Word: cancerous
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Ryan G. Schaffer '00 traveled with his mother, Jan, from their home in Cleveland to Philadelphia to see a specialist who might be able to treat his mom's rare form of cancer. Jan Schaffer had first been diagnosed in 1982, and after a brief period of radiation treatment, a doctor declared her cured. She returned to normal life for a while--if you can call being the single mother of three energetic sons normal. But eight years later the cancer returned. When Ryan and his mother spoke with the Philadelphia doctor, he told her she had six months...
...Through Ryan's high school years his mom struggled, balancing work, her son's sports schedule and trips around the country for treatment. In the summer of 1996, before his freshman year at Harvard, the cancer returned and doctors told her that treatment methods had been exhausted. Ryan thought of postponing Harvard for a year, but his mom wouldn't hear of it and so he left reluctantly to start school. But one morning in late October, his brother called and asked him to come home. On November 4, 1996, Ryan held his mother's hand as she passed away...
Using infrared light, OCT can produce images at the cellular and even the sub-cellular level. Brezinski believes OCT will improve the detection and prevention of heart attacks, early detection of cancer and identification of arthritis in its early stages...
...Using infrared light, OCT can produce images at the cellular and even the sub-cellular level. Brezinski believes OCT will make a major impact on medicine, including detection and prevention of heart attacks, early detection of cancer and identification of arthritis in its early stages...
...wife and his mother had cancer. And his wife was not too well," said a river House security guard...