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F. wrote: "Frank F. Matthews" wrote in message ... I really cannot see any utility to such a petition. Particularly one which focuses on a particular form of cancer. Where does Ovarian fall in the frequency of cancers? UNBELIEVABLE And why UNBELIEVABLE? There are many kinds of cancer why focus on this one? |
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"Frank F. Matthews" wrote in message ... Ermalee wrote: Frank F. Matthews wrote: I really cannot see any utility to such a petition. Particularly one which focuses on a particular form of cancer. Where does Ovarian fall in the frequency of cancers? George Leppla wrote: In the past year a number of people on this group have mentioned that someone in their family has been fighting cancer. My niece is one of them... she has stage IV ovarian cancer. There is a movement to have the Post Office issue an awareness stamp similar to the one they have done for breast cancer. It begins with gathering petitions. If you would like to sign this petition, please go to http://www.petitiononline.com/ovca2007/petition.html It only takes a few seconds. There are few families who have not been affected by cancer in one form or another. Please consider signing this petition. It's plenty frequent, as is breast cancer, lung cancer, prostate cancer, lymphoma, and all other forms of cancer. Signing the petition can't hurt and hopefully, it could help. Something needs to help!!! Ermalee ---signed willingly It can hurt. It can cause a focus on just that one kind of cancer and then expense on that one kind that results in the situation we have with breast cancer and prostate cancer where the more common one gets much less funding. I'm not sure that's really correct. As someone who has a little experience in the area, many cancer fighting agents work on fast growing cells (doing things like interfering with the replication of duplicate cells), and as a result, since many cancers are fast growing cells, the cancer fighting agents will work on multiple cancers. [Hair is also a fast growing cell, that's why chemo agents tend to interfere with hair growth.] Where the funding problem comes in... is that you get approval for a drug for a single indication, such as ovarian cancer based on running clinical trials. Then you need to run a whole new set of clinical trials for breast cancer. And then a whole new set of trials for cervical cancer. And those clinical studies can each take 2-3 years. And can sometimes cost up to $1 billion. But there is one thing that oncologists will sometimes do... they'll use chemotherapy agents off label.... meaning, even though an agent isn't "officially" approved for a particular cancer, they figure... "what do we have to lose"... and will use a good working chemo agent for other cancers as well. Then what this also helps with, is you can see other cancers and agent works on successfully, and you can then run clinicals for that cancer next. So I'm not sure that we really focus on one cancer at the expense of others. Focusing on one tends to frequently have overlap to others. --Tom |
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"Ermalee" wrote in message . .. George Leppla wrote: In the past year a number of people on this group have mentioned that someone in their family has been fighting cancer. My niece is one of them... she has stage IV ovarian cancer. There is a movement to have the Post Office issue an awareness stamp similar to the one they have done for breast cancer. It begins with gathering petitions. If you would like to sign this petition, please go to http://www.petitiononline.com/ovca2007/petition.html It only takes a few seconds. There are few families who have not been affected by cancer in one form or another. Please consider signing this petition. Done. Me too.... Done. --Tom I can't think of any family that hasn't had some affect of this dreaded disease. My sister-in-law is recovering from lung cancer, and one of my nieces begins chemo tomorrow. Ermalee |
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"Frank F. Matthews" wrote in message ... F. wrote: "Frank F. Matthews" wrote in message ... I really cannot see any utility to such a petition. Particularly one which focuses on a particular form of cancer. Where does Ovarian fall in the frequency of cancers? UNBELIEVABLE And why UNBELIEVABLE? There are many kinds of cancer why focus on this one? Because it hits a subject near and dear to all of us, our mothers, wives, daughter, and girl friends. My mother died from complications related to ovarian cancer so I am somewhat familiar with it. I follow the alt.support.cancer.prostate newsgroup. There has been recent discussion about the amount of money that is directed to cancers that affect women, primarily breast cancer, and the amount that is directed towards the cancers that affect men. According to statistics quoted in that newsgroup, women get significantly more money spent on their cancers than do men. I agree, why focus on this one? |
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"Ermalee" wrote in message . .. It's plenty frequent, as is breast cancer, lung cancer, prostate cancer, lymphoma, and all other forms of cancer. Signing the petition can't hurt and hopefully, it could help. Something needs to help!!! Ermalee ---signed willingly Ovarian cancer is the 5th most common cancer in women and 25,000 women are diagnosed with it each year with it causing approximately 16,000 deaths annually. It used to be difficult to detect in its early stages as its symptoms mimic other conditions. Now doctors are educating women to watch for persistent signs that signal signs of ovarian cancer. Cancer is a monstrous disease no matter where it is in the body. Bringing attention to curing it can help everyone. Surely the post office can be petitioned to help such a worthy cause. --Jean---signed willingly too! |
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"George Leppla" wrote in message ... In the past year a number of people on this group have mentioned that someone in their family has been fighting cancer. My niece is one of them... she has stage IV ovarian cancer. There is a movement to have the Post Office issue an awareness stamp similar to the one they have done for breast cancer. It begins with gathering petitions. If you would like to sign this petition, please go to http://www.petitiononline.com/ovca2007/petition.html It only takes a few seconds. There are few families who have not been affected by cancer in one form or another. Please consider signing this petition. -- George Leppla http://www.countryside-travel.com I am just a lowly postal employee, but a petition is not going to do anything. It's kinda like spitting into the wind---futile, but you can say you did it. The best approach is to submit a design idea to the stamp committee within the USPS....that is how stamps get approved. It would not hurt to have the backing of a nationally known organization (as the breast cancer stamp did). By no means am I against such, it is just that this approach is not anywhere near the procedure to get this stamp approved. |
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George Leppla wrote: In the past year a number of people on this group have mentioned that someone in their family has been fighting cancer. My niece is one of them... she has stage IV ovarian cancer. There is a movement to have the Post Office issue an awareness stamp similar to the one they have done for breast cancer. It begins with gathering petitions. If you would like to sign this petition, please go to http://www.petitiononline.com/ovca2007/petition.html It only takes a few seconds. George, consider it done and I am sending this request on to others. Good luck to your niece!! sue |
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Had 2 brothers,2 sisters,mother ,and father all passed away from
cancer,so it runs in our family cruise lover |
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I do know one thing,if i am to find out i have cancer,i will not let
them cut me open,saw what happened to my sisters,and my mother in law,that is not for me. I am way to old for that torment. cruise lover |
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Surfer E2468 wrote:
I do know one thing,if i am to find out i have cancer,i will not let them cut me open,saw what happened to my sisters,and my mother in law,that is not for me. I am way to old for that torment. cruise lover My niece is 63 and is going for her first chemo treatment at 9 AM tomorrow morning. I just came from her house. Her daughter had cut her hair and she absolutely looks 10 years younger. Her ca has metasticized and it does not look good. She will have chemo 3 days in a row. She has a great attitude, and that's a good thing. Ermalee |
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