Word: breast
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...BREAST...
Serious operations may leave psychological scars. Feelings of rage are common in women who have undergone hysterectomies; depression is understandably frequent among those who lose a breast because of cancer. Open-heart surgery, reports Kimball, produces its own constellation of symptoms: temporary loss of memory and intellectual function, delusions and even life-threatening depression...
...reached epidemic proportions. The monokini, which first appeared in St.-Tropez two years ago has spread this year to the beaches of tonier Antibes, Juan-les-Pins and Sardinia. By now the fad has become so familiar that Le Figaro's food critic has commented that "a breast leaning into a local salad is as removed from sexuality as a nose, an ear or a heel bone...
...first step in carrying out an agreement reached during President Nixon's recent visit to Moscow, the Soviets will send the U.S. three drugs, which they have been using to treat cancers of certain white blood cells in the lymphatic system, thyroid and bladder cancers, and breast and ovarian tumors. In return, the U.S. will provide the Soviets with three drugs used experimentally against lung, skin, brain and intestinal cancers. The scientists will also trade research personnel and furnish each other with volumes of technical data concerning the safety and effectiveness of the chemicals. The Soviet scientific material must...
Harris' plan borrows heavily from programs already in operation to rehabilitate victims of breast, bowel and larynx cancer following surgery. But it differs from them in an important respect. It concentrates on patients whose cancers probably cannot be cured-and who are therefore likely to be distrustful of anyone who attempts to cheer them...