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	<title>R.A. Bloch Cancer Foundation &#187; Cancer Patient</title>
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	<description>R. A. Bloch Cancer Foundation - dedicated to cancer support - helping the next person diagnosed beat cancer. Cancer Hotline survivor matching, match you with a survivor of the exact same kind of cancer. Free books. Up to date list of cancer support organizations and multi-disciplinary second opinion panels. Cancer check list. Positive mental attitude quiz. Survivor parks.</description>
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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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		<category><![CDATA[National Cancer Institute]]></category>
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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>How to Start A Cancer Hot Line</title>
		<link>http://blochcancer.org/2009/how-to-start-a-cancer-hot-line/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Feb 2009 22:28:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard and Annette Bloch</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Cancer Diagnosis]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Cancer Resources]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Emotional Stress]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Family Members]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fears]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hot Line]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Cancer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Positive Outlook]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Traumatic Experiences]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Volunteer]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blochcancer.net/?p=469</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Recognizing the need: One out of every four Americans will get cancer. The diagnosis and treatment can be very traumatic experiences. Many people equate cancer with death, not realizing that with prompt, proper care and a positive outlook many cancers can be cured. Some people are so fearful of cancer and its treatments that they [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cancer check list</title>
		<link>http://blochcancer.org/2009/cancer-check-list/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2009 21:37:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard and Annette Bloch</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Could Save Your Life]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Downside Risk]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Function Of The Immune System]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hot Line]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Independent Second Opinion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Line 1]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mental Attitude]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Physician Data Query]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Prayers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Prognosis]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Self Assessment Quiz]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Checking this page could save your life! Cancer Facts: There is no type of cancer from which someone has not been cured! There is no type of cancer for which there are no treatments! Cancer is the most curable of all chronic diseases! ACTIONS: Make a commitment. The most important single factor is to do [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A new tool for Clergy to help Cancer Patients</title>
		<link>http://blochcancer.org/2009/a-new-tool-for-clergy-to-help-cancer-patients/</link>
		<comments>http://blochcancer.org/2009/a-new-tool-for-clergy-to-help-cancer-patients/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2009 21:31:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard and Annette Bloch</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Control]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Death Sentence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Duration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Families Lives]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mortality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Opportunity]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The diagnosis of cancer is a traumatic event for individuals and is usually the first time they realize their mortality. They are scared, out of control and need help. One of the first sources from whom they might seek help is the clergy. Because the diagnosis of cancer is not a death sentence, this is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Birth Of A New Program</title>
		<link>http://blochcancer.org/2009/the-birth-of-a-new-program/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2009 21:25:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard and Annette Bloch</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Duration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Families Lives]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hallmark Cards]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kansas City Area]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medical Oncologist]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Success Rate]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The diagnosis of cancer is possibly one of the first times an individual realizes they are mortal and they might die. They are scared, out of control and need help. One of the first sources from whom they might seek help is the clergy. Because the diagnosis of cancer is not a death sentence, this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Very Narrow Line</title>
		<link>http://blochcancer.org/2009/a-very-narrow-line/</link>
		<comments>http://blochcancer.org/2009/a-very-narrow-line/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2009 21:22:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard and Annette Bloch</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Physicians]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Attitude]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cancer Disease]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cancer Patient]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Clinical Trials]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Favorable Prognosis]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Optimism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Seer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Severity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[State Of The Art]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Support Group]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Time Limit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vital Question]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blochcancer.net/?p=235</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[What does a physician tell a newly diagnosed cancer patient? That is a vital question and paramount in the mind of every physician as cancer is diagnosed or treatment or lack thereof is recommended. If the physician is overly pessimistic or in some cases brutally frank without optimism, the life of the patient is ruined [...]]]></description>
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		<title>12 Questions For A Newly Diagnosed Cancer Patient To Ask Their Physician</title>
		<link>http://blochcancer.org/2009/12-questions-for-a-newly-diagnosed-cancer-patient-to-ask-their-physician/</link>
		<comments>http://blochcancer.org/2009/12-questions-for-a-newly-diagnosed-cancer-patient-to-ask-their-physician/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2009 21:19:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard and Annette Bloch</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Physicians]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bad News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cancer Patient]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Control]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Diagnosis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Independent Second Opinion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nutritional Aids]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blochcancer.net/?p=231</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The diagnosis of cancer literally knocks an individual off their feet. It is probably the first time in their lives they realized they were mortal &#8211; that they might possibly die, and from what we have been brought up to believe, in the not too distant future. They are totally out of control and unable [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Beware of Terminal Prognosis</title>
		<link>http://blochcancer.org/2009/beware-of-terminal-prognosis/</link>
		<comments>http://blochcancer.org/2009/beware-of-terminal-prognosis/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2009 21:14:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard and Annette Bloch</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Physicians]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Cancer Survivors Park]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chemotherapy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Comprehensive Cancer Center]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Downside]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ego]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hot Line]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lung Cancer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Cancer]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Perfect Health]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blochcancer.net/?p=225</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Something new is happening and it is bad! I previously believed that when a physician told a newly diagnosed cancer patient they were terminal, the physician was unaware of what was available to treat that specific disease or was trying to protect their ego by forecasting the worst in which case there was no downside. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>There&#8217;s Good News Tonight</title>
		<link>http://blochcancer.org/2009/theres-good-news-tonight/</link>
		<comments>http://blochcancer.org/2009/theres-good-news-tonight/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2009 21:13:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard and Annette Bloch</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Knowledge]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[African Americans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Art Therapy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Black Men]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cancer Death Rate]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Heart Disease]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Substantial Improvements]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blochcancer.net/?p=223</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Cancer mortality drops for the first time in history! The age adjusted cancer death rate declined from 1990 to 1995 by 3.1% from 135.0 per 100,000 population to 129.8, the lowest it has been since 25 years ago. Further, the decline is accelerating and continuing at about 2% per year. The authors of this report [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ten Commandments to Fight Cancer</title>
		<link>http://blochcancer.org/2009/ten-commandments-to-fight-cancer/</link>
		<comments>http://blochcancer.org/2009/ten-commandments-to-fight-cancer/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2009 21:09:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard and Annette Bloch</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Attitudes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cancer Help]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cancer Patient]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cancer Treatments]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Independent Second Opinion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Life Threatening Disease]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blochcancer.net/?p=220</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Recognize you have a life threatening disease. Facing the truth is a necessary ingredient to starting on the road to successfully fighting it. The fact that it is not as bad as you imagined it would be, that you feel too good, or whatever, do not deny it. That would get in your way. Never [...]]]></description>
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