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Men Making a Difference: Mark Gregory
Mark Gregory remembers.
He remembers dates. There was the day after Thanksgiving in 1989, when doctors found a tumor near his brain. Then there was July 26, 1991, when Gregory, who’d been diagnosed with multiple myeloma, underwent a bone marrow...Tags: National Institutes of Health, Swelling, Bone Marrow, Ronald McDonald House Charities, Brain
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Laurel oncologist pleads guilty to buying and using unapproved drugs
Isabella Martire, a 52-year-old oncologist in Laurel, will be sentenced Oct. 17 after pleading guilty to buying prescription drugs not approved for use in the United States, and using them on cancer patients. According to U.S. Justice Department...Tags: Laurel, Prescription Drugs, Government Health Care, Pharmaceuticals, Justice System
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River Hill cancer survivor beat incredible odds, tells his story
Mark Gregory pauses as he relives the time when he nearly died. His gaze trails off into the distance and words fail him as he ponders a past he prefers to keep behind closed doors.
Yet, he's willing to dredge up those painful events for a purpose....Tags: Chemotherapy, Emergency Health Procedures, Blood, Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Hospitals and Clinics
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Doctors aim to stop pancreatic cancer before it forms
Seeing a chance to stop one of the most deadly kinds of cancer before it forms, doctors at Johns Hopkins and at other hospitals around the nation are focusing on the common pancreatic cyst.
Up to 20 percent of pancreatic cancer begins as one of these...Tags: Chemotherapy, Fort Lauderdale, Pancreatic Cancer, Gallbladder, Pancreas
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Dr. Paul Chang, oncologist
Dr. Paul Chang, a Towson oncologist known for forging close bonds with his patients, died Wednesday at Good Samaritan Hospital of complications from cancer. He was 65.
With more than 30 years' experience treating cancer patients, Dr. Chang developed a...Tags: Medical Specialization, General Practitioners, St. Joseph Medical Center, Diseases and Illnesses, Orange (New Haven, Connecticut)
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Dr. Constance A. "Connie" Griffin
Dr. Constance A. "Connie" Griffin, an internationally known pancreatic cancer researcher who led the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center's Cytogenetics Core and was director of the Pathology Molecular Diagnostics Laboratory, died Jan. 8 of pancreatic...Tags: Pancreatic Cancer, Colleges and Universities, Brunswick (Frederick, Maryland), Teaching and Learning, Medical Research
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William Pitcher, insurance firm owner, dies
William Malcolm Pitcher, an insurance firm owner, died of cancer July 5 at Gilchrist Hospice Center in Towson, one of the local charities he assisted during his life. The Brooklandville resident was 83.
Born in Baltimore and raised on Bateman Avenue,...Tags: University of California, Los Angeles, Radiation Therapy, Wars and Interventions, Korean War (1950-1953), Medical Specialization
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Health
As the population of Howard County has grown, so have the health care resources available to residents. Over the past decade, Kaiser Permanente, the nation’s largest health maintenance organization, opened a 17,500-square-foot center in Columbia...Tags: Senior Health, Acupuncture, Medical Procedures and Tests, Emergency Planning, Nursing
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21st Century Oncology Receive full ACRO Accreditation
21st Century Oncology, which operates a network of free-standing radiation oncology centers, including one each in Bel Air and Belcamp, has announced it has received full accreditation from the American College of Radiation. "It is an honor to have...Tags: Medical Procedures and Tests, Radiation Therapy, Harford County, Health Treatments, Medical Specialization
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Ron Smith to stop chemotherapy, remain on air 'as long as I can'
Ron Smith went on WBAL radio Thursday, just as he has for the past 27 years. But the conservative talk-show host, who was recently diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, opened his show telling listeners — with characteristic bluntness — that he...Tags: Chemotherapy, Pancreatic Cancer, Drugs and Medicines, Hospitals and Clinics, Health Treatments
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Ron Smith and a thing called hope
Never have I read a more poignant and thought provoking opinion piece than Ron Smith's last column for The Sun ("My work here is done," Nov. 18). It seems cut and dried that realism is the proper philosophy when someone elects not to continue cancer...Tags: Cancer
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Dr. Betty W. Robinson, psychiatrist
Dr. Betty W. Robinson, a psychiatrist who had been director of inpatient services at the Walter P. Carter Center in downtown Baltimore and an associate professor at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, died June 19 of cancer at Gilchrist Hospice...Tags: University of Maryland, College Park, Armed Conflicts, Towson, University of Cincinnati, Psychiatry
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