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06-04-2009, 08:11 AM
In a unique partnership, the Stanford University School of Medicine and the Palo Alto Medical Foundation will collaborate on a research project that aims to improve outcomes for breast cancer patients. The project is the brainchild of Richard Levy, PhD, a longtime community philanthropist and business leader, who said he saw an opportunity for the two medical centers to share expertise on a subject that is of great interest to him - improving cancer survival.

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bejuce
06-04-2009, 09:28 AM
Interesting... I'm currently being treated at Stanford where I'm getting top-notch care in a clinical trial where I'm getting lapatinib/tykerb in a neoadjuvant setting. PAMF was where I had my medical care before and where my primary care doctor and breast specialist took 6 months to diagnose me. Hopefully that won't happen again there.