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What % breast cancer research grant dollars go to grants that include metastatic?

  • by oliverbogler
  • Posted on April 29, 2013May 8, 2013
  • dialog on breast cancer

One of questions that arose from the visualizations I published here a couple of days ago, was what proportion of grants go to metastatic breast cancer? So I went back to SciVal Funding, and repeated […]

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Where do breast cancer research dollars go? Three data visualizations of 9k grants and $4.8bn

  • by oliverbogler
  • Posted on April 28, 2013May 8, 2013
  • dialog on breast cancer

The US, thanks to a (still relatively) healthy economy, high level of education, entrepreneurial spirit, willingness to invest public dollars (though this is decreasing alarmingly) and open attitude to bringing the smartest people in the […]

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day 79 Tamoxifen: 5 years good, 10 years better

  • by oliverbogler
  • Posted on December 7, 2012February 23, 2013
  • my journey

A new study of the impact of long-term hormone treatment using Tamoxifen, which was presented this week as the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium (www.sabcs.org), showed that 10 years was significantly better at suppressing recurrence and promoti…

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day 42 a doctor with heart or why a cancer center has cardiologists

  • by oliverbogler
  • Posted on October 30, 2012February 23, 2013
  • my journey

On day 38 I wrote about side effects and how they tell you things are working. Well, there are some that overshoot that mark a little, and can cause real harm. While no side effects are great, many are temporary and can be managed, such as hair lo…

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day 34 grants: the motor of discovery

  • by oliverbogler
  • Posted on October 22, 2012February 23, 2013
  • my journey

After the detour last week related to the thyroid bump, and a busy, fun weekend with family events, things are settling down a little this week into a routine of work and ongoing chemo. And so I am in Washington DC today to participate in a regula…

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day 29 familial breast cancer and my BRCA testing result

  • by oliverbogler
  • Posted on October 17, 2012August 3, 2014
  • my journey

When you get cancer at a younger age than is typical, this raises the suspicion that there is a genetic predisposition. For male breast cancer the typical age of incidence is in the mid 60s, and so I am 20 years ahead of the curve. That raises the…

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day 27 lucky in the month of pink

  • by oliverbogler
  • Posted on October 15, 2012February 23, 2013
  • my journey

I’ve been meaning to share this with you for a couple of weeks, but soon after we told the kids about my diagnosis my son came up to me and said: “Dad, its lucky you were diagnosed in breast cancer awareness month.” For those reading this outside …

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day 20 the nitty gritty of personalized medicine for breast cancer

  • by oliverbogler
  • Posted on October 8, 2012January 2, 2015
  • my journey

You read a lot about personalized cancer therapy both in scientific journals and in the general press. The idea is that in the (near) future doctors will be able to learn a lot more information about your tumor, and pick just the right therapy to …

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day 8 the research-driven part of "multi-disciplinary research-driven care"

  • by oliverbogler
  • Posted on October 1, 2012February 23, 2013
  • my journey

The other key component of the care delivered at MD Anderson is that it is research driven. To me that means two things. First, it means that our physicians are all academic, and strongly connected with the latest research. The vast majority are t…

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