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	<title>R.A. Bloch Cancer Foundation &#187; 2nd Opinions</title>
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		<title>Multidisciplinary second opinion centers</title>
		<link>http://blochcancer.org/2009/multidisciplinary-second-opinion-centers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2009 19:59:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many cancer patients are dying, not because treatments are not available, but because the initial physician failed to offer the best possible treatment. Cancer is an unusual disease for many reasons &#8211; if you don&#8217;t treat it properly the first time, often there is no second chance because cancer grows geometrically. Often an initial treatment [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Where Did We Go Wrong?</title>
		<link>http://blochcancer.org/2009/where-did-we-go-wrong/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2009 20:41:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard and Annette Bloch</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We have been brought up to believe the United States has the finest medical system in the world. We have the most advanced, modern, skilled physicians with the best equipment and latest drugs. Apparently that is untrue. The National Cancer Policy Board stated what poor treatment Americans are receiving for cancer. Many doctors are simply [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Informed Decision</title>
		<link>http://blochcancer.org/2009/informed-decision/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2009 20:37:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard and Annette Bloch</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Every cancer patient is entitled to make an informed decision. While it sounds so simple, it is possibly one of the most difficult aspects in getting started in the right direction. Being told that nothing can be done, that surgery is required tomorrow or take these pills and come back in 90 days is not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Patient Responsibility</title>
		<link>http://blochcancer.org/2009/patient-responsibility/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2009 20:35:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard and Annette Bloch</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Cancers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Deaths]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In discussing the idea of mandatory second opinions for newly diagnosed cancer patients (www.blastcancer.org) a cancer support organization came to the conclusion that the patient must be responsible for his/her own body in lieu of another Federal or state regulation. That&#8217;s only logical. If I don&#8217;t care that much about my life, why should anyone [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Three cheers for some outstanding institutions</title>
		<link>http://blochcancer.org/2009/three-cheers-for-some-outstanding-institutions/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Feb 2009 22:25:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard and Annette Bloch</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Critical Factor]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blochcancer.net/?p=152</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Over 100 of the top institutions treating cancer patients in the US are now offering Multidisciplinary Second Opinions (MD2O). This is great news for newly diagnosed cancer patients. From the seed of a single Cancer Management Center started in September 1980 in Kansas City to give second opinions, this incredible life-saving service has developed. It [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Your help is needed to help others</title>
		<link>http://blochcancer.org/2009/your-help-is-needed-to-help-others/</link>
		<comments>http://blochcancer.org/2009/your-help-is-needed-to-help-others/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Feb 2009 22:23:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard and Annette Bloch</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blochcancer.net/?p=150</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Cancer is an extremely complicated disease. There are at least 8 totally different methods of treating cancer, many of which are given in combinations. It is a disease for which there is generally one chance of beating and if that one chance is not successful, often there is no second chance. That is because cells [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reducing medical errors in cancer</title>
		<link>http://blochcancer.org/2009/reducing-medical-errors-in-cancer/</link>
		<comments>http://blochcancer.org/2009/reducing-medical-errors-in-cancer/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Feb 2009 22:28:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Bloch</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Peter Jennings]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blochcancer.net/?p=20</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[On May 7, 2001 on ABC National News Peter Jennings stated, &#8220;In cancer, a second opinion should be more than just an option.&#8221; The following evening his report went in depth reviewing the study at Johns-Hopkins about the alarming figures of individuals treated with surgery or radiation for prostate cancer who did not have any [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Get a second opinion for prompt proper and thorough treatment</title>
		<link>http://blochcancer.org/2009/prompt-proper-and-thorough-treatment/</link>
		<comments>http://blochcancer.org/2009/prompt-proper-and-thorough-treatment/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Feb 2009 19:27:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard and Annette Bloch</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blochcancer.net/?p=27</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The talk around the cancer community today is all about the pharmacist who diluted chemotherapy drugs and the people who suffered and died as a result. It was such a deceitful action with such horrid effects that it is difficult to contemplate. It is hard to imagine a man with ten million dollars even dreaming [...]]]></description>
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		<title>DO IT RIGHT THE FIRST TIME DAY</title>
		<link>http://blochcancer.org/2001/do-it-right-the-first-time-day/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Jun 2001 20:37:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard and Annette Bloch</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Independent Second Opinion]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sunday, June 3, 2001, which is National Cancer Survivors Day, is being designated as &#8220;DO IT RIGHT THE FIRST TIME&#8221; day! The significance is to try to get all Americans to promptly get a qualified independent second opinion upon the diagnosis of cancer before any treatment. It has been estimated that in excess of 1,000 [...]]]></description>
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