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JUNE 2009
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Robert Steinberg FEATURED ARTICLE

Robert Steinberg
Remembered
Fundraiser Honored Founder of Scharffen
Berger Chocolate 
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FUNDRAISING UPDATES

Special Celebrations
Thanking Your Guests in a Special Way  READ MORE

Team In Training®
San Diego Rock 'n' Roll Marathon  and America's Most Beautiful Bike Ride  READ MORE

Light The Night® Walk
July and August Free Gas Promotion  READ MORE

New Photo Gift Site Benefits LLS  READ MORE

Volunteer Pete West Cruisin' For a Cure  READ MORE


PATIENT SERVICES

LLS Focuses on Young Adult Survivorship  READ MORE

Welcome Back: Summer is a Good Time to Take Advantage
of Back to School Programs
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New Co-Pay Application Feature   READ MORE

Patient Aid - Industry Partners Step Up to Help LLS  READ MORE

Featured Resources  READ MORE

RESEARCH

Q&A w. Katherine Borden  READ MORE

ASCO: Experimental Lymphoma Vaccine READ MORE

ADVOCACY

Parity Sought Between Patient Cost of I.V. vs. Oral
Chemo Medications 
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FROM THE LLS BLOG  READ MORE



 

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FEATURED ARTICLE

Robert SteinbergRobert Steinberg's Sweet Legacy

Chocolate and beer? Together? This seemingly odd pairing offers "palate-pleasing sensations for the epi-curious," says Jim Javenkoski, Ale-vangelist for Arcadia Brewing Company. Since discovering the sensory energy between strong dark ales and Scharffen Berger chocolate, he has promoted how beer lovers and chocoholics alike can enjoy this uniquely delicious tasting experience.

During the past five years, Jim has conducted beer and chocolate pairing seminars across the country, including several that were presented with Robert Steinberg, the creator of Scharffen Berger chocolate. A doctor with an active practice in San Francisco, Robert retired from medicine when he was diagnosed with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) in the late 1980's. He chose to follow a long-time passion - cooking. A frequent traveler through Europe, Robert became fascinated by fine chocolate. He apprenticed to a small, traditional chocolate maker in Lyon, France and journeyed through South America to learn the nuances of cocoa beans.

In 1996, in partnership with a friend, John Scharffenberger, Robert formed Scharffen Berger and opened a small factory in San Francisco. Food writers and a chocolate-craving public soon agreed that Robert had created an excellent chocolate, worthy of its European rivals. And the rich, complex flavor profile of that confection is what inspired Jim to pair Scharffen Berger's highly-regarded chocolate with his deliciously dark, refermented ales.

In September 2008, about two decades after his diagnosis, Robert lost his battle with blood cancer.

In honor of Robert's remarkable legacy and the people he touched in both the confection and brewing industries, members of the specialty food industry met at Hopleaf Bar in Chicago to pay tribute to him. The funds raised at that night's ale and chocolate seminar were donated to The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society and specifically dedicated to research on CLL, the disease that took Robert's life.

So, with goblets of dark ale raised and Scharffen Berger chocolates in-hand, Jim and his colleagues fondly remembered a man whose life and legacy have sweetened so many lives.


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FUNDRAISING UPDATES

Thank Your Guests in a Meaningful Way

In lieu of party favors, hosts of weddings and other special occasions are choosing to make a donation to The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) to support blood cancer research and help make a difference in the lives of patients and their families.

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"My fiancé (Tom Van Orsouw) and I were looking for a simple, meaningful way to thank our guests for sharing our day with us, and we felt that the special occasion cards were perfect," explains Lisa Sisson of Wakefield, RI. "Rather than the typical favors that can often times feel excessive and wasteful, we knew that it was a great way to make our family and friends aware of The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. We were also happy to make a donation in honor of our friend, Scott Sherwood, who has been living with lymphoma for a few years, and is currently recovering from a stem-cell transplant. We are thrilled to have him attend our wedding!"

Participants in the program can order white or ivory colored cards for each place setting at the party. The card includes the names of the bride and groom or whoever the celebration is commemorating, and they can personalize the text as they chose, such as by honoring a blood cancer survivor or in memory of a loved one. The cards state that the hosts have made a donation to LLS to thank their guests for sharing their special day with them.

Ron Barthel of Sandy Hook, CT, said he and his fiancée, Angela Towne, chose to use LLS's special occasion cards as favors for their wedding guests because Angela, a Hodgkin lymphoma survivor, received a lot of support from LLS and they wanted to highlight the organization to their guests.

