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Follicular lymphoma cannot currently be cured, but with chemotherapy and other treatments, a patient can usually achieve remission. The cancer almost always returns, however, and each subsequent remission tends to be shorter than the previous one. In 2001, Bendandi began vaccine therapy on 25 patients who had achieved a second remission with chemotherapy. The vaccine did not have any effect on five of the subjects, but the other 20 who did respond received a total of 10 vaccinations over 26 months. "Partway through the study, one of my patients - a hairdresser - came to me and said, 'I know the treatment...
...Maurizio Bendandi pokes fun at advertising slogans. "Pharmaceutical companies love to say, 'Treating cancer, one patient at a time,'" the 43-year-old observes. "But those companies are mass-producing drugs. We're the ones really doing...
...whom Bendandi refers are the nine scientists on his team at work on customized cancer vaccines. A treatment that uses a patient's own tumor cells to provoke an immunological response, vaccines are one of the most promising developments in the fight against cancer, and a goal hotly pursued by researchers around the world. Bendandi and his colleagues at Spain's Center for Applied Medical Research and the University of Navarre Hospital have gone farther than most. In a five-year-long study - its results were described as "remarkable" by the Journal of the National Cancer Institute which published...
...fight the "occupiers" rather than join them. Alluding to reports that Iraqi Army and police were fighting alongside U.S. forces against his Mahdi Army fighters in the town of Diwaniyah, Sadr said, "Don?t walk alongside the occupiers, because they are your archenemy... God has ordered you to be patient in front of your enemy, and unify your efforts against them - not against the sons of Iraq...
...Harvard coach Joe Walsh echoed the sentiment. “I’m really pleased that we knocked Staehely out,” Walsh said. “He’s the kid that ended our season last year. I thought we were really patient, and we were taking pitches, getting deep in the count. I knew if we got in the bullpen, we had a shot.” As for the weather, the frigid climate did not seem to bother Haviland, who pitched in short sleeves. “I was hoping it was going...