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...cancer has been cured--there are too many different types of malignancies to hope for a universal treatment. Rather, it's that doctors are beginning to piece together new strategies for keeping cancer from recurring and, in some cases, preventing it from taking root in the first place. As ASCO president Dr. Larry Norton puts it, "Cancer is not a bolt of lightning. It's more like a thunderstorm. We have plenty of time to close the windows if we know what...
...anticancer compounds--in which the researchers still have great faith--but in the way they are being evaluated. "We've gone past the first hurdle, where we wondered whether they would ever work in anything other than a mouse," says Dr. Lawrence Einhorn, president of ASCO. "The challenge now is how do you study them...
...continuing civic rehabilitation of thalidomide, which was banned decades ago after its widespread use as an anti-morning sickness medication was linked to horrible birth defects. In spite of lingering public distaste for the drug, the FDA in 1998 approved it as a treatment for leprosy, and the ASCO findings could plant the seeds for future approvals. While its effectiveness as a weapon against various illnesses is no longer in question, the rigors of a clinical trial will pale in comparison to the public's vivisection of thalidomide's risks. "People harbor deep-seated fears about thalidomide," says TIME medical...
...Linda Wilson is a fabulous fundraiser, but notso good with undergraduate relations," Corinne Y.Funk '97 told The Crimson in March. Funk served asco-president of the Radcliffe Union of Students in1996...
Velma M. "Mitch" McEwen '98 resigned asco-chair in mid-November citing time constraints.She was replaced in December by Summer...