director, who will consult with the Advisory Council to the Director prior to selection of an FY08 cohort of new initiatives.
Based on the initial experience with the first round of NIH Roadmap initiatives - 379 grants to 326 investigators - and some of the available results from the first round of Roadmap-funded projects, I believe this second wave will also produce significant advances.
I encourage members of the cancer community to learn more about the Roadmap's goals and areas of focus and to take advantage of such a unique opportunity to influence biomedical research and patient care.
Dr. John E. Niederhuber
Sunitinib Benefits Patients with GIST after Imatinib Fails
In January, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved sunitinib (Sutent) for treating gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST) in patients who develop resistance to or cannot tolerate primary treatment with imatinib (Gleevec). Final results from the trial that led to the approval appear in the October 14 issue of The Lancet.
The multicenter, randomized trial, led by Dr. George Demetri of the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, was terminated early after a scheduled assessment of the data clearly favored sunitinib over placebo. The median time the disease took to progress for the sunitinib group was 27.3 weeks compared with 6.4 weeks for the placebo group. Patients in the sunitinib group had longer overall survival, even though the drug was available to all patients once GIST had progressed.
After the trial began, evidence emerged to suggest that discontinuing imatinib in patients with GIST may increase the risk of disease progression. But in the absence of a trial to directly compare sunitinib with the continuation of imatinib, "no definitive conclusion about the superiority of switching to sunitinib can be reached," the authors wrote. They point out, however, that progression-free survival obtained with sunitinib in this study (24.6 weeks) compared favorably with the overall benefits reported with escalation of imatinib (11.6 weeks).
"We can conclude that sunitinib is more effective than placebo in the treatment of imatinib-resistant GIST," wrote Dr. Heikki Joensuu of Helsinki University Central Hospital, Finland, in an accompanying editorial. "The benefits of sunitinib are, however, only moderate in this setting, and might have been less if imatinib had been continued in the control arm." Dr. Joensuu noted that several promising agents are being evaluated for treating GIST when the tumor no longer responds to imatinib, and these studies might bring further good news in the near future for patients with GIST.
Cognitive Behavior Therapy Helps Survivors Overcome Fatigue
Posttreatment fatigue is a common and debilitating side effect faced by many cancer survivors. A new study published in the October 20 Journal of Clinical Oncology reports that cognitive behavior therapy (CBT), a form of psychotherapy, can be an effective tool for fighting persistent posttreatment fatigue. This randomized, controlled trial was the first such trial to look at the management of postcancer fatigue.
Ninety-eight eligible patients 65 years of age or younger who had persistent fatigue with no discernable physiologic cause and who had completed cancer treatment at least 1 year before the start of the study were randomly assigned to receive either CBT or assignment to a wait-list control group. CBT was tailored for each patient based on six identified perpetuating factors for postcancer fatigue: insufficient coping with the experience of cancer, fear of disease recurrence, dysfunctional cognitions concerning fatigue, dysregulation of sleep, dysregulation of activity, and low social support and negative social interactions.
Fatigue severity, functional impairment, and psychological stress were measured before and after therapy. Patients in the CBT group received an average of 12.5 sessions of therapy and experienced both statistically and clinically significant reductions in fatigue, functional impairment, and stress compared with the control group.
"The results show that CBT is successful in treating fatigue in cancer survivors," wrote the authors. Further studies are needed, they noted, to determine the usefulness of CBT in older survivors and in patients with tumor types not represented in this study, to control for the lack of human contact experienced by patients in the control group, and to quantify the long-term effects of CBT.
African American Race Linked to Lower Breast Cancer Survival Rates
African American women with breast cancer who underwent a mastectomy and received either adjuvant or neoadjuvant systemic therapy were more likely to have larger, later stage tumors and lower survival rates than Hispanic and Caucasian women who received the same treatment, according to study results published online October 23 in Cancer.
Researchers at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center retrospectively analyzed data from two cohorts of patients who were treated prospectively in clinical trials at that institution between 1975 and 2000. The cohorts consisted of 1,456 women who were treated with doxorubicin-based chemotherapy following mastectomy (adjuvant therapy) and 684 women who were treated with doxorubicin-based chemotherapy before mastectomy (neoadjuvant therapy).
