Cancer

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New Drug Chemo = Dead Cancer Cells

You know why leukemia patients sometimes have to get bone marrow transplants? It's because the cancer cells are far more resistant to chemotherapy when they're embedded in the bone marrow. It would be so much easier to get the little buggers if you could somehow herd them into the bloodstream, where ... More >>

John MacEnulty: Rumi's Wedding Night

8 p.m. Saturday, December 17. Ethical Society of St. Louis, 9001 Clayton Road, Ladue.

Want to Avoid Breast Cancer? Stop Drinking

image viaThis may not be such a good idea after all.​A new study out of Washington University Medical School shows that women with a family history of breast cancer have a greater risk of developing the disease themselves the more they drink. That's right: Not only do you have to get felt up r ... More >>

Scientists Finger New Advances in Prostate Research

image viaProstate cancer has a ribbon, too. But be careful: That's light blue, not plain old blue, which boosts awareness for, among many other things, sex slavery, child abuse, bullying, hydranencephaly and chronic fatigue syndrome.​It's October, which means a proliferation of pink ribbons, ... More >>

Cancer memoir meets Seth Rogen comedy in the slightly uncomfortable 50/50

image viaProstate cancer has a ribbon, too. But be careful: That's light blue, not plain old blue, which boosts awareness for, among many other things, sex slavery, child abuse, bullying, hydranencephaly and chronic fatigue syndrome.​It's October, which means a proliferation of pink ribbons, ... More >>

Hercules Agrees to $245K EPA Fine Over Clean Air Act Violations

​A chemical manufacturing plant in Louisiana, Missouri, just north of St. Louis, failed to properly monitor for leaks of hazardous air pollutants, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency charges -- leading to a $245,521 fine. The settlement was filed in federal court this morning, four years ... More >>

Jeremy Maclin Healthy Again, Illness Was Inflammatory Virus

Good news for Jeremy Maclin.​Doctors have given Jeremy Maclin, the former standout at Kirkwood High and Mizzou, the okay to return to professional football.Maclin, 23, was struck by mysterious illness this spring that caused rapid wight loss, iron anemia and irregular blood results. On his birthda ... More >>

Vitamin D Can Ease Pain of Breast Cancer Treatment, Wash U Finds

​Vitamin D is enjoying a serious moment in the sun lately, if you'll pardon the pun. The vitamin, which we produce naturally when we're exposed to sunshine, has been shown to be crucial in maintaining bone health and immune function. It may help keep hair and eyes healthy. And mushrooms that have ... More >>

Wash. U. Docs Find Underlying Cause of Ovarian Cancer

image viaThis is ovarian cancer. It ain't pretty.​It's old news that cancer is caused by mutations in otherwise healthy cells. But where are those mutations? That's what the researchers at Washington University's Genome Institute have been trying to figure out. Earlier this year, a team sequen ... More >>

Cal Ripken Jr. to Honor St. Louis Native Kevin Kline For Cancer Research Fundraising

Kevin Kline and Chelsey Campbell ​Chelsey Campbell's brown hair was long. On the cold morning he met her, that's what Kevin Kline noticed first. During an on-location broadcast at the Texas Children's Cancer Center in 2005, the morning radio host was idle in the time between the show's 5:30 a. ... More >>

Wash. U. Receives $6.5 Million From Komen Foundation to Find Cure for Breast Cancer

image viaDr. William Gillanders​Susan G. Komen for the Cure, the world's largest breast cancer organization, announced yesterday that it would give a $6.5 million grant to researchers at the Washington University School of Medicine who proposed using genome sequencing to develop personalized v ... More >>

Wash. U. Doctors Decode Breast Cancer DNA -- And Discover It's Way More Complicated Than They Thought

image viaAll forms of breast cancer are not the same.​As any woman -- or any casual viewer of boob-centric photos, including Riverfront Times slide shows -- knows, all breasts are not alike. This, it turns out, is also true genetically, and, unfortunately, for breast cancer. After spending se ... More >>

Raise A Glass

image viaAll forms of breast cancer are not the same.​As any woman -- or any casual viewer of boob-centric photos, including Riverfront Times slide shows -- knows, all breasts are not alike. This, it turns out, is also true genetically, and, unfortunately, for breast cancer. After spending se ... More >>

Barnes Doctors Experiment With Cool New Toy That Kills Brain Tumors

image viaThe Monteris Medical AutoLITT System at work.​The doctors at Barnes Jewish Hospital have a new toy to play with and use to kill brain tumors: the Monteris Medical AutoLITT System. It's not an especially catchy name, but it sure does look cool: a thin metal wand with a glowing red lase ... More >>

Chris Mucci Looking For A Cure This Weekend

bethematchfoundation.org​Local musician Chris Mucci needs your help. He has Burkitt's lymphoma, a rare and highly aggressive form of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, and he's looking for a stem cell donor. You can help him out this weekend by registering as a bone marrow or stem cell donor at two dif ... More >>

Cal Ripken Jr. Comes to Town, Keeps Going and Going...

