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Girl's fight for life takes toll on liver - Hope For Haley!
Monica Alonzo-Dunsmoor - The Arizona Republic
Aug. 8, 2005 12:00 AM
Haley Knutsen has been fighting to stay alive for most of her young life.
Despite a successful bone marrow transplant in May that appears to have wiped out the leukemia cells infesting her body, the Gilbert girl, 9, continues fighting because the chemotherapy treatments that destroyed the cancer have ravaged her liver.
Link: http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/local/articles/0808sickkid08.html

Girl to get marrow transplant from dad
Thursday, August 11, 2005
Olivia suffers from leukemia
By Hieu Pham
Iowa City Press-Citizen
Although as energetic and antsy as a typical 5-year-old, nothing else about Olivia Kellicut is typical. Olivia was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia, an aggressive cancer of the blood, in February 2004. Ever since, she has undergone countless rounds of chemotherapy and has been in and out of University Hospitals.
Link: http://www.press-citizen.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050811/NEWS01/508110316/1079

Mejias to Sponsor Second Blood Drive and Bone Marrow Screening
People of Hispanic or Latino descent are encouraged to be screened.
Aixa Brea is a vivacious 32-year-old woman who enjoys volunteering at her local church and planning her upcoming September wedding to her fiance John Moynihan, a longtime member of the New York Police Department.
Link: http://www.antonnews.com/massapequanobserver/2005/08/12/news/

National Bone Marrow Registry seeks minority donors
by DAMASO REYES
Special to the AmNews
Originally posted 8/11/2005
“We can’t find a match.” After diagnosis, these are the worst five words a cancer patient in search of a bone marrow transplant can hear. For a wide range of cancers from leukemia to lymphoma, a bone marrow transplant has become not only an important therapy, but for many patients the only hope of defeating the enemy within. But for nearly 75% of patients, a suitable donor cannot be found within their family, forcing them to depend on the kindness of strangers who have volunteered to become part of the National Bone Marrow Registry.
Link: http://www.amsterdamnews.com/News/article/article.asp?NewsID=60394&sID=20

Sephardic Jews needed for bone marrow donation
A screening will take place on Sunday in Tarzana from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. for possible bone marrow donators for leukemia patient Sherwin Porat of Encino. He is in need of a bone marrow transplant. Since tissue type is inherited, his best chance of finding a genetically matched bone marrow donor is from those of Sephardic Jewish ethnic ancestry.
Link: http://www.malibutimes.com/articles/2005/08/10/news/newsbriefs.txt

Russell's story
By JORDAN DECHAMBRE August 11, 2005
Russell Ennette remembers every detail of the day like it was yesterday. But it was, in fact, July 2003. He was preparing his yard for guests, and took a quick trip to the dump to dispose of unneeded sod. As he lifted the last heaping bag from the trunk of his car, he felt a "crunch" in his back.
Link: http://www.gmtoday.com/content/CLS/2005/July/43.asp

Cancer teen's book of hope
10 August 2005
A teenage cancer sufferer plans to write a book about her experiences of the disease to help comfort future sufferers.
Seventeen-year-old Jessica Whitmore has been keeping a diary since she went into hospital for a bone marrow transplant two and a half weeks ago.
Link to Full Story

Fremont leukemia fighter keeps up the good work
Girl, 12, is more excited about camp than youth award
By Grace Rauh, STAFF WRITER
FREMONT — Adriana Aboumrad fidgets with her necklace — a whistle, compass, magnifying glass and thermometer all in one. It's 10:30 a.m. and she has 30 minutes to kill before meeting the girls she'll spend the next few days with, rock climbing and kayaking at a short sleep-away camp.
Link: http://www.insidebayarea.com/argus/localnews/ci_2928345

One Man's Enduring Gift
Quen Taylor Blood Drive is second largest in region
By Melissa Hall - Wednesday, August 10, 2005
JOURNAL REPORTER - KERNERSVILLE
Connie Bush had two special reasons for donating blood at the Quen Taylor Blood Drive yesterday at First Baptist Church in Kernersville.
Link to Full Story

Leukemia, treatment, boys, shopping. . . A friendship made to last.
By Lacy Gillespie for the Cut Bank Pioneer Press
Kelly Grubb and Sarah Larson share many interests...beanie babies, collecting key chains and link charms and winning their fight with leukemia. This week the girls, who met during cancer treatment in Seattle six years ago, are enjoying each other's company at a cancer survivors retreat in Bozeman. Photo by Lacy Gillespie
Link: http://www.goldentrianglenews.com/articles/2005/08/10/cut_bank_pioneer_press/news/news1.txt

