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Female: All Races (total cases = 1,657,563)
1. Breast - 30.7%
2. Lung - 12.5%
3. Colon and Rectum - 12.2%
4. Corpus and Uterus - 5.9%
5. Ovary - 3.9%
Male: All Races (total cases = 1,715,377)
1. Prostate - 28.6%
2. Lung - 16.3%
3. Colon and Rectum - 11.7%
4. Bladder - 6.6%
5. Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma - 4.2%
For the complete listing of findings, [...]

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I can’t sleep lately. I know I need to sleep, but it eludes me. It’s unusual for me not to sleep a solid 8 hours each night, and I’m not sure why this is happening!

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I want to go to the IMF Patient/Family Seminar in Fort Lauderdale, Florida in January. I’ve made the reservation for the hotel and the seminar. I just have to decide how to get there. I’ll either drive or fly. Flying will be much, much faster. If you’re going to [...]

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I don’t think there’s anyone who likes getting junk e-mail. I can’t stand it, and I tend to think very little of the class of people we call spammers. I was overjoyed to learn about the arrests of two of this country’s most notorious spammers this month in Virginia (they’re both from North [...]

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LITTLE ROCK, Ark., Dec. 24 /PRNewswire/ — Scientists at the Universityof Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) have discovered the mechanism that destroys bone in the deadly cancer multiple myeloma and are developing a drug to stop or reverse the process.
John Shaughnessy, Jr., Ph.D., and his research team in the Myeloma Institute for Research and Therapy [...]

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I’ve set up an online cookbook to get some of the favorite recipes of MM’ers and our families and friends. Please add your recipe! When it gets well populated, I would like to try to get it printed so we can sell it to raise money for research. Let’s get some good [...]

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If you’re as sick of spam as I am, this will make you happy!
LEESBURG, Va. — Two men charged with running one of the most prolific spamming operations in the world surrendered Friday to Virginia authorities.
Jeremy Jaynes, of Raleigh, N.C., turned himself in to Loudoun County authorities on Friday, as did Richard Rutkowski of Cary, [...]

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I have a cold, and it’s making me miserable. Two of our staff were also home sick today.

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I took this picture of my dog & cat today. Aren’t they cute? Their names are Collie and Pye.
I saw my local oncologist yesterday. I see him every 2 months. He just asks some questions and they check my blood pressure. I asked him about the second m-spike that showed up on the last labs [...]

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I emailed my doctor, asking what I can do about the small increases in my IgA. First of all, he did say that the increase can be from polyclonal IgA (the good ones). This is a possibility, since my IgG is also going up. He should be back from the ASH meeting [...]

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My IgA is creeping up a bit. It’s back up in the 900s again, where it hasn’t been since May/June, 2003. I have emailed Dr. O. and asked if I can proceed with 4 rounds of dex at 4 days on/4 days off. No response from him yet, but I hope to [...]

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I missed my regulary scheduled appointment because of bad weather a few weeks back, so I rescheduled for last Wednesday. That appointment was cancelled, due to the fact that my doctor was in the hospital! They said he had a virus. They’ll get in touch with me to reschedule my appointment. [...]

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