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Madagascar Periwinkle in the flower garden located in Timmins in the Township of Mountjoy in the City of Timmins in Northeastern Ontario Canada
Catharanthus roseus, commonly known as bright eyes, Cape periwinkle, graveyard plant, Madagascar periwinkle, old maid, pink periwinkle, rose periwinkle,is a perennial species of flowering plant in the family Apocynaceae. It is native and endemic to Madagascar, but grown elsewhere as an ornamental and medicinal plant. It is a source of the drugs vincristine and vinblastine, used to treat cancer. It was formerly included in the genus Vinca as Vinca rosea.
It has many vernacular names among which are arivotaombelona or rivotambelona, tonga, tongatse or trongatse, tsimatiririnina, and vonenina
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Madagascar Periwinkle in the flower garden located in Timmins in the Township of Mountjoy in the City of Timmins in Northeastern Ontario Canada
Catharanthus roseus, commonly known as bright eyes, Cape periwinkle, graveyard plant, Madagascar periwinkle, old maid, pink periwinkle, rose periwinkle,is a perennial species of flowering plant in the family Apocynaceae. It is native and endemic to Madagascar, but grown elsewhere as an ornamental and medicinal plant. It is a source of the drugs vincristine and vinblastine, used to treat cancer. It was formerly included in the genus Vinca as Vinca rosea.
It has many vernacular names among which are arivotaombelona or rivotambelona, tonga, tongatse or trongatse, tsimatiririnina, and vonenina
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A year's gone by
were we stronger then
or now?
(I like to revisit old work to learn what I see differently now.)
Chosen as the group cover photo for the Flickr Mushrooms group.
Mushrooms on a fallen tree
common name: Turkey Tail
So many pictures show the brilliant colors of Autumn but Fall sometimes creates a monochrome palate. Here, the muted colors of these mushrooms blend with the grey background of the bark on this fallen tree.
The shapes and patterns look as if these are shells or butterflies but they are truly just a simple fungus. Nature is so beautiful even in the ordinary things!
Trametes versicolor — formerly known as Coriolus versicolor and Polyporus versicolor — is an extremely common polypore mushroom which can be found throughout the world. Versicolor means 'of several colours' and it is true that this mushroom is found in a wide variety of different colours. T. versicolor is commonly called Turkey Tail in the United States because of its resemblance to the tail of the wild turkey. T. versicolor is recognized as a medicinal mushroom in Chinese medicine under the name yun zhi. In China and Japan T. versicolor is used as in immunoadjuvant therapy for cancer.
Description from wikipedia en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trametes_versicolor
Vickery Creek
Roswell, Georgia, USA
September 7, 2006
I'm rather sad to say that this is the final installment of "The Birds In Shed." I'm not sure I have ever made a more meaningful set of photographs. The Lovely Lady in this photo was diagnosed with lymphoma in January and the hair is her own. The few days right before a new bout of chemo are her best before the cycle of fatigue and aches, so our times to shoot had been limited. Thankfully with one more round of chemo she will be cancer-free!!!
For any of you who have been affected by cancer in your own life, a friends, or a family member; I hope this series has resonated with you.
It's better now.
Everything is better now.
You could make it even better still.
Just hold on.
It'll be a ride of a lifetime.
I took this shot a week before my last chemotherapy cycle, May 10th 2019. My eyelashes and eyebrows had just fallen out, (hooray for stick-on brows) and my back & shoulders were covered in spots from the drugs.
Lovely hotel stay catching up with my dear friend, Leanne in Portsmouth - spent 5 mins playing at selfies in the mirror before I went to bed - this is the little cove where the tray with the kettle & teacups sat.
Yes! This is a mirror selfie.. every conventional photographer's nightmare maybe?
This photo doesn't really tie-in with my typical bohemian theme I know, but to exclude it would be to exclude a large part of what made me the person I am today and where I'm at in my creative photography. I'm not cool with excluding the bits which show how far I've come because they're not 'pretty.'
Looking at this image one year later I'm reminded how far I've come. Those were some dark days but there were moments when the light shined through.