"We also wanted to show the importance of continuing to give, no matter the times," Barthel said.

Cards can be purchased at $3 apiece and are sent in quantities of 25.

For more information visit www.lls.org/specialoccasions


Contact Rosanna D'Angelo at (888) 773-9958 or donorservices@lls.org


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Rock 'n' Roll Marathon and a Century Ride

Team In Training (TNT) sent 2,245 participants to the 12th annual San Diego Rock 'n' Roll Marathon on May 31, and they raised $8.2 million (net) to help fund lifesaving research for leukemia, lymphoma and myeloma, and bring hope to thousands of blood cancer patients and their families.

Team in Training® LogoThere was also a special surprise in store for one TNT participant in San Diego. CGI, the event organizer for all of the Rock 'n' Roll events, announced that TNT participant Nichole Beattie of Long Island, N.Y., was the two millionth finisher since the Rock 'n' Roll series of marathons began. Beattie was awarded $500 and some other gifts.

The top TNT fundraiser at San Diego was Eliana Wolpe, of Los Angeles, who raised $103,000. Wolpe, wife of world-renowned Rabbi David Wolpe of Sinai Temple in Los Angeles, ran to honor her husband's battle with lymphoma, as well as her own victory against cancer.

TNT also sent 1,511 participants to America's Most Beautiful Bike Ride in Lake Tahoe on June 7, and those participants raised $6.8 million. William Kenny of Rockland County, N.Y., was the top fundraiser, raising $52,122. Kenny has raised more than $120,000 over the past three years.

Visit www.teamintraining.org
to learn more.

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Get Free Gas and Help Save a Life

Light the Night® gas promotionThe difficult economy may be putting the brakes on Americans' summer travel plans, but The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) is providing some relief by offering free gas cards in July and August.

Light The Night
® Walk participants doing online fundraising can earn $50 worth of free gas for every $500 they raise during July and August. For every $250 raised online, $15 gas cards will be earned. The cards will be available while supplies last.

"Light The Night Walk, LLS's annual evening fundraising walk, is the nation's opportunity to pay tribute and commemorate lives touched by blood cancer," said Nancy L. Klein, LLS's chief marketing and revenue officer.  "The goal of finding cures and helping patients is a great motivator, in and of itself. But in this tough economy, LLS saw this 'Save at the Pump' promotion as a great added incentive to do something good and get something good!"

Light The Night Walk events take place in communities around the country in the fall, with teams of co-workers, families and friends walking together in twilight holding illuminated balloons - white for survivors, red for supporters and gold to remember those lost to cancer. Funds raised help LLS support cutting-edge research and provide critical patient services.

For more information about the gas promotion or to learn more about Light The Night, call (877) LTN-WALK or visit
www.lightthenight.org/freegas.

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New Photo Gift Site Donating Proceeds to The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society

The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) has a new relationship with a leading vendor of photo imprinted gifts - Imagine Your Photos. LLS staff, donors and supporters can order items imprinted with their favorite photos and 40% of all sales are donated to LLS.
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You can select from over 300 items for personalization. Just click on this URL: www.llsphotogifts.org and make your selection from a wide variety of gifts, from aprons to wooden puzzles, milk chocolates to watches. Simply upload photos featuring your Light The Night® Walk or Team In Training team. You can also upload logos, or you can imprint photos of your child, pet or special occasions, such as proms or graduations.

Items start at $6.95 and up. The photo site has a number of tint enhancements you can select in order to customize your purchase even more.


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Pete WestCruisin' For a Cure

Super Volunteer, Pete West, of San Antonio, TX, has hit the road on an around-the-country motorcycle ride to raise awareness and funds for The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS). Cruising on his 2007 Honda Goldwing GL1800, decked out in LLS insignia, West has set his goals high. He's been visiting cancer centers across the country, traveling 11,000+ miles in one month, trying to raise funds to fight blood cancers as he goes. So far his visits have included the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN, the Cleveland Clinic, the Ohio State James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute in Columbus, OH, Fred Hutchinson Comprehensive Cancer Center in Seattle and The Arizona Cancer Center in Tuscon.

Why's he doing it?  West says, "I have never been diagnosed with cancer but I have had family members and friends that have so I want to do my part to help in my own way and that is to raise money to help doctors and scientists find a cure for cancer and find it now!"

