NEWS
December 1, 2006
A New York-based business executive is donating $20 million to support a new cancer research building on the Johns Hopkins University's East Baltimore medical campus. The building will be named the David H. Koch Cancer Research Building, in honor of the donor, at ceremonies Monday. The 267,000-square-foot building on Orleans Street opened in March with 10 stories of office space and five floors of labs for cancer investigators focused on various types of cancer. An connects the building with its twin, the Bunting Blaustein Cancer Research Building.
FEATURES
By Dr. Simeon Margolis and Dr. Simeon Margolis,Contributing Writer | September 14, 1993
Q: We read so much about regular checkups as a way of diagnosing and treating cancers at an early stage. If I do have annual examinations, what type of cancer is my doctor most likely to find, and what are the chances of a cure?A: Without more information, your question can be answered only in general terms because the likelihood of specific types of cancer in any given individual is greatly influenced by many factors, including inheritance, the presence of other diseases, lifestyle, environmental exposures and age.For example, familial polyposis is an inherited disorder characterized by hundreds to thousands of small tumors in the colon.
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By DANIEL S. GREENBERG | November 5, 1991
Washington -- How goes the war on cancer, now in its 20th year?An unrealistic optimism prevailed when Richard Nixon, prodded by the Congress, signed the National Cancer Act into law on Dec. 23, 1971. Kindly but foolish congressional resolutions called for curing cancer in time to commemorate the 1976 bicentennial of American independence. Research funds rapidly increased, though the blank checks promised by the law were never delivered.Today, the disagreeable reality is that, while some battles have been won, victory in the ''war'' remains far off. True enough, there has been remarkable progress in the treatment of several types of cancer and recent scientific findings promise even greater progress.
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By Medical Tribune News Service | March 8, 1991
Aspirin, already shown to protect against heart disease and stroke, may also protect against colon cancer.Patients who took aspirin at least four times a week for at least three months were half as likely to develop colon cancer as were patients who did not take aspirin, according to Dr. Lynn Rosenberg of the School of Public Health at the Boston University School of Medicine.The exact amount of aspirin taken was not known, Dr. Rosenberg said.The 11-year study compared 1,326 colon cancer patients with 4,891 patients who had other types of cancer or no cancer at all.The study was reported in the March 6 issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.
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By Dianne Williams Hayes and Dianne Williams Hayes,Staff writer | February 14, 1991
County officials, answering parents and faculty concerned over a spate of illnesses at two county schools, issued clean bills of health yesterday for both buildings.Officials said they could find no dangerous conditions at Jessup Elementary school, despite reports that 10 teachers and aides have been diagnosed with various forms of cancer.After tests for radon gas levels and air and water quality, health officials said they could establish no link between the cancer and the school building.
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By New York Times News Service | October 16, 1990
WASHINGTON -- Ending years of struggle in the courts and in Congress, President Bush signed yesterday the first law that compensates American civilians injured or killed by radiation from the U.S. program to build and test atomic weapons.Approved by Congress late last month, the law establishes a $100 million trust fund and is the latest in a series of extraordinary actions taken this year by the government to acknowledge and apologize for unsafe practices at U.S. nuclear weapons plants that may have resulted in injuries or deaths among workers and civilians.