SUMC in the News (11/06/08)
Press release
Stanford co-sponsors Nov. 8 conference to discuss life after cancer treatment
The Stanford Cancer Center will co-sponsor the second annual Cancer Survivorship Conference, titled, "Now what? The new normal of cancer survivorship after treatment."
Print media coverage
San Jose Mercury News, 11/06/08
Program that gives sick kids a ride to hospital needs volunteers
This article discusses Lucile Packard Children's Hospital's Care-A-Van for Kids program, which makes life-saving health care accessible to children from low-income families whose parents lack reliable means of transportation. Erin Champion, program manager, is quoted.
Stanford Daily, 11/06/08
Breast milk molecule found
A molecule called CCR10 is critical to the mobilization of certain cells involved in supplying antibodies to breast milk, according to a collaborative study by researchers at Stanford, Harvard and Brigham Young University. Eugene Butcher, professor of pathology and study co-author, is quoted in this article.
Interent/ New media coverage
Parents.com, 11/05/08
Could you handle an emergency?
Paul Auerbach, professor of surgery and chief of the division of emergency medicine, is featured in this piece on ways to help your family during 12 worst-case scenarios.
Broadcast media coverage
KSBW-TV (Monterey, Calif.), 11/05/08
A new Stanford Cancer Center study shows that lung cancer patients under 40 have better survival rates than older patients. Segments on the study also aired on television stations in Cincinnati; Louisville, Ky.; Portland, Ore.; Springfield, Mass.; and St. Louis.
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