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    NIH Calculates Hundreds of Billions of Payments for Cancer Treatment – Wouldn’t It Be Be
    Kirk Hartley
    • Jan 17, 2011
    • 4 min

    NIH Calculates Hundreds of Billions of Payments for Cancer Treatment – Wouldn’t It Be Be

    Why invest in science? Among other things, it may well help reduce soaring costs for cancer that will be arriving as we collectively pay...
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    Kirk Hartley
    • Jan 1, 2011
    • 1 min

    Pro Bono Advocacy Opportunities for Persons with Cancer

    And so a new year arrives, with new opportunities. For lawyers interested in new pro bono advocacy for 2014, how about assisting persons...
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    Kirk Hartley
    • Dec 15, 2010
    • 1 min

    Erionite, Mesothelioma and North Dakota – Lessons from Turkey’s “Cancer Villages&#

    How is North Dakota like Turkey ? Both areas include a mineral known as erionite. That’s noteworthy because certain Turkish villages are...
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    Kirk Hartley
    • Nov 27, 2010
    • 1 min

    Lloyds Report on Cell Phone Cancer Risks

    Lloyds issued this November 10, 2010 report on cell phone risks. The summary is obviously written to support an insurance industry view...
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    Kirk Hartley
    • Sep 29, 2010
    • 1 min

    Make a Difference – Advocacy for Cancer Rights – October 8, 2010 – Los Angeles &#8

    Advocacy is growing for myriad aspects of the cancer crisis. Be an advocate for change by learning more about advocating for the rights...
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    Every 10 Minutes, Someone in the US Dies from a Blood Cancer …..
    Kirk Hartley
    • Sep 26, 2010
    • 3 min

    Every 10 Minutes, Someone in the US Dies from a Blood Cancer …..

    The top two lines in the chart tell terrible stories. Inexorably climbing cancer rates for childhood cancers and non-Hodgkins lymphomas....
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    Kirk Hartley
    • Sep 7, 2010
    • 2 min

    The Global Costs of Cancer – Think $1.5 Trillion, or More, Every Year; The Litigation Industry

    The players in the the litigation industry inevitably pay attention to large numbers. In that vein, and in the broader social sense,...
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    Kirk Hartley
    • Jul 3, 2010
    • 1 min

    Second Hand Smoke Confirmed to Cause Genetic Changes in the Fetus

    Here’s some information that has implications for the roles of futures representatives for class action. The subject in general is...
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    CLRC Cancer Rights Conference 2010 – Proud to Be a Sponsor
    Kirk Hartley
    • Jun 14, 2010
    • 3 min

    CLRC Cancer Rights Conference 2010 – Proud to Be a Sponsor

    4% of Americans are cancer survivors. That’s well over 10 million people. The numbers are the net result of an annual US toll of 1.5...
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    Kirk Hartley
    • Jan 27, 2010
    • 5 min

    New Science – Sequencing Genomes of 600 Children With Cancer – ” …the larges

    From the January 26, 2010  NCI Cancer Bulletin is a story that provides the latest example of the dawning age of new science brought...
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    Kirk Hartley
    • Oct 26, 2009
    • 3 min

    Cancer – – More Must Be Done – – Stark Reminders of the Human Toll

    90,000 people per year travel to Houston’s MD Anderson Cancer Center for treatment. Many are children. Most will not find a cure. Some...
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    Kirk Hartley
    • Jun 27, 2009
    • 3 min

    More from NYT/ Ms. Kolata on Why Our Nation Fails to Find Multiple Ways to Manage or Cure Cancer

    Ms. Gina Kolata is back with another important but depressing New York Times article on the failure of our national policy for addressing...
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    Kirk Hartley
    • Jun 11, 2009
    • 1 min

    FELA Plaintiffs Must Prove A Genuine and Serious Fear of Cancer

    In a win for defendants in general and some asbestos defendants in particular, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a June 1, 2009 per curiam...
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    Kirk Hartley
    • Apr 9, 2008
    • 3 min

    Science, Cancer and Law – New Studies Link Genes and Lung Cancer

    Science moves much faster than does “the law,” and the changes in science over time will have a profound impact on the framing and...
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