African American women treated with adjuvant chemotherapy had a 10-year overall survival rate of 52 percent, while Hispanic and Caucasian women had a survival rate of 62 percent. Similarly, African American women treated with neoadjuvant chemotherapy had a 10-year survival rate of 40 percent, compared with 56 percent for Hispanic and 50 percent for Caucasian women. More African American women treated with either adjuvant or neoadjuvant chemotherapy entered the clinical trials with later stage disease, tumors greater than 5 centimeters, and estrogen receptor-negative disease, which is considered more difficult to treat.
"These findings should prompt additional research on how we can improve outcomes for African American patients by understanding and addressing tumor biology," said lead author Dr. Wendy Woodward. "It's important to identify unique features in different populations and subgroups of all women with breast cancer so we can understand a woman's risk and factors that affect her care on an individual level."
How would you characterize the International Early Lung Cancer Action Program (I-ELCAP) results?
But, to make truly informed decisions and policy about lung cancer screening, we must understand certain things, even beyond whether it actually decreases mortality, such as the disease's natural progression and the long-term effects of screening-driven interventions. We still don't have this information.
For example, when small nodules are found in screening participants, without invasive follow-up there is no way to distinguish nodules that could progress to a deadly cancer. We also don't have a clear definition of who is at high risk for developing lung cancer. NCI is working to develop validated risk models that will help identify those at highest risk who might benefit most from screening.
Will the National Lung Screening Trial (NLST) address these types of issues?
NLST will also help to answer questions about the medical resources required for follow-up on screening results, the effect of screening on quality of life, and its influence on smoking behaviors and beliefs. NLST is also developing a collection of specimens that is expected to be a valuable resource for years to come.
This is a complex issue. What should the public take away from all of this?
Second, we just don't know if early diagnosis of lung cancer by spiral CT reduces deaths from the disease, but many people concerned about their lung cancer risk may seek screening. The decision to be screened for lung cancer is an individual one, so it's important that these individuals discuss this with their health care provider, who can assist in weighing the pros and cons for their situation.
It's also important to understand that lung cancer screening is not a test, but a process. Screening results lead to diagnostic workups, which may include follow-up CT scans and/or a lung biopsy. Lung biopsies pose their own risks, and can result in significant complications. Individuals who do get screened should do so at facilities with extensive screening expertise and experience.
Stress Biology Yields New Opportunities
"Let me ask you this," begins Dr. Steven W. Cole, "with all we know about how stress aggravates cardiovascular disease, promotes viral infections, exacerbates metabolic diseases, halts reproduction, and regulates the normal function of virtually every cell in the body, why would cancer cells somehow be exempt?"
As associate professor of medicine at UCLA, Dr. Cole makes the point rhetorically to his students, pointing them to the growing literature showing that prime actors in the human stress response - catecholamines and glucocorticoids - can regulate some key aspects of cancer biology. NCI, through the Basic and Biobehavioral Research Branch (BBRB) in the Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, has supported much of this work.
"There's not much evidence that stress directly causes cancer," says Dr. Paige McDonald, acting chief of BBRB. "We know it is neither necessary nor sufficient to initiate the carcinogenic process." But, she notes, recent studies have shown that stress hormones can accelerate the growth of established tumors.
"Human cancer is quite complex," explains Dr. Anil Sood, professor of gynecologic oncology and cancer biology at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center. "Yet there are epidemiologic and experimental animal studies linking stress to tumor growth. In advanced solid tumors, such as ovarian cancer, we thought that the impact of stress on tumor biology had to go beyond stress effects on the immune system."
"Now we're looking much harder at the direct impact of neuroendocrine hormones on the tumor itself," says Dr. McDonald.
Recently, cancer biologists and psychologists have begun to work together to clarify how the brain interprets phenomena, releases hormones in response, and how those neuroendocrine factors may influence or regulate some of the key steps in tumor growth, including not only angiogenesis, but also cell proliferation, tumor invasion, and metastasis.
