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Chemotherapy In high doses, cis-platinum chemotherapy Platinol ; or bleomycin Blenoxane, Bleomycin ; , often used to treat testicular cancer, can also damage fertility. The alkylating chemotherapy group does the most damage to fertility. These drugs include: cyclophosphamide Cy5oxan ; , chlorambucil Leukeran ; , busulfan Myleran ; , procarbazine Natulan, Matulane ; , nitrosoureas Carmustine, Lomustine ; , nitrogen mustard Mustargen ; , and L-phenylalanine mustard Alkeran ; . If a man gets two or more alkylating medicines, has higher doses of chemotherapy, or has a combination of chemotherapy and pelvic radiation, he is at higher risk for infertility. Surgeries Radical surgery to treat prostate or bladder cancer removes the prostate and seminal vesicles, glands that make the liquid part of a man's semen. They also cut the pathway for sperm cells to be included in the semen. Men with testicular cancer or colon cancer sometimes have surgery that damages nerves involved in orgasm. The result is a "dry orgasm, " which is the sensation of pleasure but without any semen coming out of the penis. What are the symptoms of infertility? Men usually don't have any symptoms of infertility unless they have dry orgasms. Most men don't realize that they are infertile until they have a semen analysis and discover that their semen quality is low. If you are curious about your own fertility, you should get it tested. How can a man's fertility be tested?. Venom proximally. The limb should be dependent and splinted. Old beliefs such as cutting into the wound or sucking the venom are strongly discouraged. Tourniquet and ice should not be applied. One is also advised not to handle dead snakes as the jaws can still bite and envenomate. Spitting injury from the venomous snakes can cause corneal scarring, pterigium, entropion or ectropion in rabbit eyes with subsequent blindness1. Chan et al1 found that topical heparin was as efficacious as antivenom in ameliorating corneal scarring. Topical heparin is easily available in the physician's clinic. Indications for antivenom therapy include the presence of local and systemic envenomation, progressive swelling and systemic manifestations Tables 1 and 2 ; . Management of common sea creature stings such as stonefish include warm water, analgesics, tetanus prophylaxes and local wound care. St and in are supported by the thailand researchfund and levothroid. Chang AE, Shiling DJ, Stillman RC, et al. 1979. Delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol as an antiemetic in patients receiving high-dose methotrexate: A prospective, randomized evaluation. Annals of Internal Medicine 91: 819?824. Chang AE, Shiling DJ, Stillman RC, Goldberg NH, Seipp CA, Barofsky I, Rosenberg SA. 1981. A prospective evaluation of delta-9tetrahydrocannabinol as an antiemetic in patients receiving adriamycin and cytoxan chemotherapy. Cancer 47: 1746?1751.

There are a number of ways that cytoxan can become a health hazard by overexposure: inhalation: dust from tablets and requip. Durable Medical Equipment DME ; Supply Drugs: Part B covers some drugs used in infusion pumps and nebulizers, if considered reasonable and necessary. Injectable Drugs: Part B covers most injectable drugs given by a licensed medical practitioner if the drug is considered reasonable and necessary for treatment and isn't usually self-administered. Osteoporosis Drugs: Part B covers an injectable drug for women with osteoporosis who meet the criteria for the Medicare home health benefit and have a bone fracture that a doctor certifies was related to post-menopausal osteoporosis. A doctor must certify that the woman is unable to learn or unable to give herself the drug by injection, and that family and or caregivers are unable or unwilling to give the drug by injection. Some Antigens: Part B covers antigens if they are prepared by a doctor and given by a properly-instructed person who could be the patient ; under doctor supervision. Erythropoiesis-stimulating Agents such as Epogen, Epoetin alfa, or Aranesp, Darbepoetin alfa ; : Part B covers erythropoietin by injection for people who have ESRD and need this drug to treat anemia. Part B also may cover the drug to treat anemia for some cancer patients under specific conditions. Blood Clotting Factors: Part B covers clotting factors for people with hemophilia who give themselves the drug by injection. Immunosuppressive Drugs: Part B covers immunosuppressive drug therapy for transplant patients if the transplant was paid for by Medicare or by private insurance that paid as a primary payer to the patient's Part A coverage ; in a Medicare-certified facility. Oral Cancer Drugs: Part B covers some cancer drugs taken by mouth if the same drug is available in injectable form. Currently, the oral cancer drugs that Part B covers include: Capecitabine brand name Xeloda ; Cyclophosphamide brand name Cytxan ; Methotrexate Temozolomide brand name Temodar ; Busulfan brand name Myleran ; Etoposide brand name VePesid ; Melphalan brand name Alkeran. This PDF file includes: Materials and Methods Figs. S1 to S8 Tables S1 and S2 and sustiva.
