CBS evening news about the vaccine

Experimental breast cancer vaccine shows promise - CBS News Video

www.cbsnews.com

Danny and the Juniors for Pennies in Action

Please watch this video that Danny and the Juniors made in support of
Pennies in Action.....
http://youtu.be/sNKBkHHKogs

The Answer to Cancer...

The Answer to Cancer...

In This Issue Quote of the Week Quote of the Week "I urge all of you to enjoy life and the precious moments you have. To be enthusiastic everyday and as Ralph Waldo Emerson said "Nothing great can be accomplished without enthusiasm". So keep the dream alive, in spite of whatever problems you have. The ability to work hard will allow your dreams to come true, to become a reality." -Jim Valvano, March 4, 1993 acceptance speech for the inaugural Arthur Ashe Courage and Humanitarian Award at the first annual Espy Awards

CANCER... One in four people in the United States is affected by some form of this disease...there's a good chance that as you read this, you are one of them or you know someone who's been touched by cancer. Our goal is not to dwell on the statistics of a losing battle...but to champion a cause for hope CURE ! The good news is that researchers like Brian Czerniecki, MD, PhD at the Hospital of the University of Penn (HUP) are dedicated to finding the key that unlocks the mystery of curing this disease. As a Rhoads Harrington Professor of Surgical Oncology and Co-Director of the Rena Rowan Breast Center, Dr. Czerniecki has made a commitment to challenge the "standard of care" by researching the molecular behavior of cancer and incredibly, helping patients to use their own body for the cure. Picture: From left to right: Dr. Brian Czerniecki, Uschi Keszler (Founder of Pennies in Action) and Ursula Koldovsky who lost her battle with pancreatic cancer last year. She was long-time associate of Dr. Czerniecki and a driving force in his Dendritic Cell research, growing the individual vaccines used for the participants in the HER-2/neu clinical trial. Dr. Czerniecki has already developed an immunotherapy vaccine and successfully treated 50 women diagnosed with early stage breast cancer. He has developed a vaccine that teaches your body's own immune system to defend against cancer. His goal is to apply this protocol to multiple types of cancer. With your support, he can continue his assault, and ultimately attain the cure. Having received grants from the National Institute of Health (NIH) Dr. Czerniecki is in the process of completing the second phase of a trial for HER2+ breast cancer. He needs to supplement the acquired grants with an additional $200,000 to take the next step in conquering cancer. CALL-TO-ACTION Dr. Czerniecki has applied proven science as evidenced by the astonishing results that he has achieved, but he needs funding. On behalf of all those people that are affected by cancer, please head this call to action. Click on the following link to the 501(c ) (3 ) non- profit foundation Pennies in Action www.penniesinaction.org Please take a few minutes to view the video in which Dr. Czerniecki explains his research and get a sense of how close he really is....THEN, please click on the donate tab in the left menu to make a difference. Personal Note from Helena Nyman: Pennies in Action is an Organization, all based on volunteer work - no paid employees! - that currently raises funds to set an end to the senseless death due to cancer. Have an EXTRAordinary weekend!

This is scary .........

This is a letter I received today from one of the vaccine recipients.She is allowing me to post it here, because it is important info.....

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Hi Uschi,

There is not a day that goes by that I don't realize how fortunate and blessed I have been to have Dr. Czerniecki as a surgeon but also to have qualified for the vaccine.

Wednesday I ran into a friend of mine at the food store whom I have not seen for awhile.

She relayed to me that she was diagnosed with breast cancer in March. I asked her what was driving her cancer. She had no idea - not one of her doctors told her what caused the cancer! She was not aware that different elements could cause the cancer. We must have talked for nearly an hour. I gave her one of the brochures.

She had her surgery done at Princeton Medical Center.

Now get this - they told her after she had CAT scans, PET scans etc that there was what looked like a possible tumor on her liver but they think it is not cancer. How can they make a statement like this without doing a biopsy?

She also has not had any GYN yearly's since her last child was born [her one daughter used to babysit for me and is a nurse! This daughter worked for the Princeton medical center for 25 years and now works at Bristol-Myers Squibb.] We are talking intelligent people here but they are really in the dark about comprehensive care.

This same medical center told another friend of mine who had a suspicious lump, that 3 radiologists could not agree upon, to come back in another three months and then get reassessed!