Hello everyone!
A huge apology for such a long absence - I have not perished at the wrath of Covid-19 (so far so good) and I hope you are all safe & well.
I have a lot of catching up to do so I hope you don't get alarmed when I post some pics of me abroad in March - I am definitely at home!
Over my last few posts a good couple of months ago now, I mentioned that I had breast cancer.
I kept a blog throughout my treatment, and took many photos, documenting every single emotion but I kept a lot of it private at the time. I chatted endlessly to friends about it & made the blog, long before I started my Flickr account.
I thought I would do a post explaining what happened to me..
Some of you will already know, (and many won't) I was diagnosed with stage 1, grade 3 invasive ductal carcinoma breast cancer in November 2018.
I had successful lumpectomy surgery, (and a lymph node biopsy which was thankfully clear) followed by chemotherapy & radiotherapy to hopefully prevent a reoccurence.
I was trying to grow my hair super long.. I'd bleached it blonde for a long time, (I'm a natural brunette) and conditioned it everyday, and when I found out I was going to lose it all I was devastated. I ordered a very long & very expensive platinum blonde wig with a super realistic hairline which I fell in love with, and features in many of my photos here.
My hair is growing back now - it's short, curly and dark, pretty much the opposite of what I had(!) but here's a photo from July 2018 with my bald head, when I had just finished chemo & waiting for radiotherapy treatment.
I indulged in the summer of 2019 for healing as much as possible - I climbed trees, built hideaways & hung fabrics - everything I love to do to make me feel good. Nature is so healing.
I'm not ashamed of my body, rather I'm proud of how it continues to try protect me. Whoever you are, and for whatever reason, losing your hair is nothing to be ashamed of, but it can feel like it's not in-keeping with a certain way of life, when actually, it IS life and you realise you are still beautiful and can do beautiful things, influence others, etc.
I wasn't going to write about it here at all because I didn't want this gallery to become linked inherently with cancer or disease, but I can see now on the contrary, it has opened me up to many creative possibilities.
I hope you'll continue to follow 😘
Be well x
Greetings to all! This image drew me into a great story about cancer research being aided by research aboard the International Space Station. Very interesting stuff. This is the largest image I have right now, but I'll repost if something larger becomes available...
Photo caption: The oil (blue) contains a visualization marker that is traceable by ultrasound and C-T scans to allow doctors to follow the microcapsules (brown) during site-specific delivery to the tumor. The semipermeable outer skin has the physical ability to time-release the drug slowly.
Story: Invasive and systemic cancer treatment is a necessary evil for many people with the devastating diagnosis. These patients endure therapies with ravaging side effects, including nausea, immune suppression, hair loss and even organ failure, in hopes of eradicating cancerous tissues in the body. If treatments targeted a patient’s cancerous tissues, it could provide clinicians with an alternative to lessen the delivery of toxic levels of chemotherapy or radiation.
Imagine the quality of life from such therapies for patients. Remarkably, research that began in space may soon result in such options here on Earth.
As we recognize February as National Cancer Prevention Month, it is useful to also point out the continuous improvements to cancer treatment through research and discovery. Using the distinctive microgravity environment aboard the International Space Station, a particular series of research investigations is making further advancements in cancer therapy.
A process investigated aboard the space station known as microencapsulation is able to more effectively produce tiny, liquid-filled, biodegradable micro-balloons containing specific combinations of concentrated anti-tumor drugs. Using specialized needles, doctors can deliver these micro-balloons, or microcapsules, to specific treatment sites within a cancer patient. This kind of targeted therapy may soon revolutionize cancer treatment delivery.
Use of the microgravity environment aboard the space station for microencapsulation experiments was a necessity before the ability to develop an Earth-based technology for making these microcapsules. “The technique that we have for making these microcapsules could not be done on the ground, because the different densities of the liquids would layer,” explained Dennis Morrison, Ph.D., retired NASA principal investigator of the Microencapsulation Electrostatic Processing System-II (MEPS-II) study and current vice president and director for microencapsulation research and development at NuVue Therapeutics, Inc. “But in space, since there is not sedimentation due to gravity, everything goes spherical.”
