Word: cancerous
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...before the article was released, the office sent out a press release: "License to Kill: Development of Killer T Cells Observable." It explains how this discovery could help doctors understand how HIV and cancer attack the immune system...
Instead of focusing on the specifics of how cancer spreads or AIDS affects the body, HSPH research looks at medicine across population, determining which groups are more susceptible to different problems...
DIED. CHARLIE BYRD, 74, classically trained jazz-guitar virtuoso; of cancer; in Annapolis, Md. His 1962 album Jazz Samba, with saxophonist Stan Getz, popularized bossa nova in North America. Byrd recorded more than 100 albums, and was honored this year by Brazil as a Knight of the Rio Branco...
DISCORDANT DIAGNOSIS It's scary enough when a biopsy reveals cancer. Now a study concludes that up to 2% of biopsy reports are flat-out wrong. The pathologist may say there's cancer when the cells are perfectly normal. Worse, the wrong cancer may be diagnosed, leading to inappropriate care. Example: lymphoma, which is treated with chemotherapy, can be mistaken for a head and neck tumor, which requires surgery and radiation. What to do? Demand a second opinion...
Sources: Good News--New England Journal of Medicine (12/2/99); Science (12/3/99). Bad News--National Depressive and Manic Depressive Association; Cancer (12/99...