In an article published online July 23 in Nature Medicine, Dr. Sood and colleagues showed that - when exposed to catecholamines released by the sympathetic nervous system of mice put under stress - ovarian cancer cells that had been injected into the mice stimulated angiogenesis, increased in number, and began to metastasize.
Eventually Dr. Sood's group not only described the genes, molecules, and pathways involved, but identified a new molecular target for slowing tumor progression - beta-adrenergic receptors expressed on the tumor cell surface. "We routinely try to recapitulate human disease in our models," said Dr. Sood, "but we were surprised that nearly all of the ovarian cancer cell lines we tested had receptors for the stress-produced hormones."
Once they identified beta-adrenergic receptors as mediators of stress effects, the scientists tried to confirm what was happening by adding drugs that would either enhance or block those receptors. When they tried propranolol (Inderal), the effect of the stress-generated hormones was completely blocked. This nonspecific beta-blocker was originally marketed for high blood pressure. Dr. Sood's results suggest that such beta-blockers may one day assume a role in adjuvant chemotherapy for cancer.
With results like this, the entire field of stress biology begins to take new shape. "Previously, the assumption was that stress is a psychological influence," says Dr. Cole, "so its treatment should be at a psychological level, with elements such as psychotherapy, meditation, or guided imagery. This work suggests we might be able to protect cancer patients from the detrimental effects of stress using a pharmacologic approach."
Work like Dr. Sood's provides insight into the biochemical complexity of stress, and opens up the neuroendocrine system as a new context for developing strategies to combat the influence of stress hormones on cancer pathogenesis. NCI's Ovarian Cancer Specialized Program of Research Excellence (SPORE) at M.D. Anderson is supporting much of this work as well, illustrating its clinical relevance.
Further evidence comes from an NCI-supported study at the University of Iowa. Dr. Susan Lutgendorf interviewed women about to undergo surgery for ovarian cancer, and then obtained fresh tissue samples from the tumor. Women who lacked social support and had higher levels of distress were found to have tumors with higher levels of vascular endothelial growth factor, demonstrating for the first time "an association between a psychological factor and a cytokine involved in tumor angiogenesis among patients with malignant disease," she writes.
According to Dr. Cole, it makes sense that tumor cells would exploit stress biology because the healthy cells from which they develop often express receptors for catecholamines and glucocorticoids. A number of cancers are caused by viruses, and most cancer-related viruses have evolved DNA sequences that respond to either the corticoids or the catecholamines, he explains. "Stress biology is a niche into which many human pathogenic viruses have evolved," says Dr. Cole.
These scientists recently published an article on stress regulation of tumor biology in the March 2006 issue of Nature Reviews Cancer, "The influence of bio-behavioural factors on tumour biology: pathways and mechanisms." The experimental evidence supporting this perspective highlights the potential for novel therapeutic strategies that consider the role of stress on tumor growth and metastasis.
"Advances in cell biology and basic science have allowed us to see that cancer is not a homogenous disease," says Dr. McDonald, "and we think this work has implications for many other cancers beyond the ovarian model discussed here, perhaps to most of the cancers that involve epithelial changes."By Addison Greenwood
Targeted Therapy for Ovarian Cancer
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In this trial, women who have undergone initial surgery for ovarian cancer or primary peritoneal cancer (which is biologically similar to ovarian cancer) will receive standard intravenous chemotherapy. Some women will also receive concurrent treatment with a biologic agent called bevacizumab. Bevacizumab blocks the activity of a protein called vascular endothelial growth factor, which helps tumors form new blood vessels needed for continued growth and spread. Following chemotherapy, some of the bevacizumab-treated women will receive additional courses of bevacizumab.
"In earlier trials, bevacizumab was shown to shrink ovarian tumors and stop tumor progression in some women with recurrent ovarian cancer," said Dr. Burger. "Based on these studies and studies of combining bevacizumab with chemotherapy for other advanced cancers, we're undertaking this trial to see if concurrent bevacizumab or concurrent and extended bevacizumab will help women with advanced ovarian cancer live longer and delay time to tumor progression."