What is the harm in seeking a second opinion? If I was told I had a tumor on my liver, I would not leave until it was biopsied and an evaluation given. "think" is not a diagnosis!

Yearly exams are so basic - a very small price to pay if it saves your life.

In the same conversation I was told that my daughter, Holly's ex-mother-in-law, who does not get mammographies, rolled over in bed and felt a mass. Stewed around about it for a couple of weeks until her son forced her to admit what was wrong, called his sister to get her to a doctor. Her lymph was also invaded with cancer. [Diagnosed stage 3]. We are talking a woman who was a college professor, former mayor of my old township and her husband was president of New Jersey Manufacturers Insurance Company for years and even started a bank there, is resposible for starting New Jersey RE-Insurance so people at the Jersey Shore can get flood insurance etc.

All I can do is shake my head and count my blessings!

Karen

Karen H. Berner

Breast Cancer Vaccine Recipient

Support Cancer Vaccine Research

www.penniesinaction.org

this is Blake Chapman who wrote the letter...

I applaud the initiative of this young man.....

One of the hockey players of TEAM MASS 96 took the initiative to help

Pennies in Action by writing a letter to the contacts in his families address book.

Thru his initiative we received so far $ 1710

Some of his team mates followed suit and we got another $ 575

On top of that the team raised another $ 564.05 which brings their total this year to $ 2834.05

I have always said it is our youth that will make sure we succeed. !!!!!!!!

It is time that we start listening more to their voices.

Thanks guys you are amazing……

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This is the original letter:

Dear Friends and Family,

This summer I am very fortunate to be able to combine my passion, hockey with my community service project, Pennies In Action.

German Olympic Skater and Olympic Coach Uschi Keszler founded PIA. Uschi is a breast and uterine cancer survivor.

As an elite athlete, Uschi was aware of the power and resiliency of the human body. So when she decided to help find a way to beat cancer, she knew that she could not support something that would destroy the body in order to heal it. Finding out that her surgeon Dr. Brian Czernieck was already in clinical trials of a vaccine that utilizes the patient’s own immune system to fight breast cancer. She knew she had found her first project. This is the only trial of its kind in the world that has shown such promise towards a CURE for cancer.

My hockey team, Mass One Elite will be traveling to Pennsylvania on June 29 - July 3, to play in the Philly AAA International.

There we will present Uschi Keszler and Dr. Czerniecki with the money my teammates and I have risen.

On Aug 7th, we hope to travel to Prague, Czech Republic to play in the Czech Challenge.

I'm very fortunate to be a part of this team and it's commitment in the fight against cancer.

My goal is $2,000.00. I would be very grateful for any contribution you can make.

Please go to

http://www.penniesinaction.org/

Click on donate, at Dr. Czerniecki's research section. After you have made a donation,

Your confirmation page will appear. Please click on "My gift is in honor of" and input

"BLAKE CHAPMAN/TEAM MASS '96".

Have a great summer and see you at the rink!

WE ALL MUST HAVE THIS VACCINE .......

Recently Melissa and I went for her check up after all her treatment for breast cancer .

she had had Chemo, mastectomy with reconstruction ,6 weeks of radiation and 1 year of Herceptin....

After a clear mammogram on her other breast we were elated.

Now on the mastectomy side there is no mammogram ultrasound or MRI because it would not detect properly, because of all the scar tissue etc.

So the only thing they can do is check by exam and ask how you feel.

Needless to say we were stunned... When we were diagnosed the first time we had no symptoms, so by the time we will have symptoms the second time it will be much further advanced.

This vaccine will give us a natural surveillance system that could detect and eliminate problems long before we or the medical community would or could know ....

Right now it is available for HER 2/neu But they are working on it for the other cancers.

Please watch the video where the doctors are talking about this research.

WE NEED THE FUNDING so please help, every penny counts...

There are 11 000 000 cancer survivors in the US alone. It is imperative for our survival that we get this natural surveillance system .

No one is save !!!!!!

No one in my family ever had cancer and I was hit 2X........

watch these 2 videos:
"Discover A cure within" (the science version)

http://youtu.be/V9wyZmHwZcQ

" A cure within"

http://youtu.be/J5EA2l2C5Us

www.penniesinaction.org

PLEASE JOIN OUR CRUSADE 1111111

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