The MEPS operations in microgravity brought together two liquids incapable of mixing on Earth (80 percent water and 20 percent oil) in such a way that spontaneously caused liquid-filled microcapsules to form as spherical, tiny, liquid-filled bubbles surrounded by a thin, semipermeable outer membrane.
In space, surface tension shapes liquids into spheres. Each molecule on a liquid’s surface is pulled with equal tension by its neighbors. The closely integrated molecules form into the smallest possible area, which is a sphere. In effect, the MEPS-II system allowed a combination of liquids in a bubble shape because surface tension forces took over and allowed the fluids to interface rather than sit atop one another.
“We were able to figure out what parameters we needed to control so we could make the same kind of microcapsules on the ground,” said Morrison. “Now, we no longer have to go to space. Space was our teacher, our classroom to figure out how we could make these on Earth.”
Though the MEPS-II technology was produced on the space station in 2002, the ensuing global economic struggles and funding hurdles made it difficult to raise investor capital for new clinical trials of the microcapsules in humans. This gap in the research slowed movement from discovery to an actual product that improves human health.
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Dear Friends -- Had my first CHEMO yesterday at Southend Hospital then I have to bring home an automatic PUMP connected to my PICC Line fitted MONDAY at Basildon and the Pump operates for another 48 hours at home then District NURSE will come to disconnect and flush leaving my PICC line in my Vein which goes all the way across to my Superia Vena Cava ( Heart Vein) .Then after 3 more sessions have a CT Scan to see if my LIVER Lesions are shrunk then up to London Hospital for a Professor to cut out the Liver Cancer Lesions, spread from my RECTAL CANCER --- Be Careful -- don't get Bowel Cancer or Rectal Cancer !
See attached me this morning with my PILLS and my PICC line and Pump BUT I will Keep Snapping !
Cheers -- pentaxpete but taken on my OLYMPUS E-500 !
Teepees are like handbags.. however large you go, you always manage to fill them up!
Incidentally, this was my previous teepee (last year's photo) and it was one meter less diameter than my current hippie home.. this one had a relatively low entrance and you'd have to bend over quite a bit to get in.. perfect for lounging about in the doorway though.
This gorgeous jumpsuit is so light & airy for summer and by All About Audrey.
Go explore her magical collection of colourful designs & textures: www.allaboutaudrey.co.uk
When you're tired, make sure you have somewhere beautiful to lay your head.
How you style your space says a lot about how you are as a person and is now more important than ever during the lockdown.
What are you trying to say?
How many people ever thought they would be spending this much time in their home?
It's so important to love your space and make it yours. Owning it with money isn't enough - personalise it, put your soul into it, wake up and feel your energy & love in every corner - that's how you make a home.
Location is the gorgeous @haciendalondon, taken July 2019
Finding a big enough hat to protect my bald head from the sun like..
I no longer have a bald head, but a fluffy curly head of short dark hair. I sure am glad I lost my hair over the summer months last year, and not winter - it would have been so cold!
However, there is also the risk of burning your scalp with no hair to protect it, so I found this fabulous huge sombrero for this self-portrait session in my garden, which my boyfriend's sister has temporarily loaned me (although I've had it over a year now)
The set is my last gorgeous garden teepee, which sadly fell apart last winter. I have the same teepee now but larger - larger in circumference by a meter, taller by half a meter, and the doorway is much taller..
This playsuit is one of my favourite items of clothing, but that's not saying much I know! You've probably worked out by now I love clothes - the more colourful & patterned the better!
It's a gorgeous golden yellow with an olive green tribal / leaf pattern - super slouchy, comfortable, flowy with cropped, super wide-legs and it has a delicate tie around the waist with the cutest mini tassels.
It came from a tiny little boutique in Brighton, UK called All About Audrey. I stepped in one day whilst killing time waiting for my train and fell instantly in love with the whole store (and Audrey too, the lady who owns it)
Audrey has since played a huge part in my styling shennanigans since this day and I am so grateful for her help, talent & generosity, which I will go into in full over my next posts, so please do keep coming back to get hooked on more bohemian goodness!
