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...October 1996 doctors told Armstrong he had testicular cancer that had metastasized, affecting one lung and provoking two brain tumors. "If you'd told me the day after I was diagnosed that I'd be here today leading the Tour de France, there'd be no way I'd believe you," says Armstrong as he stretches his thigh muscles in a hotel room along the race circuit. He is taut and lean, and his close-cropped brown hair has replaced the temporary baldness caused by his treatment--three months of debilitating chemotherapy and a brain operation to remove the tumors...
Still, 1999 is shaping up to be Big Tobacco's worst year in court. Even before the loss in Florida, a California court awarded $26.5 million to a lung-cancer victim in February, and an Oregon court awarded $32.8 million to another cancer victim in March. The latest cases suggest the public may no longer be buying the industry's defenses. When a tobacco executive at the Florida trial tried to deny that cigarettes are harmful, one juror could be seen rolling her eyes. A legal system that for decades favored the cigarette companies may be kicking the habit...
DIED. MARK O'BRIEN, 49, author and poet; from complications of bronchitis; at his home in Berkeley, Calif. O'Brien, the subject of the Academy Award-winning documentary Breathing Lessons, wrote by typing with a stick in his mouth. He lived in a 650-lb. iron lung most of his life...
...vegetables, which contain it, seem to help. Lycopene might not be the answer, but it too is found in fruits and vegetables. Fiber works--and again, fruits and vegetables (especially beans), as well as whole grains, are an ideal source. So along with giving up tobacco (mouth, throat and lung cancer) and limiting alcohol consumption (too much booze leads to cirrhosis, which leads to liver cancer), the best way to prevent a broad range of cancers, given the current state of medical knowledge, is to eat more fruits and vegetables. That sort of diet will help you stay trim...
SMOKERS' SCREEN Lung cancer could be caught early--and thousands of lives saved--if smokers and former smokers were routinely screened with C.T. scans. Unlike conventional chest X rays, the supersensitive scans can spot tiny malignancies before they cause any symptoms--and while they're still small enough to be treated. Bottom line: up to 80% of lung-cancer patients might survive. The rate is only about 15% today...