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Practice of behavioral medicine and psychosocial methods. Semistructured in-depth interviews were conducted with ten Russian family physicians. Examination of key words, phrases, and concepts used by the physicians revealed five themes that physicians related to their incorporation of psychosocial behavioral medicine methods: 1 ; factors limiting the practice of behavioral medicine inadequate training; cultural barriers 2 ; demand for behavioral medicine services; 3 ; patient-doctor issues related to behavioral medicine e.g., communication 4 ; physician's role strain; and 5 ; intuition and experience. These findings suggest that Russia's new family physicians would benefit from residency and post-graduate curricula in behavioral sciences, tailored to their unique needs. 2004 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved. 528. Effects of distance learning on clinical management of LUTS in primary care: A randomised trial - Wolters R., Wensing M., Klomp M. et al. [R. Wolters, Centre for Quality of Care Research WOK ; , 229, P.O. Box 9101, 6500 HB Nijmegen, Netherlands] - PATIENT EDUC. COUNS. 2005 59 2 ; - summ in ENGL Aim: To determine the effect of a distance learning programme on general practice management of men with lower urinary tract symptoms LUTS ; . Methods: A cluster randomised controlled trial was performed. General practitioners GPs ; were randomised to a distance learning programme accompanied with educational materials or to a control group only receiving mailed clinical guidelines on LUTS. Clinical management was considered as outcome. Results: Sixty-three GPs registered care management of 187 patients older than 50 years attending the practice because of LUTS. The intervention group showed a lower referral rate to a urologist OR: 0.08 95% CI: 0.02-0.40 , but no effect on PSA testing or prescription of medication. PSA testing tended to be requested more frequently by intervention group GPs. Secondary analysis showed patients in the intervention group received more educational materials OR: 75.6 95% CI: 13.60-419.90 . Conclusions: The educational programme had impact on clinical management without changing PSA testing. Distance learning is an promising method for continuing education. Practice implications: Activating distance learning packages are a potentially effective method for improving professional performance. Emotional matters as PSA testing probably need a more complex approach. 2004 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved. 529. Women's perceptions, expectations and satisfaction with induced labour - A questionnaire-based study - Shetty A., Burt R., Rice P. and Templeton A. [A. Shetty, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Aberdeen Maternity Hospital, Foresterhill, Aberdeen AB25 2ZL, United Kingdom] - EUR. J. OBSTET. GYNECOL. REPROD. BIOL. 2005 123 1 ; - summ in ENGL Objectives: To evaluate the understanding and expectations of women undergoing labour induction, to assess their actual experience of the process and to compare their satisfaction with labour to those labouring spontaneously. Study design: Four hundred and fifty women at term undergoing induction of labour and cervical ripening with prostaglandinE2 vaginal tablets and 450 women labouring spontaneously were recruited into the study. The induction group were requested to complete a questionnaire prior to the start of their induction process and another questionnaire postdelivery. The post-delivery questionnaire contained two sections, one pertaining to issues to do with the induction and the second with the actual labour process. The spontaneously labouring group was requested to complete a questionnaire post-delivery, which only contained the section pertaining to the actual labour process. The main outcome measures were satisfaction with labour, perception of pain and length of labour between the induced and spontaneous labour groups, and issues that the women might wish changed about their induction. Results: In the induction group, 34.7% were not satisfied with the information they received about the induction prior to the procedure and 27.2% expected to deliver within 12 h of the administration of the inducing agent. Post-induction, 40% of the women felt the most important aspect they would like to change about their induction were they to have another one, would be the speed of the induction, 13.6% felt they might wish to take the inducing agent orally, 7% to have fewer vaginal examinations and 9% to have fewer complications. Among the women who returned Section 36 vol 42.2. Whereas patients received various treatments, they could be divided into 3 groups; those who received conservative treatment no treatment or dexamethasone [20 mg m2 orally] only ; , those who received conventional chemotherapy e.g., VAD, MP, high dose cytoxan plus predinisolone, and thalidomide plus dexamethasone regimens ; , and those who received autologous stem cell transplantation. The MP regimen consisted of melphalan 8 mg m2 ; and prednisolone 60 mg m2 ; for 4 days; the VAD regimen consisted of vincristine 0.4 mg ; , doxorubicin 9 mg m2 ; for 4 days, and dexamethasone 40 mg ; for 12 days. The high dose cytoxan plus prednisolone regimen consisted of cytoxan 400 mg m2 ; for 1 day and prednisolone 40 mg m2 ; for 7 days and was a variant of the VBMCP vincristine, BCNU, melphalan, cytoxan, prednisolone ; regimen. The thalidomide plus dexamethasone regimen consisted of 200 mg thalidomide orally per day plus 5 to 10 mg dexamethasone intravenously 4 times per day and methotrexate.

