[donocco]

My wife just got back from the Mississippi river cruise. We went downriver from Memphis to New Orleans. At the end of the cruise one of the directors thanked us for contributing to 160 American jobs. Im glad we did.

This was a while back but VDC put that Interleukin-6 info on the board. Thanks. Interleukin 6 is very important in the progression of cancer. One of the reasons if not the main reason so many cancers metastasize to the bone is the facgt thagt the bone stroma is rich in IL-6 producing cells.

The sad thing is we have two FDA approved anti-interleukin 6 approved drugs- Actrema and Sylvan. Actemrama is FDA approved for Rheumatoid Arthritis and Siltuximab (Sylvan) for Castlemans syndrome an aids syndrome. These drug might (I say might) have valuue in treating cancer. Insurance only pays for the FDa approved use and doctors arent free to use them because of the fact they are controllerd by the insurance companies. This has to change

Paul