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DrLen

We ignore the data and early warning signs about tanning bed use and sun safe behaviors at our own peril. tinyurl.com/79h2ymc 12:27 PM May 11th via web
Today Show: "The truth about sunless tanning"???Give me a break. Dr. Nancy tried her best but was throttled. video.today.msnbc.msn.com/today/47292831… 8:42 AM May 4th via Safari on iOS
nytimeswell Life, Interrupted: Cancer Is Awkward nyti.ms/J1tPc3 3:45 AM May 3rd via The New York Times Retweeted by DrLen and 15 others
Has science given clear guidance about the prevention/early detection of cancer? Not really. #2012GC tinyurl.com/76pud3z 3:57 PM May 2nd via web
"Data, data, data" should never replace empathy in cancer care tinyurl.com/73b3qtn 10:13 AM Apr 30th via web
In Portland OR visiting OHSU. Street signs say "Celebrate Public Health Heroes!" Now that is a unique ad campaign. Go Portland! 4:25 PM Apr 17th via Twitter for iPhone
MilkenInstitute @DrLen, Deputy Chief Medical Officer for the American Cancer Society is speaking at Global Conference! ow.ly/a7Mc1 #2012GC 12:05 PM Apr 11th via HootSuite Retweeted by DrLen and 2 others
djsampson The funny actress in ebay/jeans & other ads? is.gd/x726HH It's @allynrachel. She's @DrLen's daughter, proving comedy not genetic 10:02 AM Apr 13th via TweetDeck Retweeted by DrLen
Is knowledge of human genome taking us to "pharmageddon" or new discoveries to reduce burden of cancer? tinyurl.com/83zcga7 8:07 AM Apr 2nd via web
Sitting at our desks is killing us from cancer and other diseases, so let's go take a walk tinyurl.com/86juv84 8:24 AM Mar 29th via web
According to new report being overweight, obese or inactive could overtake tobacco as cancer risk factor tinyurl.com/7t7x3m6 2:39 PM Mar 28th via web
@NCCS mtg: Challenges for NCI ca centers incl complex infrastructure to support comprehensive clinical resch program & it's expensive 8:33 AM Mar 22nd via Twitter for iPad
Presenter @NCCS mtg: If cancer centers are going to survive, they are going to have to be quality and care delivery innovators 8:29 AM Mar 22nd via Twitter for iPad
Aetna @NCCS mtg: Need to find ways to reconfigure onc practices to be in alignment w/ multiple payors to achieve uniform quality goals 8:14 AM Mar 22nd via Twitter for iPad
US data:172 onc practices closed, 323 w/ money probs, 44 sending all rx pts out, 224 bought by hosp, 102 merged (Source: COA 2010) 8:12 AM Mar 22nd via Twitter for iPad
At Natl Coalition for Cancer Survivorship mtg in DC. Presenter noted there are no "true" private practice oncologists left in Mass. 7:56 AM Mar 22nd via Twitter for iPad
IOM audience: Could personalized medicine leave us open to charges of "death panels" if we tell someone they shouldn't take rx? 1:16 PM Mar 21st via Twitter for iPad
IOM mtg comment: personalized medicine means using what works & avoiding what doesn't; pts want access to latest rx even if it won't work 1:14 PM Mar 21st via Twitter for iPad
And not just rx but also help us avoid serious side effects? But those possibilities are still some time in the future. 1:10 PM Mar 21st via Twitter for iPhone
My thought: isn't the ultimate goal for us the recognition that each of us is unique and genomics will tailor rx for many diseases? 1:08 PM Mar 21st via Twitter for iPhone