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Very excited for the game today. Nyquist-Datsyuk-Franzen, baby!


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Welcome home Wings rejects!

I'm hoping to see another surge from the Wings, similar to the one against Columbus on Monday. They have an opportunity to regain 4th place and have a lot of questions to answer before starting the playoffs.

Good move scratching White for tonight. He's been one of our weaker defenseman lately and another good move moving Nyquist up to the top 6. Now for the love of god, Mike, put him on the PP.


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Only 2 by my count.
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Good to see our old friend, Jose Threeormore...

Got a gift last night with Chicago winning over Nashville in regulation...4th place is theirs if they want it.


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I know, but Mathias and Fleishmann never played a game for the Red Wings, hence not ex-Red Wings.

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Good to see our old friend, Jose Threeormore...

Got a gift last night with Chicago winning over Nashville in regulation...4th place is theirs if they want it.

Maybe we want to go down to 6? (I know highly unlikely. I doubt we've been losing games to get to 6. We tried to win but still lost)
Not really sure if we want to face Preds or Hawks even if we have home ice.

Facing 3rd seed without home ice might be easier than 5th seed with home ice


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Maybe we want to go down to 6? (I know highly unlikely. I doubt we've been losing games to get to 6. We tried to win but still lost)
Not really sure if we want to face Preds or Hawks even if we have home ice.

Facing 3rd seed without home ice might be easier than 5th seed with home ice

I'll take the Kings over Nashville in a heartbeat. San Jose I'm not so sure about...
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I can guarantee you Datsyuk and Nyquist will molest everyone today and Nyquist will secure his spot on the top line for playoffs. When Datsyuk plays with him it's just brilliant. Sweet passing, nice moves, everything! 5-1 Wings. Datsyuk x2, Nyquist, Zetterberg, and Lidstrom with the goals. Versteeg against us.

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Team still can win the #4 seed if they stop playing like garbage.


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That will be huge too. Since we are most likely playing Smashville, having 4 home games is a must. Tonight is the first step.

Nyquist will bury another tonight baby!


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Maybe we want to go down to 6? (I know highly unlikely. I doubt we've been losing games to get to 6. We tried to win but still lost)
Not really sure if we want to face Preds or Hawks even if we have home ice.

Facing 3rd seed without home ice might be easier than 5th seed with home ice

In theory, you're not far off. Do you want Nashville or a team out of the Pacific? As long as it isn't the Sharks, I wouldn't mind the 6th seed going against Dallas or LA but I would worry about facing Quick. If you survive the first round as a 4th, 5th or 6th seed, odds are you'll be on the road in the second round anyway...likely against Vancouver or St. Louis. I think it's really about how difficult of a first round series do you want.

I'd want the 4th seed just for the strange chance that all 3 top seeds eat it in the first round and then they'd be the top remaining seed and they'd have home ice advantage. Or, if only two of the top 3 go down, you're assured of hosting the second round series as the second best team remaining. If you're 6th, you're pretty much the road team all the way to the end but facing the Pacific winner is a better opening round draw than facing Nashville.

I guess I'm saying finish either 4th or 6th...5th is certain doom.


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Wow Nyquist is back with Pavs?? So...we may have a chance now. Would rather see Smith in instead of Ericsson.


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I guess I could watch this one. I really hope they aren't tanking for the 6th seed. The Cats haven't been good on the road so I'm hopeful yet not confident. Dats and Gus need to prevail. Go Wings!


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Survey: One in Three Families in America Has Trouble Paying Medical Bills

Personal bankruptcies seem to be on a rise plus the number could grow higher using the new Obamacare mandates. The recession has hit many Americans hard. People struggling to cover bills have used credit cards to help. As a result, they now have created debt on high-interest cards and no longer manage to make even minimum monthly bills. As a conclusion, they have been declaring personal bankruptcy, in fact it is typically a final option. And new laws requiring that all of us carry health insurance has forced some to file a lawsuit. This article has been shared by Kaplan Attorneys. You can find Kaplan Attorneys by searching for Massachusetts bankruptcy attorney.

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Out-of-pocket healthcare expenses are on an upswing around the board. In the latest survey conducted through the National Center for Health Statistics, many Americans claimed they usually have trouble paying their medical bills. This Season, 20 percent of American families struggled. In the first part of 2011, the amount grew to one in three families struggling to pay off their medical bills. With increasing price of healthcare, insurers are confronted with the choice of raising premiums or passing off many of the expenses to the customer. More than 50 % of personal bankruptcies are brought on by medical bills and roughly two-thirds of Americans in cases like this actually had insurance. This debunks the idea that forcing everyone to get insured helps save people from financial ruin. Experts caution that in case you actually are insured, make certain to know your policy inside and out and also always seek in-network care first. And while deciding on a less expensive plan might cost less money for the short-term, an urgent medical event could leave you in a massive amount of debt down the road. Regardless, shouldn?t people be allowed to make the choice for themselves rather than big government deciding on their behalf?

