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...Boston Globe since 1982, she had covered everything from leading-edge research to the finer points of a physician's bedside manner. When she learned she had an advanced case of breast cancer, she carefully studied her options and chose to undergo an experimental treatment offered at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, a prestigious hospital affiliated with Harvard Medical School. Tragically, the 39-year-old mother of two died in December. But as a front-page story in the Globe disclosed last week, her death was not the result of her disease. The cause was a huge overdose...
Once malignant cells have spread beyond their original location, however, traditional chemotherapy is usually much less successful at producing a cure. In an attempt to develop a treatment for these more advanced cases, the researchers at Dana-Farber have been experimenting with levels of antitumor agents that are much higher than those normally prescribed. In Lehman's case, the treatment was to last four days, and the amount given during each 24-hour period was supposed to be barely shy of lethal. The physician in charge of figuring out her daily dosage, whose identity has not been released, apparently made...
...mayor is for the inclusion of gays in the parade," said Dana Forman, a mayoral spokesperson. "He wants to bring unity to the city, not exclusion...
...nationally-known Jimmy Fund of Dana-Farber Cancer Center not been involved with the Evening With Champions case, Harvard might even have tried to treat Lee's crime as an internal matter. The University's attempts to cover up the Yearbook and Krokodiloes investigations could not be more inappropriate...
...Evening with Champions is an ice skating exhibition organized by Eliot House to benefit the Jimmy Fund, which finances children's cancer research and treatment at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston...