April 20, 2001

In This Issue:
Agent Orange, Childhood Cancer Survivors, Stress and Breast Cancer, St. John's Wort, Oral Contraceptives, Survivors' Policies, Cancer Fatigue, and Email Discussion Groups

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THE LATEST NEWS

Government Report Links Agent Orange To Fatal Childhood Leukemia

Fertility Preservation Problematic For Childhood Cancer Survivors

Stress Does Not Speed Breast Cancer Death

St. John's Wort Not So Great for Severe Depressions

Accutane Ineffective Against Lung Cancer

Oral Contraceptives Reduce Colorectal Cancer Risk

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CANCER FATIGUE ON CANCERPAGE

Check out our new section on fatigue including tips for managing fatigue.

http://cancerpage.matria.com/promos/April_Fatigue.asp

Also see the button for the Cancer Fatigue organization and their Fatigue Inventory and Scale from the MD Anderson Cancer Center. http://www.cancerfatigue.org/

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POLICY UPDATES FROM SURVIVOR'S ORGANIZATION

The National Coalition of Cancer Survivorship (NCCS) will send monthly e-mail updates on policy issues that affect people with cancer and their families. Their Policy Department identifies topics and this month's topics include: Tax Cut & Prescription Drug Benefit, Medical Privacy Regulations Enacted, Stem Cell Research-Progress and Policy. For additional information or to subscribe, send e-mail to policy@cansearch.org or visit NCCS online at www.cansearch.org.

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ASSOCIATION OF ONLINE CANCER RESOURCES (ACOR)

The ACOR.org cancer information system currently operates 99 electronic mailing lists focused on specific aspects of cancers, for example, lymphedema, childhood survivors, and 4 for types of lung cancer. Also, for example, other groups focus on faith, genetic ethics, and familial cancers. People with rare cancers especially can find others on these daily emailed discussion lists. Some groups use Spanish or other languages. The mailing lists are designed to be public online support groups for the growing list of 61,000 subscribers, including patients, caregivers, and others looking for answers about cancer and related disorders. Last week ACOR delivered 1,819,859 individual emails across the globe. http://www.acor.org/