OncoLink Cancer Blogs » Beating the Beast http://www.oncolink.org/blogs Blogs from OncoLink Cancer Resources Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:00:55 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Ten Years http://www.oncolink.org/blogs/index.php/2013/05/ten-years/ http://www.oncolink.org/blogs/index.php/2013/05/ten-years/#comments Wed, 15 May 2013 15:30:36 +0000 Rodney Warner, JD http://www.oncolink.org/blogs/?p=5128 I had an allogeneic bone marrow transplant ten years ago this month. I managed to get into remission number three in March 2003.

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]]> http://www.oncolink.org/blogs/index.php/2013/04/savages-and-sacrifices/feed/ 0 The Most Useful Page on the Internet http://www.oncolink.org/blogs/index.php/2013/04/the-most-useful-page-on-the-internet/ http://www.oncolink.org/blogs/index.php/2013/04/the-most-useful-page-on-the-internet/#comments Wed, 24 Apr 2013 15:28:59 +0000 Rodney Warner, JD http://www.oncolink.org/blogs/?p=5010 List of cancer resources from the American Cancer Society’s website. Type in a zip code or town and state for help finding assistance for a wide variety of issues.

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]]> http://www.oncolink.org/blogs/index.php/2013/04/wellness-programs-and-the-unwell/feed/ 0 Deadly Infections and the Caring, Unwashed Hands That Spread Them http://www.oncolink.org/blogs/index.php/2013/03/deadly-infections-and-the-caring-unwashed-hands-that-spread-them/ http://www.oncolink.org/blogs/index.php/2013/03/deadly-infections-and-the-caring-unwashed-hands-that-spread-them/#comments Sun, 31 Mar 2013 12:20:26 +0000 Rodney Warner, JD http://www.oncolink.org/blogs/?p=4750 Have you heard about the latest threat to the lives of cancer patients? It's CRE, the 'Nightmare Bacteria'. This bacteria causes infections and can be drug-resistant.

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]]> http://www.oncolink.org/blogs/index.php/2013/02/coach/feed/ 0 Lance Armstrong and His Legacy http://www.oncolink.org/blogs/index.php/2013/01/lance-armstrong-and-his-legacy/ http://www.oncolink.org/blogs/index.php/2013/01/lance-armstrong-and-his-legacy/#comments Wed, 23 Jan 2013 16:00:20 +0000 Rodney Warner, JD http://www.oncolink.org/blogs/?p=4127 I know the good the foundation does because I had a job that it funded for two years, in 2008 and 2009.

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