I’m sure everybody’s seen the news that Herceptin when used with chemotherapy has been shown to be effective enough in preventing recurrence of breast cancer that they halted the study early. Might as  well get on with it. But what caught my attention was the following remark: The apparent success of Herceptin validates the strategy of cancer researchers to study ...

Since I’m a proponent of blogging by the Society, I am asked fairly regularly, “Why blog?” You’ve got to come up with something more compelling than “everybody’s doing it.” So I think about the rationale for it from time to time, like this weekend. The result is what I call “Why blog? V 2.something.” That means I reserve the right ...

Looking for a Relay For Life blog? Try The Cancer Blog’s  Relay For Life Blog. Interesting…

In today’s Sunday paper a favorite economics columnist of mine, Tappan Monroe, commented on the growing economic power of China and India. I like him because he’s a pretty sober economist who doesn’t seem to have any particular political agenda behind his remarks. I’ll quote a bit because I suspect the article will disappear into the newspaper’s archives pretty soon. ...