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Posted Apr 20th 2007 10:00AM by Jacki Donaldson
Filed under: Politics, Daily news
California Democratic Rep. Juanita Millender-McDonald has been diagnosed with cancer and will take a four to six-week leave of absence from the House.
Details about the congresswoman's condition have not been revealed but a statement from her office reports, "The congresswoman has been diagnosed with cancer and is recuperating with her family. The congresswoman wishes to thank everyone for their expressions of love, well wishes and prayers. She will maintain a limited schedule in her district and is requesting respect of her privacy at this time."
Millender-McDonald, 68, has been representing for seven terms a Southern California district that includes Compton, Long Beach, and parts of Los Angeles. She is also chair of the Committee on House Administration and oversees House operations and federal election procedures.
Posted Apr 1st 2007 11:00AM by Jacki Donaldson
Filed under: All Cancers, Daily news, Celebrity news, Movies
Jack Nicholson has been serving up a steady stream of cheer for cancer patients at the Cedars-Sinai Los Angeles hospital.
The Hollywood icon and Oscar winner has been visiting terminal patients and cheering them up with jokes, card games, and behind-the-scenes stories about his career.
Nicholson's next career move comes in the form of a movie called
The Bucket List. He plays a dying man in the film and began spending time at the hospital to research his role. But once his film finished, Nicholson kept visiting. He was that touched and moved by the patients.
Hospital staff say the actor's visits do wonders for the patient spirits. The only down side is for Nicholson who finds it hard to leave, knowing he may have seen some of his new friends for the last time.
Posted Feb 21st 2007 11:00AM by Jacki Donaldson
Filed under: Prostate Cancer, Drug, Research, Daily news
A study appearing in the
Journal of Clinical Oncology reveals there may be something out there that can extend the lives of patients with recurrent prostate cancer.
This
something is a new class of anti-cancer targeted drugs that scientists at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles say are quite promising, despite their
ineffectiveness in some prostate cancer patients with no previous chemotherapy treatment.
Pertuzumab, a molecular targeted compound that has been used successfully in ovarian cancer patients, has been shown to block the human epidermal growth factor receptor family by binding to and inhibiting the function of HER2 receptors. They essentially block a key pathway that leads to cancer growth. And this blockage can possibly offer a better, longer life for recurrent prostate cancer patients whose diseases no longer respond to traditional chemotherapy.
Pertuzumab, marketed under the brand name
Omnitarg by Roche and Genentech, is just one of many targeted cancer therapies that give researchers hope that cancer may one day be a lifetime disease that can be skillfully managed.
Posted Feb 4th 2007 10:00AM by Jacki Donaldson
Filed under: Daily news, Celebrity news, Cancer Survivors
Farrah Fawcett turned 60 on Friday. And she's been celebrating this milestone along with a very important message she just received -- she is cancer-free.
Fawcett, former star of the hit 1970s TV drama
Charlie's Angels, was diagnosed with anal cancer four months ago and has been enduring an aggressive treatment protocol to treat the disease -- a treatment that appears to have worked.
Her physician, Dr. Gary Gitnick at the University of California, Los Angeles, medical school reports Fawcett "has had a full and complete response to treatment." Recent tests show her cancer is gone -- and Gitnick calls her prognosis
excellent.
Fawcett calls the whole experience a hopeful one.
"In the face of excruciating pain and uncertainty, I never lost hope," she said. "I hope that my news might offer some level of inspiration to others who unfortunately must continue to fight the disease."
Posted Dec 19th 2006 9:09AM by Jacki Donaldson
Filed under: Television, Daily news, Celebrity news
He was an Emmy-winning television writer who helped create the animated Canadian Mountie Dudley Do-Right for the
Rocky and Bullwinkle TV show. He contributed satire, wordplay, and puns for the
Rocky and His Friends cartoon, later renamed
The Bullwinkle Show. He also helped create
The Munsters and in 1968, he won an Emmy for his work on the CBS sitcom
He & She.
