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Cancer

Dog-Gone Good: Dozer Dashes for Cancer Research, Part 2

May 20, 2011

This is an update to a earlier post, in which we shared the story of Dozer, a 3-year-old goldendoodle who escaped through an invisible fence in his yard to join the more than 2,000 people running by his house in Sunday’s Maryland Half Marathon. Since that time, Dozer was given an official race finishers’ medal [...]

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Seven-Year-Old Leukemia Patient Raises $1,800 to “Find A Cure for Cancer”

May 20, 2011

By Chris Lindsley UMMC Blog Editor Seven-year-old Brasen VonMoose-Lemin had the idea to set up a lemonade stand to help “his” hospital. What he didn’t have were any limitations on what his fundraiser for the University of Maryland Children’s Hospital (UMCH) could accomplish. “I want to help find a cure for childhood cancer,” he said. [...]

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Cancer Center Doctor Runs Half Marathon for His Patients — Past, Present and Future

April 11, 2011
Dr. Aaron Rapoport

By Dr. Aaron Rapoport Associate Director, Bone Marrow/Stem Cell Transplant Program Editor’s Note: The 3rd Annual Maryland Half Marathon takes place this year on Sunday, May 15 at Maple Lawn in Howard County.  All proceeds will go to support the work of the University of Maryland Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Cancer Center.  Many cancer center [...]

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Honoring the Legacy of Henrietta Lacks

March 28, 2011

More than 750 people attended one of two events on February 11 to honor the legacy of Henrietta Lacks. The events were hosted by the University of Maryland Medical Center and the professional schools of the University of Maryland. Mrs. Lacks was an African-American Baltimore woman who died of cervical cancer more than 60 years [...]

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Light One Little Candle Provides Books to Children of Cancer Patients

March 8, 2011
Light One Little Candle Kick Off Event

The University of Maryland Greenebaum Cancer Center held a familiy-friendly event in the Stoler Pavilion on March 1, 2011, when it launched Light One Little Candle, a program to provide books to children of cancer patients and caregivers. The program is based on the belief that reading together creates a special bond between parent and [...]

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Patient With Rare Lymphoma a Lifelong “Survivor”

March 3, 2011
Phillip Koubik and His Wife

By Phillip Koubik Cancer Survivor Phillip Koubik was diagnosed with a rare form of lymphoma in 2007. He was treated at the University of Maryland Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Cancer Center (UMGCC), where he received a stem cell transplant in 2009. He has been in remission since October 2009, and recently posted the following comment [...]

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Stomach Cancer Survivor Running Maryland Half Marathon to Support UMGCC

February 23, 2011
Carl Womack, Stomach Cancer Survivor

By Carl Womack Cancer Survivor Editor’s Note: Two years ago, Carl Womack was diagnosed with a rare form of abdominal cancer. Because of the excellent care he received from physicians and staff at UMGCC, he has committed himself to running the 2011 Maryland Half Marathon in support of the Cancer Center. Please visit his runner’s [...]

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Real-Life Heroes Recognized at UMMC

February 16, 2011
Lap Blankets Created by the UMMC Knitting Circle

By Malissa Carroll Web Content Developer Eight health care professionals from the University of Maryland Medical Center and the University of Maryland School of Medicine were recently recognized as finalists in the Daily Record’s 2011 Health Care Heroes awards program. From a transplant surgeon who pioneered the use of single-incision laparoscopic kidney removal to benefit [...]

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Crafters Spread Some Holiday Warmth to Cancer Patients

December 23, 2010

The UMMC Knit & Crochet Circle, a group of people who knit and crochet from throughout the Medical Center, have been busy this fall making lap blankets for cancer patients in the Marlene & Stewart Greenebaum Cancer Center. The goal for the holiday project was to make 100 blankets to distribute to patients who are [...]

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Greenebaum Cancer Center Patients and Staff Give Thanks

December 3, 2010
Visit the Official UMGCC Facebook Page

By Kathy Schuetz UMGCC Web Site Editor In the spirit of Thanksgiving, we posted the following message of “Thanks” to all Greenebaum Cancer Center staff on the UMGCC Facebook page: We’re so thankful this Thanksgiving for all of the wonderful, dedicated, compassionate staff at the Greenebaum Cancer Center… Here are some of the comments posted [...]

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