November 22, 2002

NOTE TO OUR SUBSCRIBERS
This will be the last issue of WORDS TO LIVE BY until January 2003. We at cancerpage.com wish you all a holiday season filled with hope, love , companionship, and joy. Until Next Year!

IN THIS ISSUE:
Managing Lymphedema - What's New, Experimental HPV Vaccine Promising, Mistletoe - Not Just For Kissing, American Health Care System in Crisis, E-cards for Cancer Survivors

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NEWS HEADLINES 

Study Raises Hope of 'Self-Vaccine' Against Cancer

Drug Based on Mistletoe in Trials Against Cancer

American Health Care System in Crisis - Political Action Urged

Vaccine Against HPV Could Eliminate Cervical Cancer by Rachael Myers Lowe, cancerpage

US System Fails Patients' Dying Wishes: Report


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CANCER NEWS

It's been a busy news week. Thirty new stories about cancer research and policy developments have been added to cancerpage since the newsletter was mailed last Friday. The cancerpage.com news archive has nearly 5,200 news stories dating back to January 2000. There are several methods of finding the news you want:
- To get a full listing, in chronological order sorted from most recent to oldest, click on Search in the left nav bar of the home page. Leave the search field blank and click on Submit. 
- For news about a certain cancer type, go to the homepage and click on that cancer's page. Then click on Latest News in the left nav bar. You will get a rundown of news stories relevant only to that type of cancer. 
- If you are interested in seeing what's been written about cancer and nutrition, or about complementary or alternative cancer treatments or 16 other special topic areas including Pain, Finances, Caregivers, Sexuality, and Managed Care, click on Latest News in the left nav bar of the home page. The 18 specialized topic areas are listed on the right-hand side of the cancerpage News page. 


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LYMPHEDEMA

Lymphedema can be a debilitating side effect of cancer, its treatment or tests used to stage the disease. A new document detailing what it is, what the current standard of care is for managing it and what you can do for yourself to control it is now available in the cancerpage.com Managing Side Effects Center. 

To get there, go to this URL: http://www.cancerpage.matria.com/centers/Sideeffects/lymphedema.asp


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HOW DOES YOUR STATE RANK?

The National Cancer Institute this week released state-by-state cancer incidence rates. One of the states with the highest incidence rates was Massachusetts. But the head of the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute told the Boston Herald he's not concerned. He believes good screening and an active registry program. not necessary higher state specific risks, explain his state's high rate. 

To read about the federal report, go to this URL: http://www.cancerpage.com/news/article.asp?id=5167

To read about how one community responded to the report, go to this URL: http://www2.bostonherald.com/lifestyle/health_fitness/canc11202002.htm

To view the full report, go to this URL: http://www.cdc.gov/cancer/npcr/uscs/index.htm


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E-CARDS FOR CANCER SURVIVORS 

Want to send a note of encouragement or just brighten the day of someone facing a difficult time? OrthoBiotech has teamed up with Yahoo!Greetings to sponsor e-cards by and for cancer survivors. The cards contain an inspirational message and artwork by cancer survivors AND an animated advertisement for Ortho's anti-anemia drug PROCRIT. Yahoo tells cancerpage recipient email addresses are not saved anywhere so you don't have to worry that targeted advertisements will soon follow the email you sent to inspire.

Check it out at the URL http://greetings.yahoo.com/cards/art-of-healing