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Tuesday, December 13, 2011

New Cancer Mentality: Dr. John McGowan on the Bathtub Mechanism to treat Cancer


Dr. McGowan uses mathematics and mathematical software, along with development of image and video processing algorithms to model cancer. He graduated with a B.S. in physics from the California Institute of Technology and a PHD in physics from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. In this video, he highlights the Bathtub Mechanism, which he believes could play a significant role in helping cancer patients due to abnormal level of chromosome number routinely found in cancer patients.

Sunday, July 10, 2011

New Cancer Mentality: Krystal Bocanegra on her Experince with Peritoneal Mesothelioma and Advice for Current Patients

New Cancer Mentality: Krystal Bocanegra on her journey fighting Peritoneal Mesothelioma and Advice for Current Patients from David Farzam on Vimeo.

Krystal’s story begins almost 3yrs ago, when she suddenly began experiencing severe stomach pains and exhaustion. At the time, she contributed these symptoms to her body reacting to working too much, but her symptoms consistently kept getting worse and worse each month. Finally, after becoming too fatigued to work, Krystal decided to go see her primary care physician. After, a CT scan was taken and surgery completed to look at what was going on, Krystal was diagnosed with the rare cancer peritoneal mesothelioma. She comes today to inform our audience of her treatment and help others who may be going through similar circumstances she did.

Friday, July 8, 2011

New Cancer Mentality: International Insight: Dr. Laura Soucek of Spain on her experimental findings studying Cancer

New Cancer Mentality: International Insight: Dr. Laura Soucek of Spain on her experimental findings studying Cancer from David Farzam on Vimeo.

Dr. Soucek obtained a PhD in Genetics and Molecular Biology at University La Sapienza, Rome, Italy. She then went on to do a Postdoctoral fellowship at the Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of California, San Francisco. She then moved on to being an Assistant Researcher as a Molecular Biologist at the university of California San Francisco. As of now, she is in in Barcelona, Spain where she is the Head of the Mouse Models of Cancer Therapies Laboratory, at the institute of Oncology Vall d’Hebron. She has received numerous awards including the AACR award for outstanding early-career scientists in cancer research as well as the MIGUEL SERVET fellowship from FIS, Ministerio de Sanidad y Consumo. Just last week she also received an award from the Fero Foundation, which was given to her by Princess Letizia of Spain. She speaks about targeting the inhibition of the Myc protein to treat various types of Cancer.

Thursday, June 2, 2011

New Cancer Mentality: Dr. Arnold Glazier on the Requirements for Cure of Cancer: A plan of Action

New Cancer Mentality: Dr. Arnold Glazier on the Requirements for Cure of Cancer: A plan of Action from David Farzam on Vimeo.

Dr. Glazier discusses PRTT and the requirements for the cure of cancer.


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New Cancer Mentality: Dr. Arnold Glazier on the importance of Prevention on Cancer

New Cancer Mentality: Dr. Arnold Glazier on the importance of Prevention on Cancer from David Farzam on Vimeo.

In this video, Dr. Glazier emphasizes many important aspects relating to prevention on cancer risk and what can be done to avoid exposure to carcinogens.


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Thursday, May 26, 2011

New Cancer Mentality: Jonny Imerman on Imerman's Angels and importance of connecting with others during Treatment

New Cancer Mentality: Jonny Imerman on Imerman's Angels and importance of connecting with others during Treatment from David Farzam on Vimeo.

Jonny Imerman is the founder of the successful organization Imerman's Angels. Jonny connects cancer patients with cancer survivors who fought the same type of cancer as the patient. Thanks to the organization, cancer patients are able to have someone to contact during difficult periods of their treatment. Cancer survivors assume a mentor position and are able to share their story with the patients and build new relationships. Thanks again to Jonny and we wish him all the best in the future.

Friday, April 29, 2011

New Cancer Mentality: Anna Warner on Thyroid Cancer and Important of Positive Mentality throughout Treatment

New Cancer Mentality: Anna Warner on Thyroid Cancer and Important of Positive Mentality throughout Treatment from David Farzam on Vimeo.

Anna is a professional singer and has sung at weddings, minor league baseball games, the chapel for the Detroit Lions and in her community church. Anna was diagnosed with a rare form of thyroid cancer in 2008 and was told she would never be able to sing again. Fortunately, she was able to beat the odds and kept her spirits up by spending her time on her passion, lipstick. She recently wrote the book My Lipstick Journey through Cancer: A journey of Faith and Finding the Right Shade to tell others about her journey with cancer.

