Word: tumor
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...enough that he has given us a picture of Fossey that is more complex than the ones offered in the film version of Gorillas in the Mist and in Farley Mowat's Woman in the Mists (1987). Hayes, former editor of Esquire, died last year of a brain tumor...
Unlike other cancers, basal-cell carcinomas rarely metastasize, or migrate to form tumors in other parts of the body. For that reason, many people regard these carcinomas lightly and unwisely put off corrective surgery. Doctors excising basal tumors that have gone too long without treatment must often remove large chunks of their patients' noses or ears, which then must be reconstructed surgically. Worse consequences can occur. "I've heard of only a few deaths due to basal-cell carcinomas," says Dr. Lamberg. "But if an unattended tumor on the head grew into the brain, for example, it could cause considerable...
...muted luncheon- table conversations among both prosecutors and defense-team members, there is the acknowledgment that the one man who really put the grand plot together has left the scene. That is Bill Casey, the CIA director who died in May 1987 from pneumonia after surgery for a brain tumor, a man who loved power, position and a good mystery. John Poindexter did not have the temperament for the shady back-alley intrigue that Casey concocted...
...Donaldson's suit succeeds in barring interference by California officials, he could become the first living person to undergo the cryonic suspension process. "I am dying," says Donaldson, whose tumor has not responded to therapy. "I might later be revived and continue to live." Donaldson's lawyer thinks a judgment might come...
...Brain Tumor Society is "extremely enthusiastic about the campus programs," said Feldman...