If you still don't feel any better after more minutes, call 911 for emergency medical help. DoseDrug3 Maximum tolerated the plating efficiency of control tumors was 3i i 5% N L.L.'50 eo LIJ5O 5 LowestbACT In previous experiments investigating how the number of mg kg ; mg kg ; Mean mg kg ; 0 clones varied with the number of trypan blue live cells added 0.3BCNU853928 D0.90.50.3 25BLEO 250c167100 to the flasks, nonlinearity was observed above 40 clones; i.e., 100cia-Pt3618iO above this clone number, the plating efficiency fell progres 7CIX sively. Consequently, a clone count of about 30 was always 200 120MIX1500900700 130 aimed at, and clone counts outside the range of i to were 700vCR6.04.02.5 discarded. The low acceptable clone count limits the lowest 2.0 survival value achievable but was unimportant over the survival aMean for2mouse BALB c LAF, . strains, and range studied here. In at least one experiment with each drug, b Lowest of the 2 strains, i.e. , safest usable dose. samples of tumors were taken for histology at the time of d At this highest dose used, 89% were alive. excision of tumors for surviving fraction determinations to look a Dose to kill 50% of animals in 5 days LD o, s ; or days for changes in cell density or morphology. The drugs used were: ACT D3 Cosmegen; Merck, Sharp & S.E. of the delay, i.e. , by drawing an en + Iope of the vertical Dohme, West Point, Pa. ; , AdniamycmnNSC i 23i 27; Farmitalia, size ; errors, a horizontal time ; error was 4btained. For a given treatment, the growth delay was caIcuIat das the difference S.p.A., Milan, Italy ; , BCNU, NSC 409962; Ben Venue Labo between the time for the treated group nd time for the the natonies, Bedford, Ohio ; , BLEO Blenoxane, NSC 125066; Bnis tol Laboratories, Syracuse, N. V. ; , cis-Pt[cis-Pt ll ; NSC control group to reach 4 times the volunj at treatment. The S.E. on the delay was calculated as i i 9875; Ben Venue Laboratories], Cytoxan, NSC 26271; Mead Johnson Laboratories, Evansville, Ind. ; , 5-FUra Roche " C2 + Laboratories, Nutley, N. J. ; , MTX NSC 740; Ben Venue Lab oratories ; , and VCR Oncovin, NSC 67574; Eli Lilly & Co., where .D, and T the fractional err rsof the delay, the C are Indianapolis, Ind. ; . ACT 0, cis-Pt, and CTX were dissolved in time for controls to reach the end point siZe, the time for the water, and any further dilutions were made in 0.9% NaCI treated group to reach the end point siz , respectively, and whereD T"C. solution. BCNU was dissolved in absolute ethanol to a concen The errors on surviving fraction estimate& from the in vivo-in tration of approximately 20 mg mI, and further dilutions were made with 0.9% NaCI solution. For the remainder of the drugs, vitro experiments were also a combinatic iof the errors for 0.9% NaCI solution was used throughout. treated and control groups using the fractibnal error equation Innadiationswere done using a Westinghouse Quadnocondex above. Surviving fraction errors represent4d variation among X-ray machine operating at 230 kVp and 15 ma using 0.5-mm tumors and not among the individual fIasks plated. copper + i -mm aluminum filtration giving a half-value layer of i .8 copper. Irnadiations