Watchwords
May 14, 2011Today’s melanoma symposium in Seattle featured a panel of patients telling their stories. Some have been fighting melanoma for years. One was recently diagnosed. They spoke of their treatments – surgeries, radiation, …
Angels Unaware
May 10, 2011In some ways cancer patients are just people. Some are mean, some are nice. Some are caring, some are indifferent. Having said that, cancer, like most major sources of stress, tends to amplify these characteristics. Last night I …
Profiles in Courage
April 30, 2011After two days of board meetings and tons of other activities I was exhausted. But I ran to the airport and jumped on an 8:15 flight last night, arriving in St. Louis just before 10:00. A shuttle bus to the car rental place, then an hour an …
Shying Away From Sun Increases Melanoma Risk
April 22, 2011That is the headline in an article by Dr. John Briffa, a UK physician. Citing a 2008 article in the British Medical Journal, the author claims that melanoma incidence is less in areas where people have greater sun exposure. From this he con …
Profile in Courage
April 14, 2011I won’t give her name here, but her story is worth telling. She was a young woman when she found an odd mole on her back. Simple surgery, but the path report came back as melanoma. She didn’t know then that melanoma is the …
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