Baseball legend Cal Ripken Jr. was in St. Louis yesterday to officiate Energizer's Keep Going Hall of Fame, an honor bestowed each year to a person who -- like the batteries for which the award is named -- keeps going and going after others would quit. Ripken was the first person inducted into Energ ... More >>

Those Moles On Your Butt May be Real Bad, Sez Washington University Dermatologist

Image viaButt moles? Or melanoma? Better watch the video. ​Got moles? OK! Got Melanoma? Not OK. Here's a YouTube video of Washington University dermatologist Milan J. Anadkat, MD, explaining the difference. (We're not sure why he's doing this; it just appeared on the Internetz a few days ago). NOT ... More >>

Amy Tucker: Area Woman First U.S. Cancer Survivor to Have Child from Frozen Ovary

Photo: Jennifer SilverbergSherman Silber: Ice sculptor.​Add another bullet point to the already impressive resumé of St. Louis fertility expert Dr. Sherman Silber. In May, one of Silber's patients -- Amy Tucker of Columbia, Illinois -- became the first U.S. cancer survivor to give birth as a resu ... More >>

Wine Daycation

Photo: Jennifer SilverbergSherman Silber: Ice sculptor.​Add another bullet point to the already impressive resumé of St. Louis fertility expert Dr. Sherman Silber. In May, one of Silber's patients -- Amy Tucker of Columbia, Illinois -- became the first U.S. cancer survivor to give birth as a resu ... More >>

David Cook/The Script/Green River Ordinance

8 p.m. Tuesday, November 10. The Pageant, 6161 Delmar Boulevard.

A New Take on "Killer Bees" -- Wash U. Researchers Use Bee Venom To Fight Cancer

http://pdphoto.org/PictureDetail.php?mat=pdef&pg=8202​Scientists at Washington University in St. Louis are working on a fascinating way to battle cancer in laboratory mice. The research involves the use of the bee venom, melittin, and so-called "nanobees" that fly through the bloodstream and d ... More >>

FoodWire: Dine Out for the Cure Tonight

Tonight is Dine out for the Cure, sponsored by the St. Louis Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure. Participating restaurants will donate a portion of their proceeds to fight breast cancer. The list of participating restaurants is available, as a PDF file, here.

A Naked Road Race? Sign Unreal Up!

Wikimedia CommonsNothin' like a "brief" run in the parkNormally, Unreal would buckle up and run at the merest mention of the word "colorectal," but Unreal's pants practically plunked straight to the parquet this morning after we opened a catchy little e-mail entitled "Undy 5000." Has anyone heard of ... More >>

Shagy Kennedy Benefit Shows

3 p.m. Saturday, December 13, and 8 p.m. Wednesday, December 17. Fubar, 3108 Locust Street.

Skin Is In

More awareness, more funds, more fun

Native-American healing and a Trans-Siberian Orchestra guitarist rejuvenate metal thrashers Testament

More awareness, more funds, more fun

Hey, What's Your Wine?

More awareness, more funds, more fun

Three-ring Benefit

More awareness, more funds, more fun

Party with Cause

More awareness, more funds, more fun

Crazy Bowl (No Wraps)

More awareness, more funds, more fun

Take the Night Off with Yukon Jake

More awareness, more funds, more fun

Choose Life, Choose Dance

More awareness, more funds, more fun

Pretty in Pink

And full, too

Semicolon

Unreal culls the juicy bits from a $450 blogging workshop, learns that it's OK (even good) to talk about colorectal cancer and finds a very timely local blog. Plus: Anheuser-Busch is no longer accepting quarters!

Sufjan Stevens

Thursday, September 22; Mississippi Nights (914 North First Street)

Beemer Me Up

Drive for the cure

Get Baked

Unreal performs a public service for the revelers of Party Cove, meets a guy who's really into whips and finds happiness with a Hazelwood man's Back Washer. Plus, we surf over to the blog of a local cereal connoisseur.

Now You See It

Susan Miller's My Left Breast riffs on loss of all kinds

Up Yours

Dr. William J. Catalona's cancer-screening test sparks debate in the medical community

Gland of Opportunity

Dr. William J. Catalona built an unrivaled repository of blood and tissue samples. Washington University wants to keep it. Now a judge will decide: Who owns the prostates?

Up Yours

Explore the bowels of your bowels and learn how to prevent colorectal cancer at the Colossal Colon exhibit

Living Dalle

A local singer/songwriter survives cancer and tours the UK with the Handsome Family

Time Bomb

Asbestos still takes its toll, but the lawsuits and victims are changing

Left Behind

Bellefontaine Neighbors residents have lived -- and died -- with asbestos for years. The problem's an open secret, but little has been done.

Living on a Thin Line

When Chris Nilhas learned he had cancer, his wife, Beckie, knew she might lose him. She didn't know she and their three young sons would also risk losing everything else.

Keep Yourself Alive

Cardinal outfielder Eric Davis calls for a check at a recent dinner party

WIT

By Margaret Edson (Repertory Theatre of St. Louis)

WHEN ALL'S SAID AND DONNE

The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis weaves poetry and modern medicine in Wit