Word: hodgkin
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...often, however, a few cells manage to survive the onslaught and germinate, sometimes years later, into tumors that are impervious to treatment. The ability of the cancer cell to outmaneuver its attackers has long been reflected in mortality statistics. Despite gains made against cancers such as childhood leukemia and Hodgkin's lymphoma, the overall death rate remains dismally high. This year more than half a million Americans will succumb to cancer, making it the nation's second leading killer after cardiovascular disease...
...also one of the most tenacious. Tartikoff has survived two bouts of Hodgkin's disease; in 1982 he underwent a year of chemotherapy while continuing to run NBC programming. His car accident served merely to emphasize again where his priorities lay. "I don't know how many times a person has to be clobbered over the head to be reminded of what's important in life and what's not important," he says...
...Mario Lemieux's return to hockey. The heir to the Great One met his biggest challenge. In the midst of his greatest season, on pace to break Gretzky's single season scoring record, Lemieux was diagnosed with Hodgkin's disease. But just six weeks later he was back on the Igloo ice in Pittsburgh, and he scored a goal. Lemieux went on to win the scoring title, garner some more personal awards, and add thousands to his fan club...
...with the release of the most comprehensive review of Agent Orange research ever conducted, vets got some real encouragement. According to a 16- member panel of experts assembled by the National Academy of Sciences' Institute of Medicine, exposure to Agent Orange can be linked conclusively to three cancers, including Hodgkin's disease, and two other disorders. The committee also found enough evidence among the 230 studies they examined to suggest a connection with lung and prostate cancer...
Jesse Brown, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, immediately added Hodgkin's disease to the short list of maladies for which Vietnam veterans are automatically compensated. And he has promised to decide, within 60 days, whether to include lung and prostate cancers and other diseases. Because these afflictions are so common, such a move could ring up tens of millions of dollars in additional claims. "We did not pay attention to the price tag but just to the scientific evidence," says panel member Dr. Graham Colditz, an associate professor at Harvard Medical School. "If anyone raised the issue and said...