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An archive of "Featured Clinical Trial" columns is available at http://cancer.gov/clinicaltrials/ft-all-featured-trials.
Gomez Honored by Avon Foundation
Dr. Gomez referred to the program as "a flexible granting mechanism approach with fast decisions and an invaluable partnership with tremendous insight into the challenges of breast cancer research."
Niederhuber Addresses Cancer Center Directors
Barbara Duffy Stewart, AACI executive director, commented, "We are fortunate to have Dr. Niederhuber address our membership in his new role as NCI Director. We look forward to continuing our relationship with him and facilitating communication between NCI and the cancer centers in these fiscally challenging times."
SPN Monograph Available
This monograph highlights the activities and accomplishments of the Special Populations Networks program (SPN), a 5-year, nationwide NCI-funded program to reduce cancer health disparities in minority and medically underserved populations. The monograph is available online at http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/jissue/113386997.
John Venditti Dies at 79
During the early 1950s, Dr. Venditti's laboratory work was instrumental in developing a number of anticancer drugs. He was considered one of the world's leading experts on drug interactions and for many years was a member of NCI's Acute Leukemia Task Force. From 1966 to 1986, he directed the NCI anticancer drug screening program, a worldwide network of research and development projects for the discovery of improved chemotherapy. In 1983, he established National Cooperative Drug Discovery Groups, and directed the program until his retirement from government service in 1987.
Dr. Venditti received his undergraduate degree from the University of Maryland, and his doctorate in pharmacology from George Washington University. Dr. Venditti was an author on more than 160 scientific publications and several book chapters, and had been scientific editor of Cancer Chemotherapy Reports.
Survivors include his wife Nancy, three children, and three grandchildren.
CTSU Increases Patient and Physician Access to Clinical Trials
Physicians seeking to enroll patients in NCI-sponsored Cooperative Group phase III adult treatment trials have improved access to these studies through the assistance of the Cancer Trials Support Unit (CTSU).
CTSU is an NCI program launched in October 1999 to provide clinicians across the United States and Canada with improved access to cancer treatment trials. The program was initiated following a systematic review of the clinical trials program at the time and led to the Board of Scientific Advisors approving the CTSU as a pilot project. Over the ensuing years, CTSU has become an integral part of the Cooperative Group system that is responsible for conducting most of NCI's phase III treatment trials.
CTSU recently underwent a competitive renewal. The original contractor, Westat, Inc., along with its subcontractor, the Coalition of National Cancer Cooperative Groups, was again selected to manage CTSU. In this second iteration, CTSU will continue to focus on making Cooperative Group phase III treatment trials available to all Cooperative Group members and to selected sites that directly enroll via CTSU.
"Broad participation and rapid accrual have led to several important studies achieving results much faster than was possible before the advent of CTSU," said Dr. Jeff Abrams, chief of NCI's Clinical Investigations Branch in the Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis (DCTD) and CTSU co-project officer.
CTSU's programs and services include regulatory support, patient registration, clinical data management, help desk support, promotion, education and training, site performance evaluation, and site financial management.
"CTSU has expanded access to NCI-funded phase III trials that previously may not have been available at a given location, thus providing patients with additional treatment options," noted Dr. Meg Mooney, head of Gastrointestinal Cancer Therapeutics for DCTD's Clinical Investigations Branch and CTSU co-project officer.
Before CTSU, investigators were limited to trials conducted by their own Cooperative Group or to specific intergroup trials. Investigators sent all regulatory materials to the Lead Cooperative Group and enrolled all patients through that Group's system. CTSU has increased physician and patient access by allowing Cooperative Group members to participate in trials coordinated by Groups to which they do not belong. CTSU has made it easy for investigators to participate in trials led by other Groups by creating a centralized location for investigators to submit regulatory documents, enroll patients, and access study documents.
Two trials that have enrolled patients more quickly than anticipated because of improved access via the CTSU are the ACOSOG Z9001 trial, a study looking at the use of imatinib (Gleevec) in gastrointestinal stromal tumors, and CALGB 90206, a study comparing the use of bevacizumab (Avastin) with interferon alfa-2B in advanced renal cell cancer - both of which have seen half or more of their enrollments enter via CTSU.
