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Announcing the ddn Cancer Research Portal: Your gateway to the latest oncology news, trends and resources
October 2011
SHARING OPTIONS:
In a May 2009 editorial in this publication, fresh off the
American Association for Cancer Research's 100th Annual Meeting in
Denver, I shared with
our readers that I had never personally known anyone who
suffered from or died of cancer—despite the sobering statistics put forth by
the American Cancer Society that nearly 1.5 million new cancer cases were
diagnosed and more than a half million people died of cancer in the United
States alone the year prior.
In late 2011, this isn't the case for me anymore. Startlingly,
a little more than two years later, I now need two hands to
count how many
friends and colleagues have been impacted by some form of this disease … and I
am quickly running out of fingers.
For some of
these friends and colleagues, the battle was
waged uphill. For others, a cancer diagnosis was but a mild hiccup in their
lives, and they quickly moved
on from treatment to emerge healthier and more
proactive about maintaining their health.
At the
same time, in the course of reviewing the past year
and planning for 2012, the journalists of ddn
recently took a look at how much of our news
coverage involves oncology, and we
were stunned to learn that in the last two years, our cancer-related news
stories have doubled. Today, cancer
research dominates nearly every section of
our newspaper and other news vehicles. From diagnostics to R&D and
everything in between, cancer is
clearly a hot topic.
That's why we decided to launch our latest news division,
the ddn Cancer Research Portal,
your
gateway to the latest oncology news, trends and resources. Here, on this special
website, you will have immediate access to all of our cancer-
related coverage,
as well as featured news and spotlights on some of the industry's oncology
leaders and links to various companies, research centers
and organizations
dedicated to treating—or even curing—cancer.
It's our hope that this news
portal will serve as a bridge
between you and the growing cancer community. In the months to come, we will be
announcing special coverage that will
shine a light on the various players in
oncology research—from bench to bedside. Much like the ever-changing news, we
expect the ddn Cancer Research Portal
to exist as a living, breathing entity that alters in reaction to the most
up-to-date announcements and trends.
Whether you are a cancer researcher, a student pursuing the
oncology field, a company engaged in the search for anti-cancer
compounds, a
member of government or just an interested party, we hope you enjoy this new
resource, which you can access by visiting www.ddncancer.com. Thanks for
reading.
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