When I provided testimony at the FDA in support of the application for approval of the vaccine Provenge®, I had the opportunity of meeting some of the representatives of the biotech company Antigenics (AGEN). Since I am also a renal cancer survivor they initially approached me asking if I would be willing to meet them [...]
I want to apologize because I have not posted anything in the last few days. I thank the few people who sent an e-mail expressing concern. On Friday evening I flew to San Diego with my wife to participate in the American Association of Cancer Researchers (AACR) Scientist-Survivor program. It is a really fantastic program [...]
My wife and I have been chilling out tonight listening to the radio, dancing and joking. Just relaxing. Friday nights on the radio are kind of entertaining because the high-paid DJs are spinning the current hits and the classics. But what happens after three hours of listening is that you realize there is a ton [...]
If you don't have breast cancer you are being ignored, no actually moderate out of existence by the Hillary for President Campaign. On April 8th, I wrote about Hillary's fantastic plans for funding increases for breast cancer. In my post I pointed out that all other American cancer survivors (there are millions of us) seem [...]
A compound found in soybeans almost completely prevented the spread of human prostate cancer in mice, according to a study published in the March 15 issue of Cancer Research, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research. Feeding mice genistein, an antioxidant found in soy, decreased metastasis of prostate cancer to the lungs by [...]