15 more weeks til my 2nd yearly hospital check-up with the surgeon who physically saved my life at the end of 2018.
Almost 2 years ago, he successfully removed a 1cm malignant tumour from my right breast, and a few lymph nodes to check the cancer hadn't spread, (it hadn't) and I recovered quickly.
Today I can barely see the scar around my nipple, and I can't see the one in my armpit at all.
Every year I am scheduled for a mammogram as a precaution, but a mammogram didn't detect my tumour back then - the result was negative, but an ultrasound thankfully picked it up.
Why?
Well, because my breast tissue is dense.. I am relatively young and haven't had children, and this can mean a mammogram may not be the most effective method of detection in similar patients.
I had a 1 year mammogram check-up in December 2019 which again came back negative but to my pleasant surprise, I didn't just have a consultation as expected after one year, I was given an ultrasound too, which was clear and completely put my mind at ease.
I would love to see breast cancer survivors under 50 and those in the same age bracket getting screened due to ominous symptoms receive routine ultrasounds rather than mammograms in the future.. for peace of mind for many patients with dense breast tissue like myself.
I am writing a book of my day-to-day personal experience with breast cancer, featuring many of my self-portraits taken during that time, plus candids & I cannot wait to present this to you in the coming months!
And now changing the subject slightly.. this stunning ensemble of flares, bell-sleeve cropped tie top & headscarf is by All About Audrey of course - my favourite bohemian bouique(!) photographed in my bedouin boudoir set at The Hacienda, London by yours truly - yes, it's another self-portrait of course, as it my entire portfolio here!
Have a lovely weekend everyone!
What are your favourite / funniest predictive text swaps?
Every time I write 'hope' it changes to 'hippie' (naturally!)
- Hippie for more perfect days in the woods, building canopies & making fire, just like we did last summer..
- Hippie for relaxation & creativity..
- Hippie for great health..
I didn't really make it clear in my last post, but I am now completely free from breast cancer. I had caught it super early and surgery was the cure for me just a month after diagnosis. I decided to mix holistic treatment, (yoga, mindfulness & the use of essential oils) with conventional adjuvent treatment in the form of advised chemotherapy & radiotherapy to minimise my chances of a reoccurance.
Sometimes it's hard to know if you're making the right decision, especially if you're generally pulled towards a more natural approach to healing, but cancer is harsh and I'm young, and killing it with fire (so to speak!) felt the right thing to do.
It's a very personal choice and one which you, after analysing your own personal survival statistics shouldn't be coaxed into by others.
Here is another self -portrait with assisted focus by my lovely man, Simon as the smoke was pretty strong.
Sir H. N. Reliance Foundation Hospital and Research Centre & University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center bring Live Surgery Workshop on 20th & 21st July followed by Scientific Session on 21st July, 2015 at Convention Centre, 1st Floor, Kapol Niwas, Sir H. N. Reliance Foundation Hospital and Research Centre.
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A few months ago in April, when a whole year had passed since I had my picc line inserted, I decided to celebrate how far I'd come in that year by gathering up my hundreds of breast cancer leaflets, letters, booklets, appointment cards & picc line covers and burning the lot of it.
Throwing stuff away isn't great when you have endless pages of sensitive medical info, and having a mini bonfire was pretty therapeutic - perfect day, sunny & some wind, but not too much.
I knew there was a lot but I hadn't realised just how much paperwork there was in having cancer.. they throw absolutely everything at you; it's a total overload of information but I'm grateful we have access to all this valuable & reassuring information at all - it's a lot to read when you're feeling fearful & overwhelmed, but ultimately knowledge is power.
Today in my mind, I am manifesting lifelong super wonderful health for myself & loved ones. I am fabulous, happy & healthy from this point on and making more amazing plans which don't involve fighting to extend my life.
It's not all 'F you cancer' because a lot of good has come out of it - I overcame paralytic fears, I learnt tonnes of stuff, I made new friends for life, (some of them hospital staff) and much more, so I'm thankful for the experience and I'm especially grateful to be able to reflect on how protected & loved I feel as I burn a little bit of the past - not because I want to forget, but because I've moved on.
