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La scienza che non mi piace.

Maurizio Scaltriti (@ScaltritiLab) è un: "VP Translational Medicine, Early Oncology, AstraZeneca. Previous Associate Director of Translational Science at MSKCC. Co-founder of http://medendi.org.".

Come si conciliano questi messaggi di odio di questo volto noto con etica, scienza, salute e la ricerca oncologica?

Quali sono i principi della deontologia medica?

1) Rispetto per i diritti e la dignità di ogni persona

2) Competenza

3) Responsabilità

4) Integrità

che non ritroviamo nell'atteggiamento sopra riportato in allegato, e ciò va a discapito dell'autorevolezza della scienza stessa.

Un'utente su twitter ha provato a chiedere gentilmente che il noto ricercatore moderasse termini e atteggiamenti, ma egli ha rimarcato l'idea che il suo comportamento, anche sui social, rientri in quelli che lui ritiene termini di correttezza.

Questo è ciò che accade quando si espongono sui social le persone sbagliate, in ambito scientifico: la scienza poi viene messa in discussione a causa dei comportamenti errati di alcuni.

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It’s Manuals Monday! Every Monday we feature an excerpt from a graphics standards manual from the archives.

Today’s featured manual is for Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center by Vignelli Associates, circa 1983.  

The first page has this introduction:

“Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center has established a graphics program to provide  unified and recognizable appearance for its visual materials, such as stationery, publications, signs, arm patches, and the like.

As part of this program, the logo has been redesigned as a seal, and this new seal will gradually replace all variants that have sprung up over the years.

This book presents the design standards that have been developed to implement the new graphics program. These standards should be adhered to in the development of all new visual materials. Any questions concerning the use of the standards should be referred to the Department of Public Affairs.”

The Vignellis also did a number of graphic programs for specific programs at MSKCC. Stay tune for more examples!

Here’s a holiday invitation card for MSKCC: http://vignellicenter.tumblr.com/post/155811473342/vignelli-holiday-card-extravaganza-its-the

Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center Graphics Program manual, circa 1983 Massimo and Lella Vignelli papers Vignelli Center for Design Studies  Rochester, New York

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Miles McMillan at The Society of Memorial Sloan Kettering’s 10th annual Spring Ball on May 9th, 2017 in New York City.

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PET scans and Puppies

Just a heads up... this post will likely have grammatical errors and seem somewhat like word vomit as I’m writing it from yet another waiting room. Bear with me. Last update was about insurance approving the meds that Colton needed to treat the last pesky tumor. During his third (out of four) infusion of that treatment, his oncologist suggested to us to consider radiation. She believes that the tumor is either staying the same or may have slightly grown since the PET in February. During the last three weeks or so, Colton has been doing physical therapy and lymphedema therapy for his leg that has previously gotten radiation. His range of motion has improved tremendously and the swelling of his leg is almost completely gone and looks nearly the same size as his other leg. He has to wear a tightly fitted sock on his leg that helps keep the fluid in his leg down.

Wednesday we had a consult with the radiologist about his thoughts on radiation. He wanted Colton to get an updated PET scan so he knows exactly what he’s dealing with since the last scan was a couple months ago. Going off the last scan, he suggested us to do a newer type of radiation called Proton Therapy. We have a couple of friends that used this type of radiation for him and it seemed to work well. The final decision if we will do that type of treatment will depend on these PET scan results. If the tumor looks the same as February or larger in any way, we will do the Proton Therapy, but if it has shrunk at all, there’s a chance of us doing the traditional radiation treatment. The only bummer about us doing the Proton treatment would be that we would be traveling about an hour into New Jersey everyday for anywhere from 5-15 days since that’s where the treatment center is, or we may possibly just get a hotel there for the duration of the treatment. But we realize that if that’s what we have to do, we’ll do it. If we end up doing the traditional treatment, it will be in the city and could be about the same amount of days. Colton’s in his PET scan right now and the radiologist said that we should find out by Tuesday what the PET scan results are and, if we need to do Proton Therapy, if insurance will cover it. If insurance doesn’t cover it, he said that traditional will do the job as well, but obviously, we would like to use the newer and more proven option. No matter what type of treatment we end up doing, one side effect will be continued lymphedema issues, which will mean Colton's lymphedema therapy will most likely be ongoing.