were carried out 40 cm from the RESULTS target, giving a dose rate of 195 nads min. Mice were irradiated 50% Lethal Dose Experiments. Drug do es required to kill unanesthetized, either to the whole body in vivo-in vitro assay ; 50% of animals in 5 or days for all the Crugs are shown in Table 1. Two strains of mice were stud ed, BALB c and on locally to the left hind leg growth delay assay ; . In the analysis of the regnowth curves, the geometric mean C57LXAF1 hereafter called LAF1, and the n values from ean of the 3 tumor diameters was calculated [i.e. a x b ~3] both strains are given. The LAF1strain is U5E for dinour laboratory each tumor on the day of treatment. The mean of all geometric for all normal tissue studies in radiation 4n1y and in drug means for tumors on the treatment day was then calculated, radiation combination experiments. The 2 s4ramns were gener and the data for each tumor were normalized to this value the ally similar in their sensitivities to the drugs, 4xcept for cis-Pt ll ; normalizing mean ; . Normalization entailed shifting the negrowth where BALB c's were i .7 times more sensifive than were the curves for each tumor so that they all began at the same LAF1's. The MTD is also given, defined as t 1maximum dose e diameter, i.e. , at the normalizing mean. Using normalized data, without causing deaths, i.e. probably closetto the LD01 dose the mean S.E. of tumor diameters in a given treatment group required to kill 1% of animals ; . for each day of measurement was calculated. In Vivo-In Vitro Timing Experiments. All the experiments In The delay in growth was determined at 4 times the tumor which tumors were treated in situ and as ayedin vitro are volume at the time of treatment or 1.59 times the tumor shown in Charts 1 to 3. Chart 3 shows the 1ata VCR only for diameter at treatment ; . The error in the time to reach the end and includes changes in tumor weight and elI yield. Chart 1, point size was obtained from the graph of mean diameter a, c, e, and g, shows the timing data for drugs producing versus time. A line was drawn through all the upper limits of substantial cell killing at early times after tre ment followed by the S.E. of tumor diameters, and another line was drawn rapid increases in surviving fraction. Althou there Is consid through the lower limits. The intersection of these lines with enable scatter in the data, it appears that th magnitude of the the horizontal line at the end point size gave the limits of the increase in surviving fraction is at least a fact r of i for BCNU cis-Pt, and CTX, and over 100 for BLEO. T e increase takes 3Abbreviations usedare: ACTD, actinomycin BCNU 3-bls 2-chloro place over a period between 8 and i 4 h for CNU, cis-Pt, and D; 1 ethyl ; -i-nltrosourea; BLEO, bleomycin; cis-Pt, cis-diammine-dichloroplatinum ll CTX, making proliferation an unlikely cause. CTX, Cytoxan cyclophosphamide 5-FUrs, 5-fluorouracll; MIX. methotrexate; yman 28 ; where To test for the artifact described by Twen vCR, vincristine; MID, maximum tolerated dose; TD , dose required for 50% drug carried over with the tumor into the lispersal medium tumor take; id., intradermally and strattera.