Here I'm wearing a gorgeous Gypsophila midi dress by All About Audrey - www.allaboutaudrey.co.uk at The Hacienda, London
Thanks for all the love, (some public, but mostly private messages) on my last post about my article about my experience with breast cancer getting published. I'm really happy it's out there!
I thought I'd touch on a few things as I've had quite a significant and positive response to it!
Firstly, how many others have come forward to tell me they've had the same experience of being repeatedly turned away from their local GP surgeries, despite showing breast symptoms, (or indeed any symptoms!) which are abnormal - one of these ladies was 9 months pregnant at the time and doctors put it down to pregnancy hormones time & again!
It's also evident that there are plenty of breast cancer sufferers whose symptoms also started with a weird scratchy / sore nipple, same as in my case, and I'll repeat, this is NOT a known symptom to look out for on those popular lists of potential breast cancer symptoms. It certainly needs to be added as it's clear I'm not an individual case at all..
A publication like this, speaking out and sharing stories can only ever be a good thing, as it gets people talking and comparing their experiences.
It's important to remember that no two breast cancers - or indeed any cancers - are ever the same, no matter how similar they are in severity & type, but we can ALL stand up to being ignored or neglected, when what we really need is answers.
Here is another self-portrait with styling by All About Audrey - www.allaboutaudrey.co.uk
Pampas grass courtesy of my lovely, super generous neighbour, Nix who lets me harvest a load of it from her garden every year!
Location is The Hacienda, London of course!
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This wasn't really taken in Morroco, but my back garden around this time last year when I was practising tying huge headscarves around my bald head.
Sadly, I lost this entire self-portrait shoot on a hard drive which failed and was unrecoverable - devastated is not the word! I love technology but sometimes I really hate it too!
I've had a really productive day for a Monday! My weekend was super relaxed though, doing lots of fun things.
Describe your perfect weekend.. what would you do?
Around this time last year, my lovely man Simone & I discovered this semi-permanent camping set-up in nearby woodland - totally by accident - so we went there on the motorbike with a load of styling props to do a shoot.
There was a large tarpaulin canopy over a fire pit, a bucket, rope swings and some other bits so we added to it & took photos, much to my delight!
We played reggae through a speaker, made a hammock between two trees, tied fabrics, spent time building sets & brought snacks (v important!)
It was a perfect, hot, fun day, which fuelled my creativity during a little break from work.
I really think my bald head phase was such a strong look, and something I would never have entertained under normal circumstances of good health..!
There is a hypothetical Celtic tree Goddess called Druantia, who is the protector of trees, knowledge, creativity, passion, sex, and fertility of plants and animals. When I am feeling invincible, I definitely feel like I'm chanelling her energy, like on this wonderful creative summer's day in July last year.
In other news, my new website is finally up & running and I'm really pleased to announce that no-one really has the name Toulouki (nice one dad!)
My dad didn't get to choose this name for me as a baby, (which he loved and so do I) because my mother alledgedly didn't like it, so I feel it's quite fitting now.
So here you are - happy browsing!
Comments & general feedback are of course welcome & appreciated!
"I won't let pain turn my heart into something ugly. I will show you that surviving can be beautiful" - Christy Ann Martine
There was a time where I was having 3-weekly Herceptin injections in my leg as part of my cancer treatment. It's now been 6 months since I had my last - I cannot believe how fast time has gone and I am so thankful for my body bouncing back as well as it has - I feel incredibly lucky.
Herceptin injections are subcutaneous and kept under the skin for approximately 8-minutes. I had one every three weeks for a whole year so that was 18 of these jabs and a total of 90ml of the drug.
It was given at the start of active treatment alongside chemotherapy because the breast cancer I had was HER2+ (Herceptin is more effective when started alongside chemo and then it's continued after chemo ends)
I started chemo & Herceptin in Feb 2019, finished chemo in May 2019, started daily radiotherapy in July 2019 & finished a month later.. and now I've had over a full year treatment-free and every day is a blessing.
