Word: lymphoma
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ETHYLENE OXIDE Used to sterilize hospital instruments, it can increase the risk of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and leukemia. Patients aren't in danger, since the volatile chemical leaves no trace. It's people who work with the stuff who are at risk
...White House and his inglorious ones, including the time he was falsely accused of snorting cocaine at Studio 54 and insulting the wife of the Egyptian ambassador by admiring her pyramids. But it is mostly a book about being struck by lightning three times, first by non-Hodgkin's lymphoma at age 40, then by skin cancer six years later, and by prostate cancer four years after that. Don Imus listened more than he talked for a full hour, giving a window into the mystery of how larger-than-life figures like Jordan and now Rudy Giuliani confront mortality...
DIED. STEVE REEVES, 74, sword-and-sandal-epic actor who pumped his Mr. Universe physique into the popular role of Hercules in a series of films in the 1950s and '60s; of lymphoma complications; in Escondido, Calif...
Stanley Miller '52, a local entrepreneur and former member of Radcliffe College's Board of Trustees, died of lymphoma last Friday at his Newton home...
...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...