AZT markedly improves first year survival in AIDS patients
Burroughs Wellcome reports AZT nearly doubles AIDS patients' odds of surviving the first year. In a study of 281 patients across 12 centers, about 89 percent on AZT for one year survived, versus 35-55 percent without the drug. Effects grow with continued use, though long term survival remains unknown.
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Burroughs Wellcome Inc
Burroughs Wellcome
Centers For Disease Control
Atlanta
Sandra Lehrman
North Carolina
Paul Volberding
San Francisco General Hospital
Volberding
Lehrman
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Cancer charity defends high fund raising share
Randall Grove of the United Cancer Council defends spending up to 97 percent of income on fundraising and management. The group reported 1985 spending of 2.9 percent on cancer programs from a $5.2 million outlay, with 6.52 million of last year’s seven million raised going to Watson & Hughey Co. for fundraising.
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New York
Randall Grove
United Cancer Council
Grove
National Charities Information Bureau
Council
Watson & Hughey Co
Alexandria
New technique could spare most mastectomies, study shows
London based researchers report a breast conserving method combining lumpectomy with targeted radiation, using radioactive iridium wires to destroy remaining cancer cells while the breast is preserved. In trials at Guy's Hospital and in Belgium and the Netherlands, about half of participants kept their breasts with similar outcomes to mastectomy, suggesting conservation therapy as first line for many patients.
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London
Ian Fentiman
Guy’s Hospital
Imperial Cancer Research Fund
Fentiman
Guy's
Belgium
Netherlands
United States
Britain
Blue Ridge Toastmasters Meet to Learn Speaking Skills
Blue Ridge Toastmasters invites the public to an evening session at the Townhouse Restaurant in Charles Town West Virginia on May 5 at 6 p.m. The group offers guidance on organizing conversations and engaging listeners with peer evaluations to improve communication. For details contact Bill Horton or Gary Bergstrand after 5 p.m.
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Blue Ridge Toastmasters
Blue Ridge
Townhouse
Charles Town
W. Va
Bill Horton
Gary Bergstrand
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