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Patients. Between June 1993 and December 1994, 53 breast cancer patients stage III to IV ; entered dose intense chemotherapy 5-fluorouracil, leucovorin, adriamycin, cytoxan [FLAC] Taxol ; with cytokine support. The stage II and III patients had received no prior chemotherapy; the stage IV patients could have received prior adjuvant chemotherapy, but were previously untreated with chemotherapy for metastatic disease. All had a normal peripheral blood cell count. Chemotherapy consisted of five cycles, each lasting 3 weeks, of FLAC therapy: 5-fluorouracil 300 mg m2 intravenous [IV] daily days 1 to 3 ; , leucovorin calcium, 500 mg m2 daily days 1 to 3 ; , doxorubicin 17 mg m2 IV daily days 1 to 3 ; , and cyclophosphamide 500 mg m2 IV days 1 to 3 ; Patients were randomized to receive either granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor GM-CSF ; sargramostim, Leukine [Immunex, Seattle, WA], 250 mg m2 subcutaneously daily ; or PIXY321 375 mg m2 subcutaneously twice a day ; from days 4 through 19. Patients were required to have recovered their blood counts to an absolute neutrophil count ANC ; 1, 500 ml and platelets 90, 000 ml to be treated with the next cycle of chemotherapy. Patients then received five cycles, each lasting 21 days, of paclitaxel 140 mg m2 by continuous IV infusion [CIVI] over 96 hours ; . Peripheral blood lymphocyte populations were assessed by flow cytometry and functional assays before the start of treatment, post-FLAC, postpaclitaxel, and during routine follow-up visits at 1, 3, 6, and 15 months following chemotherapy. As of June 1996, 25 patients had completed chemotherapy and. It is known that spinal fractures are more common in AS than in the general population Detwiler et al. 1990 ; and can result from minor trauma such as a simple fall Alaranta et al. 2002 ; . Fractures have a predilection for the lower cervical spine and cervicothoracic junction Weinstein et al. 1982 ; . Most CSIs in this study were located in C6 or the adjacent intervertebral spaces. While in the general population one-third of CSIs are located in the upper C0C2 ; cervical spine Goldberg et al. 2001 ; , in AS, C0 2 injuries are not as common Detwiler et al. 1990 ; , as confirmed by our results. In AS, odontoid process type II and III fractures are uncommon Ozgocmen and Ardicoglu 2000 ; , and type I fractures, extremely rare in the general population Goldberg et al. 2001 ; , have not been previously reported in AS. Similarly to earlier studies Broom and Raycroft 1988, Detwiler et al. 1990 ; , a high incidence of SCI was evident. Technically flawless radiographs in AS patients are difficult to obtain, with difficulties in both positioning and bone tissue contrast; due to the rigidity of the ankylosed spine and shoulders it is difficult and often impossible to obtain good quality radiographic images of the usual injury site, the lower cervical spine. Opacity and anatomic distortion of the osteoporotic spine cause difficulties in detection of non-dislocated fracture lines. With long lever arms present in the rigid spine, even hair-thin, non-displaced fractures carry the potential of causing severe SCI. In AS patients, the incidence of SCI is approximately 11.4 times as great as in the general population Alaranta et al. 2002 ; . As radiography is of limited value in the detection of unstable injuries, it is not an advisable method for CSI screening in advanced AS. Conventional CT is safe and fast and provides valuable information on fracture delineation and spinal canal compromise Weinstein et al. 1982, Fox et al. 1993, Goldberg et al. 1993, Wu and Lee 1998, Taggard and Traynelis 2000 ; . MRI was superior in the assessment of SCI, and it detected severe CSI more reliably than did plain radiography. Many AS patients are, however, ineligible for MRI: Difficult monitoring of the patient, the length of the examination, incompatible anesthesiology equipment, and skull traction devices or pacemakers are common problems. AS patients with severe kyphosis may not fit properly into the coil or even into the closed-bore MR scanner. In such cases, MR systems with an open design are, however, a feasible option. Same initial criteria as the arb class and preferred drugs must be tried and failed due to lack of efficacy or intolerable side effects before non-preferred drugs will be approved, unless an acceptable clinical exception is offered on the prior authorization form, such as the presence of a condition that prevents usage of the preferred drug or a significant potential drug interaction between another drug and the preferred drug s ; exists.
The purpose of this study was 2-fold: a ; to describe the pathology of a spontaneous rat leukemia and b ; to attempt to control this neoplastic disease by drug therapy. It is well known that drug therapy has been successful in achieving prolonged periods of remission in the treatment of neoplas tic disease. However, complete cures are uncommon and difficult to achieve because of the failure to totally eliminate residual viable tumor cells. In this investigation, a similar chemotherapeutic response was observed. Cytoxan and melphalan at specific dose levels induced a period of and buy levothroid.