U researchers publish results of seven-year bone marrow study
The study monitored patients after they received transplants for various diseases.
By Jerret Raffety - August 10, 2005
The results from one of the largest studies to date of patients undergoing bone marrow transplantation from unrelated donors were published Aug. 2. The study, led by University researchers along with 16 other institutions in the United States, aimed to improve bone marrow transplant survival rates by looking at ways to prevent graft-versus-host disease, a potentially lethal complication for people who have had bone marrow transplants.
Link: http://www.mndaily.com/articles/2005/08/10/64889

Repair for frail immune systems
Clara Pirani, Medical reporter
August 11, 2005
Researchers have discovered a way to improve the immune system that could help donor organ recipients and people with cancer and AIDS fight deadly diseases.
Link: http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,16220581%5E23289,00.html

Grief lingers for family whose child died from leukemia
(AP)
Aug. 8, 2005 07:15 AM
TUCSON - Monday marked the one-year anniversary of the death of a 16-year-old who inspired nearly 6,000 Tucson residents to join a national bone-marrow registry in an attempt to save his life.
Link: http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/0808BoneMarrowBattle08-ON.html

The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Unveils National Education Program For Elderly Cancer Patients
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y., Aug. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society has announced the launch of a national education program to provide older blood cancer patients, their families and caregivers the tools they need to get the best possible care.
Link: http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/08-08-2005/0004084216&EDATE=

Leukemia Society Needs Support To Provide Support
August 8, 2005
RALEIGH, N.C. -- The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society is the only organization that specializes in fighting blood-related cancers like the leukemia that killed the 10-month-old daughter of NBC-17 anchor Sharon Delaney last week.
Link: http://www.nbc17.com/community/4824127/detail.html

Leukemia survivor runs race of her life
Marathon runner, assistant principal advocates better cancer care here
By JEFF RAYMOND
The Brownsville Herald
August 8, 2005 --- Gracie Luna is compact and muscular, just as one would expect from a marathon runner.
Link: http://www.brownsvilleherald.com/ts_more.php?id=66466_0_10_0_C

Blood Stem Cell Transplants for Leukemia - August 8, 2005
(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Children with very high-risk acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) are better off with blood stem cell transplant rather than standard chemotherapy.
While the most common treatment for children with ALL is high-dose chemotherapy, a new international study led by Adriana Balduzzi, Ph.D., of the University delgi Studi di Milano Biocca in Italy, may offer hope for survival rates among children with compatible blood donors.
Link: http://www.ivanhoe.com/channels/p_channelstory.cfm?storyid=11869

Research tackles leukemia cells
August 07, 2005
RESEARCHERS in Western Australia believe an aggressive form of cancer will soon be able to be attacked more effectively after discovering gene changes hampered current treatments.
Link: http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,16180759%255E29277,00.html

Weight gain increases leukemia risk
Fri 05 Aug 2005 07:49 am CST
WASHINGTON (myDNA News)
Obese individuals have been found to have an increased risk for the development of leukemia, recent research indicates.
Link: http://www.mydna.com/health/weight/news/resources/news/200508/news_20050805_leuk.html

Stem cell transplant best for childhood leukemia
Fri 05 Aug 2005 11:49 am CST
WASHINGTON (myDNA News)
For children that have been diagnosed with high-risk acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), stem cell transplantation has been shown to be the optimal treatment method.
Link: http://www.mydna.com/genes/genetics/news/resources/news/200508/news_20050805_all.html

Local boy diagnosed with leukemia; bikers come to his aid
Christian Coop just turned four, but now, he faces a challenge beyond his years, leukemia
08/06/2005 10:11 pm
Story filed by NewsCenter16 Reporter - Kimberly Torres
South Bend, IN - A four-year-old South Bend boy is living life minute-by-minute and day-by-day. His name is Christian Coop and he has leukemia.
Link: http://www.wndu.com/news/082005/news_43919.php

Donor to meet young recipient
Tue, Jul 19, 2005 - By Elizabeth Putnam, Wausau Daily Herald
Anthony Ficociello will fly to Washington, D.C., today to meet for the first time a 5-year-old girl who is alive because of him.
Ficociello, 40, of Edgar is a bone marrow donor. He first donated his bone marrow in 1998 to help the daughter of a family friend. The girl had a rare form of leukemia, and Ficociello's bone marrow matched hers. Even with Ficociello's gift of marrow, however, the child died in April 1999.
LInk: http://www.wausaudailyherald.com/wdhlocal/292700956964570.shtml