Last Saturday, the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society held a conference at the Casa de Palmas Hotel in McAllen, Texas. Oncology speakers played an important part in the event, which was designed to provide information to people whose lives had been touched by cancer. Having gone through extensive treatment, myself, for Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma, I was one of the attendees.I learned very quickly that this is an exciting time insofar as the treatment of cancer is concerned. There are now over 300 new drugs on the market (both oral and injectable). Many cancers that formerly constituted a death sentence are now very ...