Turning Point
Sailing is just one of the many activities keeping Miriam Shafner busy while in treatment for metastatic breast cancer.
Fall/Winter 2007
Contents
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Striving for more
By J. Dirk Iglehart, MD -
Researchers "bank"
By Robert Levy
on tissue collections
Stored samples hold vital clues to cancer.Patients are teachers, too
By Dawn Stapleton
Throughout the ages, patient needs have been the drivers of medicine. -
Still in treatment and living well
By Richard Saltus
For some women, metastatic breast cancer can be managed like a chronic disease. -
New study seeks answers in advanced breast cancer
By Richard Saltus -
Fingerprinting drug resistance in ovarian cancer
By Robert Levy -
Newsworthy Notes
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Ask the Care Team
Credits
Turning Point is published for supporters of Dana-Farber's Women's Cancers Program. To learn more about the WPC, call Administrative Director Candace S. Lowe, ScD, at (617) 632-2675.
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Turning Point
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Department of Communications
44 Binney Street, OS-300
Boston, MA 02115
or call (617) 632-4090
or e-mail: TurningPoint@dfci.harvard.edu
EDITOR: Dawn Stapleton
ASSOCIATE EDITOR: Richard Saltus
SCIENCE ADVISORS: Ian Krop, MD, PhD; Jennifer Ligibel, MD
ART DIRECTOR: John DiGianni
DESIGN: Kimberly Regensburg, Erinkate O'Donnell, Megan Rose
CONTRIBUTORS: Robert Levy
PRODUCTION COORDINATOR: Jacqueline Czel
PHOTOGRAPHY: Sam Ogden, Bill Horsman
