• Updated information released about DNC
  In preparation for the Democratic National Convention (DNC) to be held July 26 to 29, the MGH continues to update its employees and patients about important issues concerning commuting and parking. The information below outlines further road closures, traffic changes and public transportation revisions recently released by the DNC committee.
  

• Genes key to breast cancer recurrence risk
  A simple measurement of the activation of two genes in breast cancer tissue appears to identify tumors that are more likely to recur in women treated with the drug tamoxifen for early-stage disease. Determining patients for whom tamoxifen treatment is likely to fail would allow earlier use of other therapies that could be more effective for those women. Researchers from the MGH Cancer Center and Arcturus Bioscience, Inc., describe their findings in a report to be published in the June issue of Cancer Cell and released online June 3.
  

• MGHers reminded to wear ID badges during DNC
  When the Democratic National Convention (DNC) comes to the Fleet Center this summer, it will have a significant impact on the MGH and the city of Boston. The MGH Police, Security and Outside Services Department is reminding all employees that during the DNC wearing their photo identification badge is required at all times while on hospital property and will be strictly enforced during the week of the convention.
  

• MGH YouthCare program honors devoted friend
  The new library at the MGH YouthCare program is a bright and cheerful room filled with books and toys for the many at-risk youth who participate in the program, which is part of the MGH Charlestown HealthCare Center. The library is part of YouthCare's renovated space at 15 Green St. in Charlestown — above the Charlestown Boys and Girls Club — that has allowed the program to expand and enhance its services for children with social, emotional and behavioral disabilities.YouthCare staff felt that it would be fitting for the new library, which is a much-needed resource for the children, to be named after a devoted friend who was a vital resource for the program — Francis X. Carolan.
  

• Walking with hope
  It began with two brave women battling breast cancer who wanted to do something to help others who might face this terrible disease. "Friends with Hope" was started in January 2000 by Cheryl Cavallo and Janet Ballantine to help raise money through an annual walkathon for critical breast cancer research and to help educate women and men about early detection.
  

• In memoriam: Kenneth Herman, MD
  Kenneth Herman, MD, who was co-director of the Children and the Law Program for MGH Psychiatry, died May 30 at the age of 59. Herman founded the Children and the Law Program at the Judge Baker Children's Center in 1982 and brought the program to the MGH in 1992.
  

• Friends of the MGH Cancer Center elect new officers
  The Friends of the MGH Cancer Center recently elected new officers for 2004 to 2005 at a committee meeting May 11. The Friends of the MGH Cancer Center, a volunteer organization established in 1984, is dedicated to providing comfort, support, education and amenities to the MGH Cancer Center's patients and their families and friends.
  

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