Only daily Tamoxifen tablets now to keep my oestrogen levels low, which I'm on for life so no celebratory end in sight for that, but that's okay.
I knew I wouldn't miss the treatment, (and I haven't!) but I fondly remember all the wonderful, warm, compassionate & interesting people I met in the healthcare profession along the way - those who truly love what they do and go out of their way to make you feel as normal & cared for as possible.
Thanks to all of them!
I can't not feel empowered in this bright orange 70s style fringed poncho from All About Audrey - www.allaboutaudrey.co.uk
It's another self-portrait taken at The Hacienda, London
Northern Leopard Frog (Lithobates pipiens) The Northern Leopard Frog produces specific ribonucleases to its oocytes. Those enzymes are potential drugs for cancer. One such molecule, called ranpirnase (onconase), is in clinical trials as a treatment for pleural mesothelioma and lung tumours. Another, amphinase, was recently described as a potential treatment for brain tumors. Wikipedia
Members of the Hampton University Proton Therapy Institute (HUPTI) and the Leo Cancer Center walk through the SRF Test Lab during a tour of Jefferson Lab on Thursday, Mar. 2, 2023. (Photo by Aileen Devlin | Jefferson Lab)
Today, Hampton University Proton Therapy Institute - HUPTI announced a partnership with Leo Cancer Care to develop an upright proton arc therapy treatment technique for cancer.
The technique will allow patients to stand or sit upright and, combined with an additional CT system, may better target tumors in patients.
Jefferson Lab is proud to contribute to these efforts by applying its nuclear physics and technology expertise to help pave the way for improvements in patient care.
The magnificent Blue Mountains offers a range of experiences found nowhere else on Earth. And it's less than two hours west of Sydney by road or train.
In any season, it is a must see for overseas and interstate visitors - and a great day out for those who live in the Sydney and neighbouring regions.
One of my favourite places for a day/weekend away, almost paradise.
The Blue Mountains is a mountainous region in New South Wales, Australia. It borders on Sydney's metropolitan area, its foothills starting approximately 50 kilometres west of the state capital.[1] The area begins on the west side of the Nepean River and extends westward as far as Cox's River.
Consisting mainly of a sandstone plateau, the area is dissected by gorges up to 760 metres deep. The highest point of the range is 1,190 metres above sea level. A large part of the Blue Mountains is incorporated into the Greater Blue Mountains Area World Heritage Site, consisting of seven national park areas and a conservation reserve.
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, founded in 1962, is a pediatric treatment and research facility focused on children's catastrophic diseases. It is located in Memphis, Tennessee, and is a nonprofit medical corporation chartered as a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization under IRS regulations.
St. Jude was founded by entertainer Danny Thomas in 1962, with help from Lemuel Diggs and close friend, Miami, Florida, automobile dealer Anthony Abraham, on the premise that "no child should die in the dawn of life".,This idea resulted from a promise that Thomas, a Maronite Catholic, had made to a saint years before the hospital was founded. Thomas was a comedian who was struggling to get a break in his career and living paycheck to paycheck. When his first child was about to be born, he attended Mass in Detroit and put his last $7 in the offering bin. He prayed to St. Jude Thaddeus for a means to provide for his family, and about a week later, he obtained a gig that paid 10 times what he had put in the offering bin. After that time, Thomas believed in the power of prayer. He promised St. Jude Thaddeus that if he made him successful, he would one day build him a shrine. Years later, Thomas became an extremely successful comedian and built St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital as a shrine to St. Jude Thaddeus to honor his promise. In 1957, Thomas founded the American Lebanese Syrian Associated Charities (ALSAC), which helped him realize his dream. ALSAC is also the fundraising organization of St. Jude. Since St. Jude opened its doors in 1962, ALSAC has had the responsibility of raising the necessary funds to keep the hospital open. Memphis was chosen at the suggestion of Roman Catholic Cardinal Samuel Stritch, a Tennessee native who had been a spiritual advisor to Thomas since he presided at Thomas's confirmation in Thomas's boyhood home of Toledo, Ohio.
