Word: cancerous
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...interest rates, to world trade? What might Ronald Reagan do to calm the markets? Could a President who was so weakened by the Iran-contra affair and the impending defeat on the Bork nomination, and who was distracted by war in the Persian Gulf and his wife's cancer operation, possibly quell the financial turmoil? Did he even understand that he faced a first-class crisis of confidence in his leadership...
Some doctors question Nancy Reagan' s choice of surgical procedure for her breast cancer. -- A drug to fight a tropical scourge...
When Nancy Reagan entered Bethesda Naval Hospital two weeks ago, her plight, like that of Betty Ford 13 years ago, focused national attention on breast cancer. The affliction is the No. 3 killer of American women, after heart disease and lung cancer. The First Lady's case underscored the importance of early detection: her tumor was discovered during an annual mammogram, which is recommended for older women. But her choice of treatment caused some consternation and puzzlement in the medical community...
...opinion that she probably was overtreated," says Dr. I. Craig Henderson, director of the Breast Evaluation Center at Boston's Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. Henderson notes that several studies have shown that lumpectomy, followed by radiation treatment, is every bit as effective as mastectomy for even average-size breast tumors. In both procedures, women with early-stage cancers have a more than 90% chance of surviving at least five years after surgery. Modified radical mastectomy, however, remains the choice of most surgeons for women with large tumors...
...have proceeded as she did. For women with small breasts, lumpectomy may not offer a significant cosmetic advantage over mastectomy. And some women feel safer if the entire breast is removed. Says Goodman: "There are women who fear they will spend 23 hours a day worrying that the cancer may have returned if their breast is left intact...