SSLOCA's founders are shown here in 2002.
Back row, left to right: Nancy Larson-Vomund, Judy Parham, Grace Katzenberger, Joanne Guerrerio.
Front row, left to right: the late Christina Carr, Diane Harrison, JoAnn Carter.
SLOCA blog
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
SLOCA - St Louis, MO
SSLOCA's founders are shown here in 2002.
Back row, left to right: Nancy Larson-Vomund, Judy Parham, Grace Katzenberger, Joanne Guerrerio.
Front row, left to right: the late Christina Carr, Diane Harrison, JoAnn Carter.
SLOCA blog
VELCADE (bortezomib) - Advisories, Warnings & Recalls for health care professionals - VELCADE (bortezomib) - Fatal if Given Intrathecally
January 26, 2012
Dear Health Care Professional,
Subject: VELCADE® (bortezomib): Fatal if Given Intrathecally
Janssen Inc., in consultation with Health Canada, would like to alert you to the risk of fatal outcome associated with the inadvertent intrathecal administration of the antineoplastic drug VELCADE® (bortezomib).Since the first global approval of VELCADE® in May 2003, three cases of inadvertent intrathecal administration with fatal outcome have been reported worldwide........ Each case occurred when an intrathecal oncology chemotherapy was scheduled at the same time as the VELCADE® intravenous administration.......
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Intrathecal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intrathecal
Intrathecal is an adjective that refers to something introduced into or occurring in the space under the arachnoid membrane of the brain or spinal cord. open access: Risk of Acute Myocardial Infarction After the Death of a Significant Person in One's Life - Clinical Perspective (study period 1989 and 1994/age/gender)
Background—Acute psychological stress is associated with an abrupt increase in the risk of cardiovascular events. Intense grief in the days after the death of a significant person may trigger the onset of acute myocardial infarction (MI), but this relationship has not been systematically studied.
"...... Although our study examines the MI risk associated with the loss of any significant person, our findings are consistent with prior studies showing that men are more vulnerable to the health consequences from bereavement than women15 and that younger bereaved people are more vulnerable than older bereaved people.2 "
2005 From Cancer Patient to Cancer Survivor: Lost in Transition (free book online)
Blogger's Note:
for the recently diagnosed -
the JCO publications of late (and others) stem, in part, from the 2005 From Cancer Patient to Cancer Survivor: Lost in Transition study - a large study detailing the issues and needs which concern patients/healthcare system/s as patients survive cancer.
Therefore, the advent of 'survivorship care plans', part of which is the transition of patients to primary healthcare practitioners from their oncologists for followup eg. leaving your oncologist to be cared for by family physicians after treatment/s including the issues (economies) of human resource scarcities (shortages of doctors etc).
From Cancer Patient to Cancer Survivor: Lost in Transition
abstract: Does smoking kill? A study of death certification and smoking -- Proctor et al. 65 (2): 129 -- Journal of Clinical Pathology
Conclusion
This study demonstrates that smoking is rarely cited on death certificates, even in cases where the causal link with smoking is very strong. There are many reasons why smoking is not cited on death certificates. One frequently cited reason is the reluctance of doctors to stigmatise the deceased. Interestingly, such reluctance did not extend to citing alcohol as a COD. By not recording smoking on death certificates doctors are failing to gather important epidemiological and pathological data.
Monday, January 30, 2012
The SCAR Project - Documentary - The SCAR Project - Breast Cancer Is Not A Pink Ribbon
"Baring It All" premiered on Saturday, July 9 at 9 p.m. This heart-wrenching yet inspiring documentary puts a human face on the heroism of breast cancer survivors in their 20s and 30s. It follows New York-based fashion photographer, David Jay, and four brave women - all in different stages of battling the disease - who become subjects of his groundbreaking photographic series, The Scar Project. By photographing each woman in various states of their treatment and recovery, the nude portraits - that expose more than their scars and baldness - are beautiful, challenging and powerful.
Along with exploring the lives of these young females and their new reality, "Baring It All" shows the impact cancer has had on them and their loved ones and answers what drives them to be photographed at their most vulnerable. Having already gone through such pain and anguish, why are they now revealing themselves to the world in such an honest, raw way? As viewers will discover, the answers to these questions are as unique and brave as the women in the photographs.
Along with exploring the lives of these young females and their new reality, "Baring It All" shows the impact cancer has had on them and their loved ones and answers what drives them to be photographed at their most vulnerable. Having already gone through such pain and anguish, why are they now revealing themselves to the world in such an honest, raw way? As viewers will discover, the answers to these questions are as unique and brave as the women in the photographs.
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