Lester

SPORTING GOODS

Not much to say about this one, except sigh and think hope for the best.

From someone who spends a decent amount of time following oncology, the good thing is that Lester is being treated at two of the absolute top cancer centers in the country, Dana Farber and Fred Hutchinson. It's fortunate that he, and the team that I'm sure is paying for it, can afford the best care and the travel.

The form of lymphoma that he has is treatable, which is good. The tough thing about it is that it is a relatively aggressive form (even though they caught it early), and because it is relatively rare, many of the advances in treating lymphoma, such as use of biologic based therapies, have not been studied in controlled studies. But if there are cancer centers that are testing experimental therapies with a strong theoretical basis for efficacy, then Dana Farber and Hutchinson will likey be involved.

I've said it before several times as a joke, but this time I mean it seriously: We want some mo' Lester. I wish him all the best.