He is Chris Hayward and on November 20 -- at the age of 81 -- he died at his Beverly Hills home. Cancer was the cause.
Hayward was born in Bayonne, New Jersey. At age 17, he moved to Los Angeles where he studied scriptwriting and entered the world of television. His accomplishments include his work on
Crusader Rabbit -- the first cartoon show created for television -- as well as
Get Smart,
My Mother the Car, and
Barney Miller.
Hayward is survived by his wife and three children -- Laurel, Victoria, and Tony -- from a previous marriage.
Posted Oct 29th 2006 2:00PM by Kristina Collins
Filed under: Childhood Cancers, Cancer events, Fundraisers
Journey to the End of the Earth: 26th annual Dawn of a Dream benefit concert to support Children's Cancer Research Fund will be held on Saturday, November 4, 2006. In 1980 after losing their daughter to leukemia, Diana and Norm Hageboeck and their friends organized the first Dawn of a Dream benefit concert, raising $50,000. Today, Dawn of a Dream is one of the largest gala events in the Twin Cities. This year's event, held at Historic Milwaukee Road Depot, Minneapolis, will feature a few surprises along with the traditional silent and live auctions, dinner and live entertainment by Los Lobos.
Children's Cancer Research Fund is a leading non profit organization committed to funding innovative and progressive research in the fight against childhood cancer.
Posted Oct 14th 2006 10:00AM by Jacki Donaldson
Filed under: Colon and Rectal Cancer, Celebrity cancer diagnosis, Daily news, Celebrity news
He is known as the man behind the voice of Charlie on the television and film versions of
Charlie's Angels and for his patriarch character Blake Carrington on the television show
Dynasty. He is actor John Forsythe and at the age of 88, he is battling colon cancer.
Forsythe was diagnosed with the disease on September 28, received treatment this past week, and is now recovering in a Los Angeles hospital. He is in good spirits and hopes to return home this weekend -- to the ranch he shares with his wife Nicole Carter.
This is the second recent cancer diagnosis for the Charlie's Angels cast. Actress Farrah Fawcett revealed on October 6 that she too is battling cancer.
Posted Aug 17th 2006 9:00AM by Jacki Donaldson
Filed under: Leukemia, Television, Daily news, Celebrity in memoriam, Celebrity news, Movies
City Slickers actor Bruno Kirby died on Monday in Los Angeles from complications related to leukemia, his wife shared in a statement concerning his death. Kirby was 57 and had only recently been diagnosed with the disease.
A veteran character actor, Kirby was known for roles in
The Godfather: Part II,
Good Morning Vietnam,
When Harry Met Sally, and
City Slickers. Most recently, Kirby appeared on HBOs
Entourage as fictitious producer Phil Rubenstein.
Kirby's wife shared in her statement, "We are incredibly grateful for the outpouring of support we have received from Bruno's fans and colleagues who have admired and respected his work over the past 30 years. Bruno's spirit will continue to live on not only in his rich body of film and television work but also through the lives of individuals he has touched throughout his life."
And even though he has passed, Kirby will continue to touch lives -- because all contributions in his honor will be go to
The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society in Los Angeles.
Posted Jul 1st 2006 6:30AM by Dalene Entenmann
Filed under: Pancreatic Cancer, All Cancers, Opinion, Celebrity news
According to the National Cancer Institute, one out of two men and one out of three women will be diagnosed with cancer in their lifetime, and three out of four American families will have at least one family member diagnosed with cancer. Those statistics are so overwhelming in scope that it takes a minute before it sinks in just how epidemic cancer is and how many lives it touches. And even after the reality of the numbers has become a reality in my mind, I am still always surprised when I find out someone has been diagnosed with cancer, or someone they are related to has died of cancer.
I was happily and distractedly researching information for something entirely unrelated to cancer -- a recently released animated movie based on a favorite comic strip Over The Hedge -- when in an interview with Bruce Willis, who is the voice of RJ the raccoon in the movie, shared his philosophy about life and living. Willis lost his younger brother to pancreatic cancer five years ago. In the interview Willis remarks:
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