In the past couple of years researchers have discovered a high occurrence of a very rare blood disorder in the Schuylkill-Carbon-Luzerne county area. Polycythemia Vera, which is diagnosed in 1 in 100,000 people annually, is classified as a cancer because stem cells in the bone marrow do not respond to the normal signals to stop reproducing red blood cells, according to the Agency for Toxic …
Archive for July, 2009
Drexel professor investigates rare blood cancer (The Triangle Online)
Published July 31st, 2009 in Osteosarcoma News. 0 CommentsBritish Woman Celebrates A Year Of Living Cancer-Free (Medical News Today)
Published July 31st, 2009 in Osteosarcoma News. 0 CommentsIt’s been a year since fashion designer Joanne Scott went through a cancer treatment that changed her life — and made history to boot. Ms.
Local teen cancer survivors reach out to one another (Penfield Post)
Published July 31st, 2009 in Osteosarcoma News. 0 CommentsSUPPORT: Area teens took part in a book club meant to help them understand and talk about cancer.
Bone marrow drive to be held Saturday (Mohave Daily News)
Published July 31st, 2009 in Osteosarcoma News. 0 CommentsBULLHEAD CITY – The inaugural Tri-state bone marrow drive will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m
All-night walk in White Bear Lake to fund cancer research (Pioneer Press)
Published July 31st, 2009 in Osteosarcoma News. 0 CommentsLezli Milles knows on any given day that she could see 15 to 20 treatment orders for cancer patients come across her desk at Minnesota Oncology Hematology in Maplewood.
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