Word: adenocarcinoma
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Reagan was under general anesthesia as doctors performed the biopsy, surgically removing affected breast tissue for laboratory analysis. The biopsy revealed a "noninvasive intraductal adenocarcinoma," a common form of breast cancer found in the ducts of glands embedded in the fatty tissue of the breast. The First Lady had already decided to have a mastectomy if cancer was discovered, and she immediately underwent surgery. Moments after she emerged from the operating room, the President reportedly said to her, "Honey, I know you don't feel like dancing, so let's just hold hands...
...cancer was identified as a "non-invasive intraductal adenocarcinoma" which measured about 7 millimeters, in a statement issued by Reagan's personal physician, Dr. John E. Hutton...
...study, funded by a grant from the Upjohn Company, began by extracting a portion of live tumor in a patient suffering from adenocarcinoma, a type of lung cancer common to emphysema patients. The doctors mixed the removed tumor with a protein called Interleukin 2, which stimulates the growth of the lymphocytes normally present in the extracted tumor...