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Tokai Pharmaceuticals' galeterone well-tolerated in patients with advanced prostate cancer

Tokai Pharmaceuticals' galeterone well-tolerated in patients with advanced prostate cancer [ Back to EurekAlert! ] Public release date: 31-Mar-2012
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Phase 1 data presented at AACR Annual Meeting 2012; Study showed no dose limiting toxicities with galeterone; Preliminary efficacy data reported

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. and CHICAGO, Ill. -- Tokai Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company focused on developing new treatments for prostate cancer, today announced that its lead candidate galeterone (TOK-001) was well-tolerated with minimal side effects and demonstrated efficacy in patients with castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC) in a Phase 1 study. The data will be presented in an oral presentation titled, "ARMOR1: Safety of galeterone (TOK-001) in a Phase 1 clinical trial in chemotherapy nave patients with castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC)," abstract number CT-07, on Tuesday, April 3, 2012 at 3:05 p.m. (CDT) at the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting 2012 in Chicago.

CRPC is an advanced, difficult-to-treat form of prostate cancer that occurs when the disease progresses despite the use of anti-hormonal therapies. Galeterone is a small molecule, oral drug for the treatment of CRPC that disrupts the growth and survival of prostate cancer cells via a novel and proprietary triple mechanism of action.

"Because currently available therapeutic options to treat castration-resistant prostate cancer are limited, often poorly-tolerated and may fail because of resistance, patients are in urgent need of new safe and effective treatments," said Mary-Ellen Taplin, M.D., associate professor of medicine, director of genitourinary clinical research, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School and co-lead researcher in the study. "These Phase 1 galeterone data, demonstrating minimal toxicities, improved PSA response and a reduction in tumor size, are exciting for those of us in the medical community treating this life-threatening cancer. I look forward to following the further development of galeterone as a promising approach in the treatment of prostate cancer."

The ARMOR1 study was led by co-principal investigators Dr. Taplin and Bruce Montgomery, M.D., associate professor of medical oncology at the University of Washington School of Medicine, and their colleagues at leading prostate cancer research centers in the United States. The Phase 1 proof-of-concept clinical trial, part of the ARMOR (Androgen Receptor Modulation Optimized for Response) clinical development program for the evaluation of galeterone, enrolled 49 patients and was a dose-finding study to evaluate escalating dose levels of galeterone. The study also evaluated safety and reduction in prostate-specific antigen (PSA) levels from baseline levels measured at first visit. Patients who responded to therapy had the option to continue treatment with galeterone in an extension arm of the trial.

Most side effects were minor and included fatigue, nausea and diarrhea. Early efficacy tests demonstrated that 49 percent of patients had prostate-specific antigen (PSA) reductions of 30 percent or more; 11 of these patients had reductions of 50 percent or more. In addition, CT scans revealed a significant reduction in tumor size for some patients.

"We are pleased with the results of our Phase 1 proof-of-concept study, which demonstrated galeterone tolerability and efficacy in a difficult-to-treat, resistant prostate cancer patient population," said Martin D. Williams, president and chief executive officer, Tokai Pharmaceuticals. "Galeterone is the only prostate cancer therapy in development that combines three distinct mechanisms of action in one compound for a unique multi-target approach. The reductions in PSA levels seen in nearly half of all patients evaluated in our Phase 1 study are meaningful in a dose-escalation study and supportive of our Phase 2 clinical trial set to initiate later this year."

In the Phase 1 study, researchers observed transient, non-serious elevated liver function tests in 15 patients, most of whom were asymptomatic. Eleven of these patients stopped galeterone treatment, and of those, six of seven patients were rechallenged and successfully returned to treatment with no significant recurrence in liver function test elevations.

A Phase 2 study evaluating long-term safety and efficacy of galeterone in CRPC patients is planned for the second half of 2012.

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About Galeterone (TOK-001)

Galeterone is a small molecule, oral drug for the treatment of prostate cancer that disrupts the growth and survival of cancer cells via a novel and proprietary triple mechanism of action. In preclinical studies, galeterone acts as an androgen receptor antagonist, as a CYP17 lyase inhibitor and decreases androgen receptor levels in prostate tumors the only drug in development that has been shown to exhibit this property. In galeterone, these three distinct mechanisms of action are combined in one therapy.

About Tokai Pharmaceuticals

Tokai Pharmaceuticals is a U.S. biopharmaceutical company focused on developing new treatments for prostate cancer. The company's lead drug candidate, galeterone (TOK-001), is the first investigational new drug that can decrease overall androgen receptor levels in prostate tumors and in which three distinct mechanisms of action are combined in one oncotherapeutic. Privately held Tokai is based in Cambridge, Massachusetts and is backed by Apple Tree Partners and Novartis Venture Fund. For more information on the company and galeterone, please visit www.tokaipharma.com.