New challenges for this second edition of CTSU include creation of a centralized randomization hub for all its trials and the inclusion of trials from other NCI-sponsored trial networks, including phase II treatment studies, prevention and cancer control studies, and SPORE studies. More information about CTSU can be found at www.ctsu.org.


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By Jack Challem
You notice "the moods" while commuting, waiting in line at the store, or gazing at yourself in the mirror: You're on edge, irritable, impatient, anxious, and jumpy. It's more than just life in the post-9/11 world; research shows that people's moods have actually deteriorated over the past 20 to 30 years.
You can combat negative moods by boosting your neurotransmitters—the brain chemicals that help shape how you feel emotionally and determine your reaction to stress. Problems occur when you don't get enough sleep, skip meals, or succumb to fast foods and thus shortchange yourself of the basic building blocks your body needs to make those neurotransmitters. How do you build a solid foundation for emotional stability? In addition to a healthy diet and balanced lifestyle, these supplements stand out for their ability to improve moods and increase your resiliency to stress.
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Long considered anti-stress vitamins, the Bs help smooth out bumpy moods. For example, your brain needs vitamin B6 to make both serotonin and GABA (gamma aminobutyric acid), the two principal calming neurotransmitters. "Don't skimp on the B vitamins," advises Los Angeles-based Hyla Cass, MD, author of Eight Weeks to Vibrant Health (McGraw-Hill, 2005). "Take a high-potency B-complex supplement that provides at least 25 mg daily each of vitamins B1, B2, B3, and B6."
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- Choose ILLiad to request periodical articles.
- Virtual Campus distance education and Venango College students may use this service to request articles from the University Libraries' collection as well as articles from other libraries. Whenever possible, articles are made available in electronic format. Otherwise, they are sent to the address provided on the request form. Periodical requests are handled through the ILLiad software.
- Choose ILLiad to request periodical articles.
Library Collections
The Clarion University Library collections (consisting of materials at the Carlson Library on the Clarion Campus and the Suhr Library, Venango College) include 400,000+ volumes. Most materials are classified by the Library of Congress Classification system. The juvenile/young adult collection is arranged by Dewey Decimal Classification. Print periodicals are shelved alphabetically, but most periodicals are available in electronic format through the Databases A-Z.
In addition, the Libraries subscribe to electronic books (E-Books) from a variety of providers, including:
You will regularly encounter bibliographic records for books from these online collections while doing searches in the PILOT online catalog. Links to freely available e-book collections are also available on our E-Book Collections page. Many varying subject areas are represented in these e-book collections.
Library Instruction
The Libraries offer a program of course-integrated information literacy instruction. Clarion campus sessions are held in room 201 Carlson Library (instruction computer lab) unless alternate arrangements are made. Tutorials on various databases and services are also available through the Library Help page on the Libraries' Home Page.
Faculty: If you would like a librarian to facilitate an information literacy session for your class at the Carlson Library, Clarion Campus, through D2L online, and/or distance please:
Contact Karen Sheesman at 814-393-1841 to reserve a time slot
Schedule early as slots fill up quickly
When you schedule, let us know the number of students in your class
The librarian teaching the session will contact you to discuss the details of your class assignment and the coverage of the session.
Faculty: If you would like a librarian to facilitate an information literacy session for your class at Suhr Library, Venango College, please:
Contact Nancy Clemente at 814-393-1245 or 814-676-6591 Extension: 1245
Library Staff Directory
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On-line Databases:
Databases provide access to thousands of full-text journals as well as electronic resources covering most academic disciplines. Most electronic resources are available through remote access as well as on-campus use.
Access to databases is provided via the Libraries' homepage. Click Databases A- Z on either the Libraries' Home Page or the Library Research Resources page.
Onsite Borrowing at Cooperating Libraries:
The Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education (PASSHE) libraries lend books directly to visiting faculty and students. Your University ID is needed to borrow materials from these institutions. Click here for a list of the PASSHE universities and a map showing their locations.
