Word: spreading
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...combatting breast cancer, for instance, doctors often use both surgery to remove the primary spot, and chemotherapy, the administering of drugs, to stop the spread of malignant cells...
Doctors have predicted that Glicklich, whose cancer has spread to her brain, may die within nine months...
...meet when he managed to be disqualified in all three of his individual events. In the 200-yd, breastroke, Royal had his gold medal taken away when the judge accused him of putting his whole head under water during his stroke. In the 100-yd, butterfly his legs were spread during his kick, and in the 100-yd, breastroke the judge caught him taking an extra pull off of one of his turns. By the time the 400-yd, medley relay came up, Royal--with the threats of teammates resounding in his ears--managed to legally complete his breastroke...
...once a tumor spreads beyond a certain point--breast cancer after it has spread to the lymph nodes, for example--the cure rate decreases dramatically...
Defense attorneys contended that if Glicklich's cancer had already spread to her brain by the time doctors first saw her, then an earlier diagnosis would not have made any difference. Glicklich's doctors expect her to survive about nine more months...