C3 Board Chair Nancy Roach and C3 staffer Kate Murphy and were part of the Scientist-Survivor Program at the American Association for Cancer Research 101st Annual Meeting in Washington this week.

Nancy was a mentor for a group of patient advocates who were attending AACR .  For Kate this was a third AACR Annual Meeting.  She presented a poster about C3 and its work.

This year’s meeting theme Conquering Cancer Through Discovery Research led to more than 700 presentations and 6,500 posters presenting key basic and translational research. Read the rest of this entry »

Rona Yaeger MD

Rona Yaeger, MD is the 2010 Lisa Dubow Research Fellow, receiving the 2010 American Association for Cancer Research – Colorectal Cancer Coalition Fellows Grant.

The Award will be made tonight at a special dinner in honor of AACR Fellows Fund grantees.

Dr. Yaeger is from Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York.  Her grant research will focus on inhibiting the AKT pathway in colorectal cancer cells. Read the rest of this entry »

In a surprising results, doctors studying surgical complications and hospital deaths after colorectal surgery found that diabetic patients do better than non-diabetics after surgery.

There was a 23 percent reduction in deaths after surgery for diabetics and 18 percent fewer complications.

Unfortunately, this improvement in outcomes did not extend to the uninsured or to people under 50. Read the rest of this entry »

A new appliance that eliminates the need for ostomates to wear an external pouch has received pre-marketing approval by the FDA.

Expected to be on the US market in the next few months. the Vitala™ device, seals the stoma, preventing stool from leaving the body for up to 8 hours.  Intestinal gas is filtered and vented to prevent odor.

An external pouch will still be needed for wear longer than 8 hours. Read the rest of this entry »

Use this handy calculator to find out what preventive tests you need at your age.

Answer five simple questions online and get a list of screenings and medical counseling recommended by the United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF), along with information about the preventive service recommendation.

Enter your age, sex, whether you are pregnant, use tobacco, or are sexually active.  Click on get recommendations for your personal preventive services profile. Read the rest of this entry »