My mom has always been our clan’s chief information hunter and learner.
That is, until last week, when she was diagnosed with a rare cancer: Waldenstrom’s macroglobulinemia.
Mom was a medical research librarian – someone who delighted in being a generous resource for journalists like me.
I remember her describing the day in 1981 or 1982 when a [...]
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Crowdsourcing my mom’s cancer
Posted in crowdsourcing, true stories, tagged Bing Center for Waldenstrom's Research, cancer, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, journalism, librarian, Mayo Clinic, MD Anderson, Rituxan, true stories, university, Waldenstrom's on August 24, 2009 | 12 Comments »
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