West is riding to honor those who have fought and are fighting their own battles with blood cancers. His inspiration to do something grand for LLS was sparked by his wife, Lisa, who is an avid member of Team In Training® and has completed two half marathons to raise money for the cause.

Pete West's extraordinary journey began on May 16th. You can follow his incredible journey on his blog

Help him on his way by donating to his campaign
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PATIENT SERVICES

LLS Focuses on Young Adult SurvivorshipYoung Adult Image

Young adults between the ages of 18 and 39 who are diagnosed with cancer face unique concerns such as those related to education, dating and intimacy, and employment.

"The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) is committed to providing programs and support services that address the special needs of this group of survivors," says Carson Jacobi, vice president, national education programs. "They have long been a lost group, in between pediatric and older adult cancer patients, and they have been a population with limited support services." This web-savvy socially-networked population accesses most of its information online and more needs to be done to deliver information in a way they can relate to, Jacobi adds.

LLS has received a grant from Genentech to create new online programs for the young adult population in the near future, but already has a number of resources available for this age group:

Virtual lecture. On June 30, the LLS web site will post a new virtual lecture: "Young Adults with Blood Cancers: Managing Treatment and Beyond,"
during which the panelists discuss the physical, emotional and financial challenges faced by cancer patients in this age group and the gaps in services. The lecture, recorded during the annual Oncology Nursing Society conference, features four experts: oncology counselor Sage Bolte, MSW, LCSW, OSW-C, of Inova Cancer Services in Fairfax, VA., and her colleague at Inova, program manager Eric Cohen, RN, BSN, OCN; Nicole Rosipal, RN, MSN, CPNP, stem cell transplant and cellular therapy - pediatrics at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, and her colleague at MD Anderson, Michael E. Rytting, MD, associate professor of pediatrics. The virtual lecture program offers continuing education credits.

Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia (CML) . There is increasing interest in pregnancy among younger women with CML who are in stable remission and  in ongoing treatment with Gleevec. In July, LLS will publish two updated CML booklets that include information about CML and pregnancy. Early reports of stopping treatment in order to get pregnant were discouraging, with relapse nearly certain, but further study has given new hope that women with CML who want to become pregnant can be better managed with lower risk to both mother and child.
PS72- CML Guide: Information for Patients and Caregivers
PS31- Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia


Guest author. A major concern facing young adults with cancer surrounds issues of intimacy and sexuality. LLS's web site features an article on the topic by guest writer, Kris Carr
- author of the book,
"Crazy Sexy Cancer."  In 2003, 31-year-old Kris Carr, an actress and photographer, was diagnosed with a rare and incurable cancer. Kris shares her story of survival experience with creativity, strength and humor.

Web clips . LLS offers a web-based program, "Cancer Survivorship for Young Adults" featuring interviews with  experts Sage Bolte and Eric Cohen, colleagues at Inova Cancer Services, in which they discuss a range of topics, including family and workplace challenges. Another web cast, also hosted by Sage Bolte, addresses sexuality and intimacy. The clips, which have had nearly 50,000 visits since being posted, can be found at
www.lls.org/survivorship.

Following are some of LLS's Young Adult Survivorship Resources:
 
FS22-Long-Term and Late Effects of Treatment in Adults
 
FS23-Fertility
 
Webcast-Cancer Survivorship for Young Adults
 
Webcast-Sexuality and Intimacy in Cancer Survivorship

 

Please visit the LLS Community Discussion Boards:


LLS Blood Cancer Discussion Boards  Survivorship: Life After Cancer


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Child with booksWelcome Back: Summer is a Good Time to Take Advantage of Back to School Programs

With summer vacation upon us, this is the perfect time for school professionals to take advantage of The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's back to school program. "Welcome Back: Facilitating the Return to School for Children with Cancer" is an education program for school nurses and other school personnel discusses possible emotional, physical and cognitive late effects of cancer treatment in children and offers numerous resources that can assist childhood cancer survivors to flourish in the school environment post-treatment. Contact your local chapter patient services manager for schedule information.

Here are some additional Back to School Resources:

PS 36 Learning & Living With Cancer
Advocating for your child's educational needs
 
PS 85 Back to School Resources


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Copay assistance imageNew Co-Pay Assistance Program Provider Online Application

The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Co-Pay Assistance program is pleased to announce a new tool to help providers submit online applications on behalf of blood cancer patients quickly and easily. The Co-Pay Assistance program provides financial assistance for health insurance payments and blood cancer treatment co-pay obligations to qualified patients. For more information, visit www.LLS.org/copay
or call (877) 557-2672.