Tuesday, March 22, 2011

New Cancer Mentality: Dr. William C. Dooley on Cutting Edge Cancer Treatments



In this video, New Cancer Mentality Interviews Dr. William C. Dooley about his thoughts on current cancer research techniques and ideas for the future. Dr. Dooley received his medical degree from Vanderbilt School of Medicine and later did his surgical training at the John Hopkins. Dr. Dooley is the G. Rainey Williams Professor and chair of surgical breast oncology at the University of Oklahoma Breast Institute, Oklahoma City. In the video he gives excellent advice for current cancer patients and gives basic information everyone should know, including a brief history of breast cancer procedures currently performed.

Saturday, February 12, 2011

New Cancer Mentality: Carolyn Aldige on Importance of Prevention on Cancer

New Cancer Mentality: Carolyn Aldige on Importance of Prevention on Cancer from David Farzam on Vimeo.

Carolyn Aldige is the founder of the Prevent Cancer Foundation. The foundation has provided more than $120 million in support of its mission: cancer prevention and early detection through research, education, community-based programs and advocacy, and has become nationally recognized as a leader in the fight against cancer through prevention.

In this interview, Ms. Aldige speaks about the importance of prevention and early detection on cancer. She teaches the younger generation to follow basic principles and live a healthy lifestyle.

Tuesday, February 8, 2011

New Cancer Mentality: Dr. William McBride from UCLA on role of Radiation Therapy on Cancerous Lesions

New Cancer Mentality: Dr. William McBride on the role of Radiotherapy on Cancer Treatment from David Farzam on Vimeo.

New Cancer Mentality Interview with Dr. William McBride from UCLA. Dr. McBride offers excellent insight into his research on radiation therapy and what he believes needs to be done in the future to give better health generating treatment in the future. Sorry about the minor echo in the background voice of the host.

Wednesday, February 2, 2011

New Cancer Mentality: Dan Zenka's tips for Prostate Cancer Patients

New Cancer Mentality Interview: Dan Zenka on Prostate Cancer and Advice for Patients from David Farzam on Vimeo.

Dan is the vice president of communications for the Prostate Cancer Foundation, and recently began his own personal battle against prostate cancer. Dan is reaching out to other prostate cancer patients across the globe using his blog, My New York Minute, www.mynewyorkminute.org.

Tuesday, February 1, 2011

New Cancer Mentality: Caroline Ronten on importance of maintaining support when diagnosed with Cancer

New Cancer Mentality Interview: Caroline Ronten on importance of maintaining support when diagnosed with Cancer from David Farzam on Vimeo.

Caroline was diagnosed with thyroid cancer while in college, and was just diagnosed with breast cancer a few years ago. She has an inspiring story and gives great information to other patients who need help getting through their personal fight with cancer. Caroline is also the founder of the well known blog, "Caroline's Breast Cancer Blog"



Friday, January 28, 2011

New Cancer Mentality: Dr. Yamini Dalal on the Role of Epigenetics on Cancer

New Cancer Mentality Interview with Dr. Yamini Dalal from David Farzam on Vimeo.

Interview with NIH researcher Dr. Yamini Dalal as she discusses the role of epigenetics on cancer. She gives expert insight into her current research and the methods she uses in her lab to get excellent results.

Thursday, January 27, 2011

New Cancer Mentality: Aubrey de Grey on WILT system and role of Telomeres on Cancer

New Cancer Mentality Interview with Dr. Aubrey de Grey from David Farzam on Vimeo.

De Grey is an English author and theoretician in the field of gerontology, and the Chief Science Officer of the SENS Foundation. He is editor-in-chief of the academic journal Rejuvenation Research, author of The Mitochondrial Free Radical Theory of Aging and co-author of Ending Aging. Wikipedia. Due to technical difficulties, the voice of the interviewer echoes at the beginning. However, De Grey's voice comes out clearly and he offers excellent insight into what he believes will lead to the best advances for cancer treatment in the future.

Sunday, January 9, 2011

New Cancer Mentality: Ironman Clayton Treska on Importance of Faith with Cancer

New Cancer Mentality Interview with Clayton Treska from David Farzam on Vimeo.

Thanks again to Clayton Treska for sharing his miraculous story of faith and bravery. Clayton fought off stage 4 testicular cancer and completed the Kona Ironman this past October. We wish Clayton much success in the future and we know that his inspirational story and determined nature will resonate with other cancer patients around the country. We look forward to having him on the website again soon.