Friends, World Cancer Day is tomorrow, February 4! World Cancer Day is a chance for advocates around the world to demonstrate our commitment to the fight against cancer. In honor of this year’s theme, ‘Together it is possible,’ we have put together some ideas for how our affiliated patient groups and friends might be able to help the cause of improving cancer awareness, prevention, and treatment.
World Cancer Day offers a chance to renew our efforts to raise cancer awareness. The UN Summit on Non-Communicable Diseases last September set out ambitious goals to improve the prevention and treatment of cancer. The Max Foundation and our affiliated patient groups have so far contributed over 27,000 of UICC's 500,000 signatures to the World Cancer Declaration! You can be a part of this effort by signing the World Cancer Declaration if you haven’t already. Visit our site to sign the Declaration and add a personal message of support.
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Posted by Michael Root on February 03, 2012 | Comments: 0
Families supporting a child diagnosed with CML may have specific pediatric issues to keep in mind that come up which are distinct from adult issues, but the CML advocates stands by your side. Parental concerns may vary from how best to help a child be adherent to his or her medication to how such medications affect children long term. The CML Advocates Network has a section of their website focusing on Junior CML Advocates which can be a resource and a forum for expressing your questions and concerns. The Max Foundation, the CML Advocates Network and the International CML Foundation all wish to support families facing pediatric CML, so please let us hear from you if we can help in any way.
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Posted by Erin Schwartz on January 16, 2012 | Comments: 0
José Carreras is a world famous Spanish opera singer who gained fame as one of The Three Tenors, singing alongside Plácido Domingo and Luciano Pavarotti. While you may be familiar with his voice, you may not know his story. In this personal video conversation with the esteemed Professor Tariq Mughal, we hear from tenor José Carreras, telling his story about his diagnosis with leukemia, his odds of survival and how he managed to get the care and support he needed to beat his cancer and go on to become a true advocate in the field of cancer control.
The video called "Living with Leukemia: A conversation between José Carreras and Professor Tariq Mughal" has been shared courtesy of Professor Mughal, a leading oncologist in the field of leukemia thanks to his organization, the Alpine Oncology Foundation.
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Posted by Erin Schwartz on January 09, 2012 | Comments: 1
Each year, the American Society for Hematology (ASH) meeting is full of exciting news for cancer survivors. In 2011, thousands of physicians came together in San Diego to exchange information about promising studies and statistics. And each year, we at The Max Foundation turn to our friends from the CML Advocates Network to help us digest and interpret all of the exciting findings. So, once again, we give thanks to Jan Geissler and Giora Sharf for their report on ASH outcomes related to CML, presented from the patient perspective. Click here for their full report.
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Posted by Erin Schwartz on January 05, 2012 | Comments: 0
As the New Year rings in around the world, we send well wishes from all our team members, from Seattle to Mumbai, from Manila to Tashkent, from Buenos Aires to Johannesburg and beyond. From all our team across the globle already welcoming the New Year, to those on the brink and to those with the day ahead-- we send you our very best for a New Year full of love, laughter and good health. Together, we look forward RISING ABOVE CANCER as we welcome 2012 with so much potential ahead.
Happy New Year to you and yours, no matter where you are! We look forward to continuing our collective journey in 2012.
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Posted by Erin Schwartz on December 31, 2011 | Comments: 4