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Tokai Pharmaceuticals' galeterone well-tolerated in patients with advanced prostate cancer [ Back to EurekAlert! ] Public release date: 31-Mar-2012
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Phase 1 data presented at AACR Annual Meeting 2012; Study showed no dose limiting toxicities with galeterone; Preliminary efficacy data reported

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. and CHICAGO, Ill. -- Tokai Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company focused on developing new treatments for prostate cancer, today announced that its lead candidate galeterone (TOK-001) was well-tolerated with minimal side effects and demonstrated efficacy in patients with castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC) in a Phase 1 study. The data will be presented in an oral presentation titled, "ARMOR1: Safety of galeterone (TOK-001) in a Phase 1 clinical trial in chemotherapy nave patients with castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC)," abstract number CT-07, on Tuesday, April 3, 2012 at 3:05 p.m. (CDT) at the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting 2012 in Chicago.

CRPC is an advanced, difficult-to-treat form of prostate cancer that occurs when the disease progresses despite the use of anti-hormonal therapies. Galeterone is a small molecule, oral drug for the treatment of CRPC that disrupts the growth and survival of prostate cancer cells via a novel and proprietary triple mechanism of action.

"Because currently available therapeutic options to treat castration-resistant prostate cancer are limited, often poorly-tolerated and may fail because of resistance, patients are in urgent need of new safe and effective treatments," said Mary-Ellen Taplin, M.D., associate professor of medicine, director of genitourinary clinical research, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School and co-lead researcher in the study. "These Phase 1 galeterone data, demonstrating minimal toxicities, improved PSA response and a reduction in tumor size, are exciting for those of us in the medical community treating this life-threatening cancer. I look forward to following the further development of galeterone as a promising approach in the treatment of prostate cancer."

The ARMOR1 study was led by co-principal investigators Dr. Taplin and Bruce Montgomery, M.D., associate professor of medical oncology at the University of Washington School of Medicine, and their colleagues at leading prostate cancer research centers in the United States. The Phase 1 proof-of-concept clinical trial, part of the ARMOR (Androgen Receptor Modulation Optimized for Response) clinical development program for the evaluation of galeterone, enrolled 49 patients and was a dose-finding study to evaluate escalating dose levels of galeterone. The study also evaluated safety and reduction in prostate-specific antigen (PSA) levels from baseline levels measured at first visit. Patients who responded to therapy had the option to continue treatment with galeterone in an extension arm of the trial.

Most side effects were minor and included fatigue, nausea and diarrhea. Early efficacy tests demonstrated that 49 percent of patients had prostate-specific antigen (PSA) reductions of 30 percent or more; 11 of these patients had reductions of 50 percent or more. In addition, CT scans revealed a significant reduction in tumor size for some patients.

"We are pleased with the results of our Phase 1 proof-of-concept study, which demonstrated galeterone tolerability and efficacy in a difficult-to-treat, resistant prostate cancer patient population," said Martin D. Williams, president and chief executive officer, Tokai Pharmaceuticals. "Galeterone is the only prostate cancer therapy in development that combines three distinct mechanisms of action in one compound for a unique multi-target approach. The reductions in PSA levels seen in nearly half of all patients evaluated in our Phase 1 study are meaningful in a dose-escalation study and supportive of our Phase 2 clinical trial set to initiate later this year."

In the Phase 1 study, researchers observed transient, non-serious elevated liver function tests in 15 patients, most of whom were asymptomatic. Eleven of these patients stopped galeterone treatment, and of those, six of seven patients were rechallenged and successfully returned to treatment with no significant recurrence in liver function test elevations.

A Phase 2 study evaluating long-term safety and efficacy of galeterone in CRPC patients is planned for the second half of 2012.

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About Galeterone (TOK-001)

Galeterone is a small molecule, oral drug for the treatment of prostate cancer that disrupts the growth and survival of cancer cells via a novel and proprietary triple mechanism of action. In preclinical studies, galeterone acts as an androgen receptor antagonist, as a CYP17 lyase inhibitor and decreases androgen receptor levels in prostate tumors the only drug in development that has been shown to exhibit this property. In galeterone, these three distinct mechanisms of action are combined in one therapy.

About Tokai Pharmaceuticals

Tokai Pharmaceuticals is a U.S. biopharmaceutical company focused on developing new treatments for prostate cancer. The company's lead drug candidate, galeterone (TOK-001), is the first investigational new drug that can decrease overall androgen receptor levels in prostate tumors and in which three distinct mechanisms of action are combined in one oncotherapeutic. Privately held Tokai is based in Cambridge, Massachusetts and is backed by Apple Tree Partners and Novartis Venture Fund. For more information on the company and galeterone, please visit www.tokaipharma.com.



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