Clarion University participates in the Pennsylvania Academic Library Consortium, Inc. (PALCI) that permits faculty to borrow materials directly from other academic libraries. The PALCI has a complete list of participating libraries.
Before visiting one of these libraries, obtain an Authorization form from Carlson Library or Suhr Library and take the completed authorization form and your university ID to the PALCI member library to present to the staff when borrowing items. (Forms may be obtained from a librarian at the Reference Desk or at the Circulation Desk.)
State employees may request a state library card from the State Library of Pennsylvania to access their databases.
The Libraries offer electronic, traditional print, and media reserves. Faculty are encouraged to use electronic reserves when possible to enhance student access to materials. Click here to view the Clarion University Libraries' complete Reserve Policy and forms and instructions for placing reserves.
Please contact Melissa Pierce (at Carlson Library) at 814-393-2304 or Sylvia Wiegel (at Suhr Library) at 814-393-1246 for further assistance.
NOTE: Please allow at least two weeks for materials to be added to the reserve collection.
What is Where...at Carlson Library
Carlson Library collections are housed on five floors: Level B through Level 3. Level 1 is the entry level. The PILOT online catalog provides location information, and signs are posted in (and near) elevators as well.
Level 3
Book Collection(Classes A-PQ)
Level 2
Book Collection(Classes N, qN, fN, PR-Z, qZ, fZ)
Level 1
Browsing Collection
Level A
Juvenile/Young Adult Collection
Level B
Bound Periodicals (More than 9 years old)
For security reasons, Level B has restricted access. To request a journal title housed on Level B, please fill out a journal request form and submit it to the circulation desk staff. Journal request forms are located in the periodicals department and at the reference and circulation desks.
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Fox 2 is happy to introduce you to Carly Dorogi, creator/owner of Sticky Bellies .
Carly, 33, runs the businesses from her home in Detroit. The online company sells milestone stickers to put on children's shirts and pregnant mother's shirts when expecting to track their age and growth. Carly's business has taken off since its launch in July 2010.
When Carly's daughter was born, she knew she wanted to document and celebrate her growth by taking a monthly photograph; it would allow her to know how old her daughter was in the pictures and make for adorable images to share with family and friends. She decided someone needed to come up with a removable sticker that would look like it was part of the shirt but could be removed after the photo shoot - and Sticky Bellies was born!
Her first product, the "Oh Sew Cute" gender-neutral removable monthly milestone sticker, was launched in 2010 and the company has since expanded their line to include six sticker sets which are available in more than 600 stores worldwide.
The mom of one (with a 2nd on the way!) was kind enough to pay us a visit Monday morning, when discussed starting a successful small business (especially on tough economic times) and the life of a "mompreneur."
Click on the video player to watch full segment with Fox 2's Kam Carman.
Visit their Web site at www.stickybellies.com.
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If your kids are into X-Boxes and PlayStations, the good news is that it may not be such a bad thing. Students at one metro Atlanta college are creating their own computer games with a healthy spin.Gamers know what they like and what they don't like, so the Georgia Game Developer's Association challenged them to channel their experience into creating a new kind of computer game. They gave students at Southern Polytechnic State University 48 hours to create a game to make health fun.Senior Joshua Skelton was one of about 300 gamers -- divided into 75 teams -- who took park in what the school says was the largest "Game Jam" in the country."It's very challenging, because you have to make it fun, and fun can be very objective," Skelton said. Each team chose a health message, taking a topic like nutrition or healthy habits -- even teen pregnancy -- and making it fun."You have to be really creative about how you convey that message, because if the audience doesn't react to it, then your message is lost," Elyse Watson. Watson's team created a board game, cutting out little pictures for each piece.But to win, the game needed to do more than be liked, it's got to teach."Even if the game play is flawless, if you can't get your concept across and internalized in the player, then it's a moot point," said Watson.Skelton is a believer that you can reach kids like nothing else through a really good game. "You take a kid who has played "Call of Duty" -- and I've been with third graders, and they do play "Call of Duty" -- but take a third or fifth grader they can tell you every aspect of that game from start to finish, but ask them things they learned in school and they couldn't tell you start-to-finish every aspect," said Skelton.Professional game developers are judging the Game Jam entries. The winning teams will be announced next week.
