Word: cancerous
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Then came a traumatic change in his life. Geffen developed a bladder tumor, which doctors removed and declared to be malignant. Believing that stress had contributed to the cancer, Geffen, then 33, decided to change his priorities. Canceling his subscriptions to Variety and Billboard, he began teaching business courses at Yale and UCLA, collecting art and investing in real estate. After four years in his new life, he consulted cancer specialists for a second opinion and found that the first diagnosis had been incorrect: he was fine...
...costs about $450. Urologist Perry Nadig of San Antonio has followed 340 of his patients who have used the device, some for as long as six years; fully 80% of the men are satisfied with the results. Morton Perrin, 76, of Durango, Colo., whose impotence followed surgery for prostate cancer ten years ago, says he and his wife are delighted: "You'd think we were 26 years old again...
...brother Tom is best expressed in his own words. The following is an excerpt from a speech he delivered to his class at Currier House on Commencement Day last year, which he called the greatest day of his life. He describes how he felt the day the cancer came back after 10 years...
...Every two weeks I go back to the Dana Farber Cancer Reseach Center, and I see and hear tremendous suffering. But the suffering is smothered by enduring hope and fearless love. I go there, and I am reminded that there is a reason why we are all here, and a reason why we put up with this world of ours...
...Memorial Service will be held for Tom in Memorial Church on Wednesday, November 30 at 11:00 a.m. All are welcome. Contributions in lieu of flowers may be made to: The Jimmy Fund Clinic, Dana Farber Cancer Research Center, 44 Binney Street, Boston, MA 02115 in memory of Thomas George Corwin...