Cost-effectiveness of a potential Helicobacter pylori vaccine Helicobacter pylori associated illness instead of death through peptic ulcer disease and gastric cancer alone. There can be criticism on the model used to estimate the cost-effectiveness ratio of Helicobacter pylori vaccination. The natural decline in Helicobacter pylori prevalence of Dutch native inhabitants [1] and the decline in death rate by peptic ulcer and stomach cancer [5] were not taken into account. For immigrants in the Netherlands a higher prevalence of Helicobacter pylori infection is shown [22], which can be a possible subgroup in which the current figures used may be applicable for a longer period of time. Furthermore the estimated effectiveness and vaccine price used are important factors for cost-effectiveness. As no vaccine is currently available these figures can be only crude estimates. However a new vaccine with effectiveness less than 50% will probably not be marketed and a vaccine price of 70 per dose is probably a maximum estimate for the price of a new Helicobacter pylori vaccine. Also the use of the attributable risk can lead to an optimistic estimate of the cost-effectiveness. This issue is discussed in appendix 8.2. In this appendix it is shown that although there might be concern of overestimation of the role of Helicobacter pylori in peptic ulcer disease and gastric cancer, there are also arguments which might lead to an underestimation of the effect of a Helicobacter pylori vaccine. These arguments include other diseases in which Helicobacter pylori infection has a part. And only life years were taken into account, whereas gastric cancer and peptic ulcer disease also influence quality of life. A pharmacoeconomic study with incorporating of the influence on quality of life of Helicobacter pylori infection will likely yield greater benefits for a Helicobacter pylori vaccine. It is clear that preventive programmes benefit from a lowering in discount rate as is advocated by some authors [13, 23-26]. In this study concerning a Helicobacter pylori vaccine this beneficial effect of a change in discount rate is clearly shown. When using a 4% discount rate all of thecost-effectiveness ratios of the different vaccine price scenarios are consistently much higher than the cost.

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Cytoxan canine side effects Summary of Comments for the Draft Policy on Infliximab RemicadeTM ; 03-01 Question: The inclusion of the diagnosis Pyoderma gangrenosis, associated with Crohn's disease, which does not respond to the usual therapy and may require Remicade therapy should be included. Answer: We agree that this diagnosis should be included in the policy and have added it to the list of "ICD-9 Codes that Support Medical Necessity." Summary of Comments for the Draft Policy on Echocardiography 03-03 ; Question: Would you consider including HCPCS 93350 in the policy? Answer: This is a separate test and will not be included in the policy. Summary of Comments for the Draft Policy on Rituximab 03-04 ; Question: The following comments were received from a single source. Provided 3 standard situations where Rituximab is used as first-line therapy: As a single agent before chemotherapy for patients unable to tolerate chemotherapy, or choose to avoid the short-term or long-term toxicities of chemotherapy. Given with other chemotherapy regimens, first-line, as in R-CHOP proven in the GELA study published n the New England Journal ; for aggressive lymphoma, Rituxan Fludarabine for low-grade lymphoma or even for CLL, Rituxan Fludarabine Cytoxan for low-grade lymphoma or CLL, or Rituxan EPOCH for mantle cell lymphoma. Given as a consolidation every 4 to 6 months after induction therapy for indolent and aggressive lymphoma. The limitation regarding only using Rituximab after relapsing from or not responding to chemotherapy should be removed. Rituxan should be allowed as first-line use for ITP some patients cannot or should receive steroids ; . Answer: These changes have been made to the policy. Summary of Comments for the Draft Policy on Radiation Therapy Services 03-05 ; Question: Your policy states that "tangential ports without devices is intermediate." Tangential ports are used when simulating breast and or chest wall treatment and is very complex and time consuming. The inclusion of tangential ports should make the simulation a complex procedure Answer: We agree. The correction will be made to the policy to eliminate the instruction regarding "tangential ports without devices" associated with CPT 77285 and simply include simulation of tangential portals under complex simulations. 1! Chart 5. Cumulative mortality in mice bearing advanced Adenocarcinoma 755 Ca 755 ; mean tumor weight 500 mg mg ; 100 treated with one or more nonlethal courses of sequential therapy with Cytoxan followed by 6-mercaptopurine 6-MP. Committee members were asked to review the RFP timeline for the next meeting. MOCD staff will bring some information related to workforce development. There was a short discussion on potentially changing the start time of the CAC meetings to 6pm. There was no consensus on this issue so it will be tabled to the next meeting. 7. PUBLIC COMMENT Andy Harris -- Regardless of the meeting time, he asked the committee to start on time. He would also like more clarity on the "access to affordable housing" goal of the Strategic Plan. 8. ADJOURN Jazzie Collins adjourned the meeting at 7: 30 p.m.

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