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A QUARTERLY PUBLICATION OF CITY OF HOPE

Volume 23, Number 2 | Summer 2012

FEATURES
Life, Interrupted
Adolescents and young adults face unique challenges and altered futures from a cancer diagnosis
PHOTOGRAPHY: REBECCA LITTLE

Just Beat It
A first-ever T cell therapy trial for relapsed B cell lymphoma
Moving Molecules
Scientists produce their own experimental therapies to hasten use in clinical trials
Family Issues
Research can help young women cope with genetic breast cancer risk
Personal Space
Despite benefits, many women avoid reconstruction after mastectomy
DEPARTMENTS

Leadership Messages

Numbers2Know
The numbers need to be restacked for better outcomes for adolescents and young adults with cancer

City Rounds
Couples come together, blueberries take a powder, leukemia stem cells linger and City of Hope surgeons have your back

Compassionate Care
The McIntyre brothers race against their own clocks while providing for kids with cancer

Beyond our Walls
Ryan Hornstra did what most kids do before heading off to college. He pedaled crosscountry with his dad to raise funds for cancer research. Oh, you didn’t do that?

Power of Hope
A brother’s blood saves a brother’s life

My Turn
A father and daughter share their individual journeys of rare blood disorders

Chapters and Regions
Hope happenings include Philly for Hope, Hike4Hope and Lindy Hop for Hope

Industry Groups
Serta has a little lamb and Sharpie will “Ink It Pink”

Supporting Hope
Bieber believes and Bratz go bald to support City of Hope

Picture the Past
U.S. presidential hopeful Robert F. Kennedy toured City of Hope