So, that’s kind of where we’re at right now. Amongst all the doctor’s appointments, we’re still doing our NYC thing. Colton’s still working and has a few big jobs approaching, and I’m still doing the coffee/beverage thing. Oh, and to end this blog on a more positive note, WE GOT A DOG!

Her name is Clementine and she’s the sweetest thing you’ll ever meet. We rescued her from the ASPCA last week. She’s 2 years old and a pit/terrier/mutt mix. She’s such a sweet heart and so well behaved. We had been thinking about getting a dog for a bit, just because I’m now working full-time out of the house and Colton works from home. He’s home alone a lot and he needed company. This is also a motivation for him to get out of the house and get moving and take walks while I’m not there. We plan to get her certified as an Emotional Support Animal so that Colton’s able to take her with him on shoots, to coffee, and on flights. Here’s a few more photos cause she’s just so dang adorable!

Cute right? RIGHT???

Anyway, thanks for keeping us in your prayers. Please pray for patience, peace, and decision making skills (or even better, the best decision to be made for us so we don’t have to). Love you guys! Thanks for putting up with my word vomit.

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Not Backing Down

As some of you know, Thursday we got a call from MSK letting us know that the biopsy would be moved from Friday to Monday. So Colton got the tumor biopsied on Monday. He was meant to resume treatment today to finish this thing off once and for all, but we received a call yesterday that insurance still has not given approval for the extra drug that he needs.

Despite that less-than-thrilling news, Colton’s oncologist did tell us today that his biopsy came back that it’s the same cancer that everything else she’s been treating and not some more matured, mutated cancer. So, while it’s a bummer there’s a new, fairly large spot, it’s the only one, and it can be treated with the same drugs that took care of the other cancer.

For those just joining us and are interested in the nitty gritty details, Colton has been on a treatment called Nivolumab and the drug we’re waiting to get approved is Ipilimumab. The Ipi primes the immune system and unmasks the cancer for the Nivo to attack and destroy it. He was on this regimen before and they took him off the Ipi because everything was working and that drug was raising his liver function to an unhealthy level, which is a side effect of it, but also meaning that it’s making his immune system to work overtime and getting the job done.

So all that to say, we’re now waiting on insurance to jump in and cover it once again. We met with his oncologist today and signed some papers just in case insurance denies it. The papers were for a scholarship program that could cover the drug if insurance doesn’t follow through.

Just because she has to, she mentioned the option of going back to chemotherapy. Before we even answered she knew that we don’t consider that as an option. When we’ve been brought this far by indescribable assurance, we can’t back down so easily.

Now we wait.

On another note, I was able to write a guest pots for a friend’s blog that was put up today. It’s a summary of how Colton and I met and how we’ve made it this far. You can read that post HERE. 

I also wanted to give another shameless plug to the Cycle for Survival event that’s taking place next Friday, February 24th. If anyone is in the NYC area, let me know, we’d love to have you part of the team! Or if you’d like to know what it’s all about or donate to help towards cancer research, check it out HERE.

We’ll keep everyone posted on when we hear from insurance. Right now we have an appointment for the next two Wednesdays for if/when we get approval. Keep the prayers and good vibes going, it’s working, and we’re not giving up. 

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Vignelli holiday card extravaganza!

It's the season for holiday cards! Here's an example for the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC). The cover is a metallic blue! There are a number of special features on the holiday cards in the archives: metallic finishes, blind embossing, cut outs, etc.

We’ve gathered a number of holiday cards from the Massimo and Lella Vignelli papers to get you in the spirit! Stay tuned!

And if you need more holiday inspiration from the archives, remember our 12 days of Vignelli archives from last year?http://vignellicenter.tumblr.com/search/12+days

And what about these other posts from previous years?http://vignellicenter.tumblr.com/search/christmas

http://vignellicenter.tumblr.com/search/holidays

Holiday greeting card for MSKCC (Memorial Sloane Kettering Cancer Center) 5″ x 7″ Box 138, Massimo and Lella Vignelli Papers Vignelli Center for Design Studies Rochester, New York

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No more Canadian Wildfire Smoke! Easy 3+ miler on a sunny morning.

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