Co-Pay Assistance Program Broadens Funding
Qualified patients with chronic myelogenous leukemia and myeloma can now receive up to $5,000 in assistance from LLS' Co-Pay Assistance Program . The aid helps offset prescription drug co-pays and other insurance-related expenses according to disease diagnosis.

For more information, visit www.LLS.org/copay or call (877) 557-2672.



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Patient Aid - Industry Partners Step Up to Help LLS Helping Hands

Responding to an appeal for help, two companies, Celgene Corporation and Millennium: The Takeda Oncology Company, have stepped up to help blood cancer patients in their time of need with significant leadership gifts for The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's (LLS) Patient Financial Aid program.

The program provides funds to help patients access care. Today, more than ever, patients need financial assistance and LLS's program was facing a shortfall. The gifts from Celgene and Millennium will go a long way toward helping LLS continue to provide assistance to these patients for such expenses as travel and other costs related to medical treatment. The program helps remove barriers to patients wishing to participate in clinical trials by helping cover routine care costs. LLS projects that it will have more than 21,000 patients enrolled in the financial aid program this year.

"LLS is extremely grateful to Celgene and Millennium for their generosity," said LLS President and CEO John Walter. "Both companies have been steadfast supporters of LLS's patient services and education programs throughout the years, and both are continuing to demonstrate their commitment to addressing the financial burden faced by blood cancer patients, particularly during the current economic crisis."  

To learn how your company can help, please contact Andi Ciminello at (914) 821-8869, or andi.ciminello@lls.org.


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Featured Resources

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Featured Materials

FS6-Choosing a Blood Cancer Specialist or Treatment Center


FS6S-Seleccion de un especialista en cancer de la sangre o de un centro de tratamiento (Spanish-language)  

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PS49-The Myeloma Guide-Information for Patients and Caregivers LLS publications image

 







Upcoming Telephone Education Programs
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There are no scheduled programs in July. Please take advantage of our free archived educational programs in any of the following areas:
 
Lymphoma Education Series

Leukemia Education Series

Myeloma Education Series

Myelodysplastic Syndromes Education Series

Survivorship Education Series
  
Interactive Journeys


Featured LLS Web Page  
 
Select Summer Reading List:
 
Books for Children - Here's help in answering your children's questions and addressing their concerns

Books for Teens
- This section lists books that address the special needs of teens

Books for Parents
- This list of books provides information for parents of children with serious illness or for children with a family member with serious illness

Books for Adult Patients and their Caregivers
- The books in this section offer help and information on a variety of topics for adult patient and those who care for them

What to Ask After Diagnosis
www.LLS.org/whattoask


Healthcare Question Guides
Taking an active role in making treatment decisions can have a positive effect on your health and your quality
of life.


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From the LLS Blog

The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Blog is an interactive communication resource, updated regularly with news from LLS, as well as guest blog posts from those touched by blood cancer. LLS welcomes your comments on blog posts, as well as feedback to make this a better communication resource for you.

Here's the latest from the LLS blog:

Myeloma patients should apply for Co-Pay Assistance

Personalize your credit card and support LLS every time you swipe your card! Your support of The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society is personal and now so is your LLS visa card.

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RESEARCH

Katherine L.B. Borden, Ph.D. Katherine L.B. Borden, Ph.D.
Translational Research Program grantee Katherine L.B. Borden, Ph.D., of Université de Montréal, studies a
targeted therapy for patients with some types of acute myelogenous leukemia.

What is the biomedical problem/issue that you are trying to resolve?
We are trying to find new and better therapies for cancer patients, particularly those with cancers that involve abnormally high levels of a protein called eIF4E that can cause cells to become cancerous. We found that giving cells a drug, ribavirin, that looks like a small molecule that eIF4E binds in its normal cellular role, reduced the abiltiy of eIF4E to cause cancer. We have just completed a Phase II clincial trial with this drug, in patients who had refractory or relapsed leukemia after standard chemotherapy. We found substantial clinical benefits, including remissions. By testing the patients' blood samples, we could see that we had indeed targeted eIF4E, as we had hoped.

What's novel or innovative about your approach?
This is the first time that eIF4E has been targeted in patients. Roughly 30% of cancers carry eIF4E abnormalities, including but not limited to M4 and M5 subtypes of acute myeloid leukemia (AML), so there may be applications beyond leukemia for our findings.

