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...case, doctors removed his colon in 2005, and treated him with chemotherapy to eliminate any remaining cells and contain satellite growths that might have broken off from the primary tumor. After undergoing surgery to remove a growth from his right pelvic area, doctors discovered additional growths in his liver. According to Dr. Raymond DuBois, incoming provost of MD Anderson Cancer Center and a colon cancer specialist, it's not unusual to see additional growths several months or years following such a procedure. "Any time a patient comes in with a big tumor, we always worry about micrometastatic lesions somewhere else...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Controlling Colon Cancer | 3/28/2007 | See Source »

...notes, malignant growths still contained in the intestine can be removed with surgery, and 50% of patients are cured this way. About 30% of colon cancer patients, however, are diagnosed with the disease after it has progressed to more advanced stages, and spread to other organs such as the liver. "The one important message for everyone is that you don't have to go through what Tony Snow is [going through]," says DuBois...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Controlling Colon Cancer | 3/28/2007 | See Source »

...Patients whose cancer moves into the bone tend to survive longer than those with metastases in the liver or lung. Russell says that she has a few patients who have survived 10 years with bone involvement, but this is extremely rare. The fact that Elizabeth Edwards relapsed just a little over two years after initial treatment is a bad sign, suggesting that her cancer is very aggressive. On the plus side, though, is that Edwards' disease is "low volume", according to her oncologist, Lisa Carey of Chapel Hill, N.C., meaning little tumor is present. Also favorable, says Russell, is that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Prognosis for Elizabeth Edwards | 3/24/2007 | See Source »

...exotic (jugged wild boar with spelt-and-saffron risotto, pot-roast confit with lemon-flavored coriander salad). All are enticingly photographed by Marie-Pierre Morel, though some of the dishes are not for the squeamish. For example, a hearty stew introduced early in the book lists pig's liver, pig's kidneys and pig's heart among its ingredients, while an entrée named "Pig's Head and Parsley Pâté" was conceived to use up the meat leftover from a slaughter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fine Swine | 3/15/2007 | See Source »

...little story is a complete lie. There were never any nude scenes shot during or after a day's shooting. I have never posed in the nude above or below the waist. Like Lucifer, publications of this ilk tell a little truth and slip the lies in like chopped liver in a sandwich. The gullible don't know they've been had till they get sick...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inbox: Mar. 26, 2007 | 3/15/2007 | See Source »

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