June 8, 2001

In This Issue:
Courage Award Winners, 500 Trials Matched to Patients, Healthcare Workforce Shortage, Brachytherapy, Men's Health Month, New Colorectal Test, Estrogen, and more

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THE LATEST NEWS

Healthcare Workforce Shortage Called Serious

Brachytherapy Affects Quality of Life in Prostate Cancer

DNA Stool Test May Help Detect Colorectal Cancer

Community Cancer Clusters Rare; Investigators Want Better Data Collection

Low-Dose Estrogen Is As Effective and Safer

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JUNE IS MEN'S HEALTH MONTH ON CANCERPAGE

This year, an estimated 643,000 American men and boys will be diagnosed with cancer; the majority will beat the disease. Men have a higher incidence than women of other cancers such as lung, liver, bladder and kidney cancer and men need to know the sometimes subtle symptoms and get regular screenings, because these cancers can be found early. For more about the signs and symptoms, see our special section.

http://www.cancerpage.matria.com/promos/June_Men.asp

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TRIAL MATCHING SERVICE REACHES 500 MATCHES

Last week, we celebrated a milestone when our TrialMatch program -for the 500th time- found a trial for a patient visiting our TrialMatch.com. The web site helps patients find clinical trials based on their medical condition and the researcher's technical requirements. When patients answer a series of questions, the program matches a patient with relevant clinical trials. TrialMatch is more than just a list of trials; it is a way of finding the right trial for a patient.

To protect patient privacy, we do not store information about individuals who find trials through this service, so we do not know whether patients benefited from trials they did find. We'd like to know! If you found a trial on TrialMatch.com and enrolled in the study, let us know. We all like to hear good news. Just send a note to editor@cancerpage.matria.com. Thanks!

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COURAGE AWARD WINNERS

InTouchOnline has now announced the first winners of last fall's program. These cancer patients, family and friends were selected by InTouch based on the exceptional nature of their personal stories.

Milo Titone, Wilmington, Delaware
Chris McHugh, DeForest, Wisconsin
Reverend Jim Willig, Cincinnatti, Ohio
Kimberly Ann MacDonald, Falls Church, Virginia
Stacey Polak, Indian Trail, North Carolina
Jennifer Andrade, Bronx, New York