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Researchers at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston announced at the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium today that high-dose chemotherapy (followed by a stem-cell transplant to rebuild the immune system) after surgery does not extend the life of breast-cancer patients. The new findings, which come after a thorough analysis of 15 trials involving 6,200 patients, should close the book on a controversial treatment that was popular during the 1980s and 1990s. At the time, doctors believed that more was better when it came to chemotherapy following cancer surgery: While it was painful...
...contradictory policies toward Muslim countries and their non-Muslim neighbors, which, she argues, only create the appearance that the War on Terror is, in fact, a War on Islam.Perhaps when the West learns to look at itself as critically as Gannon does and provides the necessary support to rebuild a country wracked by years of turmoil, the Afghani people will finally have something to smile about.—Staff writer Jamison A. Hill can be reached at jahill@fas.harvard.edu...
Union is attempting to rebuild its program with former Crimson assistant and player Claudia Asano ’99 as its new head coach. Asano is an accomplished recruiter going back to her days with Harvard, and could draw a higher level of talent to the Dutchwomen than the squad has been used to in recent years. Former Crimson standout goalie Ali Boe ’06 is also on the Union coaching staff...
Govan has already implemented plenty of ideas at LACMA. The museum had been without an art expert at its helm much of the past 15 years, and Broad ticks off the tasks Govan took on. "We had to re-energize the staff, rebuild our board of trustees and make an architectural mess a more coherent campus," says Broad. "And we had to raise a lot of money to pay for all this. Michael was the ideal leader to make all that happen...
...under several sets of new owners, Valextra languished as workmanship diminished, until 2003 when new owners began a return to the company's roots. It lured back artisans that had retired after Fontana's departure, created an apprentice program for new workers and shuttered surplus boutiques. Making strides to rebuild its DNA, Valextra is firmly positioned for another successful takeoff...