Volume 5, Number 6 - February 22, 2010

In this issue:

• Conquering paperwork improves patient care
• Los Angeles Dodgers spring caravan delivers fun to patients and families at City of Hope
• Investigators find that certain genetic mutations may boost risk for therapy-related leukemia after lymphoma
• Help pave a trail of hope through the desert
• Stroll, jog or run to back cancer research in Los Angeles area
• Patients benefit from continued improvements
• T-shirts and pins designed by The Who boost cancer research and treatment at City of Hope

True blue fans
 
Patients and their family members and friends and members of the media crowd snap photos and shoot video during a recent visit by members of the Los Angeles Dodgers organization.
 
Former manager Tommy Lasorda and right fielder Andre Ethier, pictured, and other Dodgers representatives traveled to City of Hope as part of their Dodgers Community Caravan on Feb. 2. The Dodgers made the trip as part of their support for ThinkCure, which backs collaborative cancer research at City of Hope and Childrens Hospital Los Angeles. (Photo by Darrin S. Joy)