The winners of the Health Game Jam will receive a month-long paid
internship at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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11 a.m. ET: A remembrance ceremony is held at the Moore Medical Center in Moore, Oklahoma, one year after a deadly tornado devastated the town.
Four children and one adult were killed in a four-vehicle crash in Monroe County, state police said.
Authorities have lifted a "Shelter in Place" order as they continue their search in the Poconos for the suspect in last week's deadly ambush at a state police barracks in Pike County.
Experts say accused cop killer Eric Frein is apparently using the dense, mountainous woods of the Poconos to his advantage as he tries to stave off a massive manhunt by police.
The Pennsylvania state trooper who survived last week's ambush shooting has undergone four surgeries since the attack and has been heavily sedated, according to a Catholic chaplain who has visited Trooper Alex Douglass' hospital area and spoken with his family.
As hundreds of police officers continue combing the woods looking for accused cop killer Eric Frein, those who live near the Blooming Grove State Police barracks in Pike County say they are changing their daily routines.
It's almost impossible to find common ground on Common Core.
A new mural in Pen Argyl, Northampton County honors those who fought in World War II.
Gov. Tom Corbett has been trailing in the polls for so long that the political conservation in Pennsylvania is shifting away from whether the Republican can make his race competitive.
A motorcyclist was killed after crashing into a deer in Monroe County, officials said.
Allentown Police are investigating a shooting which occurred in the 800 block of Maple Street just before 11:00 Friday night.
On September 14, 1929, most of Allentown was celebrating the opening of the Tilghman Street Bridge; a city project that had been planned for years was finally completed.
Lower Saucon Township Police are investigating a report that three unknown males tried to get a Saucon Valley Middle School student into their car as she was walking home from school Thursday afternoon.
A $2.7-million proposal to install two synthetic athletic fields with lighting in Lower Macungie's Quarry Park was presented to township commissioners Thursday night.
It wouldn't be an Allentown School District Board of Directors meeting if at least one person wasn't miffed about something.
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One Shoulder Satin Dress with Pleated Bodice Style F44358
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This one shoulder satin dress is modern and chic, perfect the fashion-forward bridesmaid.
Tight decorative gathers which create flattering pleats in the fabric.
A smooth fabric often used in bridal gown design because of its exquisite drape.
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Worked well for me, except... it was short!! I'm 5'10" and I had to constantly worry about what was showing....I sat in the limo and OMG, I had to literally shield the nether regions or it was Basic Instinct time, LOL. Being a stiffer sort of fabric, the skirt did not fall between my legs. It made sort of a triangle opening if you can picture what I mean. Standing, it was perfectly lovely a couple of inches above the knee. I did have to return the first one because there was bad stitching on the bodice. Other than those points, the dress fit well, true to size I'd say, and looked very nice on my figure. Best of luck to you. June 19, 2013
Love. This. Dress. I got this is a crimson color, and it fits great, super flattering, great quality, and wonderful material. I couldn't be happier. It's also a respectable length, which is not easy to find in a cocktail dress for a 5'9" woman! April 9, 2013
Best Bridesmaid Dress ever! I wore this to a wedding last summer. I got it in the lapis. The color is very flattering and the cut is sophisticated and modern. I think it is true to size. I am a size 0, and the smallest it comes in is a 2, and I did have it taken in. With all due respect to the other reviewers, I have been bridesmaid to several weddings and all the dresses needed to be altered. Women are not one size fits all, and I think the price of alteration is something you need to consider in your budget when shopping for a bridesmaid dress. February 26, 2013
Wrong sizing I loved the look of this dress, however...I was fitted at the store for a size 4 and tried on other dresses there in that size, so I ordered this dress in the size 4 only to find it was way TOO Small. The sizing of the dress doesn't match the sizing of the other dresses David's has. I could not even take a deep breath and the armpit was super tight...like it was 2 sizes smaller than a 4. So I had to send it back only to find the sizes I needed were then not available to order. Very upset about it because out of the dresses I had to pick from for a wedding this was the only promising one. February 5, 2013
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