The Greater Sarasota Chamber of Commerce awarded Team Tony Cancer Foundation the Small Business of the Year Award. For many years, I have been actively involved with Team Tony, CTAC (Coming Together Against Cancer) [...]
The death of legendary journalist and political commentator Cokie Roberts from breast cancer poignantly reminds us that cancer can strike all of us. Her first bout was in 2002. Since then she worked hard [...]
Pfizer will purchase Array BioPharma for $10.4 billion. It hopes to expand its cancer portfolio with targeted therapies. This acquisition underscores the importance of cancer drugs to the pharmaceutical industry. Because cancer drugs have saved [...]
I have just returned from a very exhilarating experience, the John Hopkins Cancer Symposium, sponsored by Erwin and Stephanie Greenberg. In brief, all of us would be elated to learn about the incredible breakthroughs [...]
Cancer: What You Need to Know, by Stephen Rosenberg Introduction Dr. Stephen Rosenberg spoke at our CTAC 2019 event and wrote this very informative book that we help all of us cope with cancer. [...]
Our Coming Together Against Cancer Fundraiser will provide funding to help Dr. Gorin (one of our panelists from John Hopkins) develop a novel imaging technique to address problems within the field of urologic oncology. [...]
I find it difficult to realize that I started writing “Doc’s Prescription” in March 2008. During the subsequent decade, both our economy and I reached rock bottom and pinnacles. My first column dealt with [...]
The September 16th edition of the Economist highlighted major issues involving cancer Cancer claimed 8.8 million lives world wide in 2015 40% of Americans will have cancer during their lifetime Cancer kills more people [...]
Pfizer will purchase Array BioPharma for $10.4 billion. It hopes to expand its cancer portfolio with targeted therapies. This acquisition underscores the importance of cancer drugs to the pharmaceutical industry. Because cancer drugs have [...]
I recently read an article by Michael Tanner, director of health and welfare studies, at the Cato Institute that outlined his concerns about treatment of cancer patients under national health plans of foreign countries. [...]