Discoveries at St. Jude have completely changed how doctors treat children with cancer and other catastrophic illnesses. Since St. Jude was established, the survival rate for acute lymphoblastic leukemia, the most common type of childhood cancer, has increased from 4 percent in 1962 to 94 percent today. During this time, the overall survival rate for childhood cancers has risen from 20 percent to 80 percent. St. Jude has treated children from across the United States and from more than 70 countries. Doctors across the world consult with St. Jude on their toughest cases. Also, St. Jude has an International Outreach Program to improve the survival rates of children with catastrophic illnesses worldwide through the transfer of knowledge, technology and organizational skills.
Hospital facts courtesy of: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Jude_Children%27s_Research_Hosp...
To celebrate today, The Day of Poetry, for it is The First Day of Spring. How spectacular Spring’s arrival was indeed this year, 2019, in Thessaloniki, Greece: Her Majesty arrived accompanied by thunder and lightning, along with lots of rain showers, to make blossoming flowers content. Spring was punctual:
Vernal Equinox occurred at 23:58 hrs last night in Greece (UTC / GMT 21:58’ hrs, March 20, 2019).
If Photography was some kind of poetry, utilizing Light instead of ink, then one could think of no better minimalist way to capture Spring, but by shooting a single delicate flower during the golden hour:
Vinca major aka bigleaf periwinkle, large periwinkle, greater periwinkle and blue periwinkle. A flower both beautiful and helpful into treating some cancer cases…
The photograph was inspired by the famous poet’s reference to the periwinkle:
❝Through primrose tufts, in that green bower,
The periwinkle trailed its wreaths;
And 'tis my faith that every flower
Enjoys the air it breathes.❞
—William Wordsworth (Lines Written In Early Spring)
People in Nanaimo and surrounding communities are one step closer to having cancer care in their community with approval of a concept plan for a new cancer centre at the Nanaimo Regional General Hospital (NRGH).
Learn more: news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2023HLTH0031-000819
Our Traditional Christmas which we celebrate on the 24th December every year in the true European Tradition, as always all had fun, food and goodies including Miss Cheeky
I guess this symbolizes what cancer treatment is to me. It's hard to face it head on, the most I can manage is to just go along with it, even though I'm inclined to run.
In May I shot a completed project for AE Design. The project was a renovation and addition, adding a new treatment vault and a new entry way into the center.
This shot is of the new Entry piece that AE Design designed. We shot this during the day but I came back for some evening shots a few weeks later because the client wasn't happy with the daytime shots. I'm glad I made it back because these came out much better. For a fairly "plane Jane" building I think this came out really well.
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Investigators in the Cancer Nanotechnology Platform Partnership (CNPP) at Emory University have developed tumor-targeting magnetic iron oxide nanoparticles for image-guided pancreatic cancer therapy. The nanoparticles deliver therapeutic agents into pancreatic cancer tumors and produce signals that can be tracked by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). This microscopy image of a tumor section (obtained from a mouse tumor model) shows the blue-stained nanoparticles selectively accumulating in the peripheral tumor area and then penetrating into tumor cells.
This image is part of the Nanotechnology Image Library collection.
Credit:Lily Yang, M.D., Ph.D., and Hui Mao, Ph.D., National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health
Meet Anita, a patient of breast cancer. She had dense breasts, which makes it more difficult for her doctors to spot breast cancer on a mammogram. Even after the surgery, her lump kept getting bigger and harder. Then she contacted to PathSOS.
Read her complete Cancer Journey,
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In this image: Molecular view of DHHC palmitoyltransferases. Human DHHC20 (yellow) is embedded in the Golgi membrane (green), a compartment located inside cells. DHHC20 attaches a fatty acid chain (white) to a target protein (blue, foreground), which anchors the protein to the Golgi membrane.
NIH researchers have reported the first 3D structure of DHHC enzymes, which are involved in many cellular processes, including cancer. The finding promises to improve drug design for common forms of cancer.
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Credit: Jeremy Swan, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, NIH