Word: breast
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Change. The mortality rate of cancer of the colon and rectum could be much lower than it is, said Dr. Ravdin. Early detection and prompt treatment could save 30,000 of the 40,000 patients who die from it each year. But for breast cancer the formula of early detection and prompt treatment no longer seems to be the panacea it once was. "Despite all that has been done, the death rate from breast cancer has not changed...
...nose stubborn and strong. Lines like deep parentheses bracket his thin lips; beneath them is a small chin, and beneath that is a big chin. Five-and-a-half feet high, close to 200 lbs. wide, he is swathed in a cautious dark suit from which peeps an embroidered breast-pocket handkerchief with a monogram: R.J.D...
...individual medley, Pringle started slowly in the butterfly but picked up distance steadily in the breast and backstrokes, then held off freestyle challenges by Kiefer and Townsend to win by three yards. His time of 4:28.4 established pool and meet records for the event, new to the Easterns this year, and indicate that the versatile senior may have a chance at the NCAA title later this month...
...best performances of the day was turned in by Jane Mansfield who took a first in the individual medley. Miss Mansfield also made a stellar showing in the breast stroke where she finished second. Radcliffe finished second in team standings...
Harvard had a second moment of greatness as John Pringle and Bill Chadsey both upset Dale Kelfer in the 200-yard breast stroke. Pringle won the event handily in 2:13.5, but the big surprise was Chadsey, who touched out Keifer, his former high school teammate at New Trier, for second place...