According to this article in today’s Times, the grant system used to fund cancer research leads to a lot of relatively trivial studies getting funding while more ambitious projects languish, since they are less likely to succeed. Apparently the guy who discovered how to use herceptin to treat HER2 positive breast cancer patients (like me) [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Recommended reading’
NY Times Article on Research Grants
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged links, Recommended reading on June 28, 2009 | 2 Comments »
What we need now is sass.
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged breast cancer, cancer, Recommended reading on April 23, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I really dig Twisty Faster’s irreverent style, and as breast cancer survivors go I could do worse in terms of role models. For example, I am dismayed by this post, but she knows the drill and she’s saying it straight. Also in the Sass category (my favorite!) we have 10 Things Not to Say When [...]
Show Me
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged breast cancer, cancer, Recommended reading, Surgery on April 23, 2009 | 4 Comments »
The other day, a woman at Roswell’s education and outreach center loaned me a book called Show Me: A Photo Collection of Breast Cancer Survivors’ Lumpectomies, Mastectomies, Breast Reconstructions and Thoughts on Body Image. It took me a little while to work up the courage to peek inside, but when I did, I found it [...]
