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How many people have fully wrapped their heads around the recent change in the standard of care for advanced lung cancer? This change has rolled out bit by bit since May of 2015 (less than two years ago!) with FDA approvals of three new drugs, and now includes nearly all types of lung cancer. It’s part of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) guidelines for care, which means oncologists should know about it, and insurance companies should pay for it without a fight. When I look at the short amount of time in which this change has happened and the number of lung cancer patients who are potentially affected, it seems to me that this really is big, big news. I’m talking about the newest innovative treatment for lung cancer - immunotherapy. It doesn’t work for everyone - in fact, it won’t work for most of us. No one treatment yet does, probably no one treatment ever will. But 40% of patients with non-small cell lung cancer respond for a while, and 20% respond for a lon...

Once again, my refrigerator is filled with goodness: The list of vegetables included in this week's box is long, and we need to step up our eating pace. We got: Salad makings - lettuce, radiccio Greens - rainbow swiss chard. kale Onions big and green, a leek, and a head of garlic Shell peas, sugar snap peas, and wax beans Roots - carrots and beets Red cabbage and broccoli Tender baby summer squash Fennel and Herbs I've been focused on work and deadlines - July is budget season. I'm making progress, though I don't know what the bottom line is going to be yet. All of the routine work of the week is done, I got the financial statements out for next week's board meeting, and I completed a redo of a major grant, so today will be budget, budget, budget. Last night we took a break to go hear some live music - the Clair Lynch Band at the Norwood Village Green Concert Series. It was fabulous! Four musicians on stage with lots and lots of talent, and not a lot of ego. They al...