How will your work one day help patients?
I hope that ribavirin or a combination of ribavirin and other drugs can produce durable remissions in patients with leukemia; and eventually with other malignancies as well.

Are you close to clinical trials? 
Yes, we just completed a Phase II trial and in the autumn we hope to carry out a combination trial with ribavirin and another well tolerated agent to see if we can overcome resistance to that drug, which develops in patients after 3-4 months on average.

What other projects are you excited about and believe will benefit patients?
I am very excited about the combinations with ribavirin and how they may not only overcome resistance, but possibly improve the frequency of remissions. I am also excited to test how ribavirin works in other malignancies characterized by abnormal eIF4E.

What are some of your hobbies and non-research interests?
I love to go to the gym, to hike and to watch Star Trek. However, most of my non-research time goes into playing with my three young boys (4 years old and  17 months old twins).


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Syringe Image Zeroing In On a Lymphoma Vaccine

Personalizing cancer care was a major theme at the 45th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) this month. By tailoring anti-cancer treatments to the unique genetics of patients and their tumors, patients can receive treatments they are most likely to benefit from, while allowing those who will not benefit to avoid unnecessary side effects and costs.

Stephen J. Schuster, MD, a researcher funded by The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS), presented some encouraging results from a Phase III randomized clinical trial for an anti-cancer vaccine called BiovaxID. Schuster, of the Abramson Cancer Center of the University of Pennsylvania, showed that the vaccine delayed relapse for some patients with advanced follicular lymphoma. Disease-free survival was extended on average by more than one year and the vaccine was well tolerated. Two other LLS-supported researchers, Christopher Flowers M.D. of Emory University and Larry Kwak M.D. Ph.D. of M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, were among the co-authors on this study.

The BiovaxID vaccine is made with lymphoma cells from a lymph node biopsy, fused with laboratory mouse cells that then produce large amounts of antibody protein (idiotype) that is unique to the sampled lymphoma.

The vaccine took many months to produce and, therefore, all patients in the study had to have been in remission for at least six months at the time they received the vaccine. Idiotype vaccine benefits may therefore be limited to patients with durable remissions, but vaccines can now be made much more quickly so this possibility can be tested.

In addition, the study was begun about 10 years ago, and at that time standard treatment consisted of a combination of chemotherapy: prednisone, doxorubicin, cyclophosphamide, and etoposide (PACE). Since that time the antibody Rituxan was developed and is now used in combination with chemotherapy as standard therapy for follicular lymphoma patients, more generally using CHOP (cyclophosphamide, hydroxydoxorubicin, oncovin and prednisone).

"This study represents a remarkable initial step and a potentially exciting new direction in treating patients, but now we need to see how the vaccine might perform when combined with newer therapies that weren't available when the study began," said Barton Kamen, MD, Ph.D, chief medical officer of LLS.


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ADVOCACY
Parity Sought Between Patient Cost of I.V. vs. Oral Chemo Medications Capitol Image

Oral chemotherapy medications, such as Gleevec® , have become the new standard in treating cancer.  The drug, taken orally as a pill at home instead of intravenously in a doctor's office, works by targeting and attacking only cancer cells, leaving healthy cells unfazed.  Gleevec has a high success rate for patients newly diagnosed with CML, and has shown promise in treating several other cancer types. 

However, a problem has emerged for patients - cost.  Intravenous chemotherapy drugs administered at a hospital or clinic are typically paid for as a medical benefit under a patient's health insurance plan.  But these new chemo pills are almost exclusively covered by prescription drug plans, which are not as generous.  Many of these costly drugs have been placed into the insurer's Tier IV classification, which can require the patient to pay a percentage of the drug's cost instead of a flat-fee co-pay, making the out-of-pocket cost astronomical in some cases. 

Lawmakers are attempting to bring parity between the costs of intravenous and oral chemotherapy treatments.  Federally, legislation has been introduced (H.R. 2366) to amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) to require insurers to cover oral cancer drugs "on terms no less favorable than the coverage provided for intravenously administered anticancer medications."  Similarly, 36 bills have been introduced in 23 states, all seeking to require oral chemotherapies be covered at the same level as intravenous chemotherapies.  Additionally, two states - Iowa and Oregon - have already passed laws requiring this parity among the treatment options. 

The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) will continue to inform volunteers of the progress of these bills as they move through Congress and their respective state legislatures, as well as any opportunities to influence the debate.


Here's the latest alert from action.lls.org:
TAKE ACTION: Urge Your Representative to Join the Pediatric Cancer Caucus


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