Nov 16, 2001

In This Issue:
Patients Want To Know  Diagnosis, Depression Under-Diagnosed, Tamoxifen and Depression, Challenge To DEA Regulating End-of-Life Prescriptions, Handling Disputes With HMOs, Leukemia Conference, Treatment Guidelines

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THE LATEST NEWS

Most Elderly Patients Want To Be Informed Of Cancer Diagnosis

Geriatrics Society Challenges DEA Oversight Of End-Of-Life Care

Physicians Miss Depression In Cancer Patients

Free Guide Helps Patients In Disputes With Managed Care Plans

cancerpage updates the news throughout the day, Monday through Friday, and adds late-breaking stories on holidays and weekends.

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LEUKEMIA AND LYMPHOMA SOCIETY TO HOLD CONFERENCE ONLINE

A conference called "New Treatments in Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia" will be held Dec. 12 in Washington, DC with live internet webcast and teleconference. The speakers include specialists from Memorial Sloan-Kettering and UCLA School of Medicine as well as a representative of Novartis Oncology, the makers of Gleevec. Patients and professionals are welcome to participate in person, through the internet webcast, or on the phone during the event from 6:30 to 9:00pm on east coast USA. Register soon in order to receive the program workbook prior to the seminar. To register, call 1-800-955-4572 or go to cancereducation.com. There is no fee for this event.

For more information and easy-to-understand graphics and illustrations on leukemia or lymphoma, see our cancerpage sections for

Leukemia http://cancerpage.matria.com/cancers/default.asp?channel=Leukemia
Lymphoma http://cancerpage.matria.com/cancers/default.asp?channel=Lymphoma
and The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society of America.
http://www.leukemia-lymphoma.org/hm_lls

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NO LINK BETWEEN TAMOXIFEN AND DEPRESSION

Treatment with tamoxifen does not increase the risk of depression or make existing depression worse, even among women who are at high risk for depression, according to research published in the November 7, 2001, issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. http://cancertrials.nci.nih.gov/types/breast/prevention/tamdep1101.html

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TREATMENT GUIDELINES FOR ALL STAGES OF CANCERS

Cancerpage provides treatment guidelines for the most common cancers: Breast, Colon, Lung, Lymphoma, Prostate, and Skin Cancer. From the homepage, click on these types of cancer, then click on "Stage-Specific Guidelines." All the technical words are hyperlinked to definitions, but if you have questions, just click on Ask Our RN, email your question to our oncology nurse, and you will receive an answer by email within 24 hours. www.cancerpage.matria.com