Word: tumor
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...UNDERGOING TREATMENT.ELIZABETH EDWARDS, 55, wife of former Democratic vice-presidential nominee John Edwards; for breast cancer, diagnosed definitively a day after the election; in Washington. After four months of chemotherapy, Edwards is scheduled to undergo a lumpectomy - a procedure that removes the tumor and surrounding tissue while preserving the breast. A family spokesman said the cancer had not spread...
...DIED. EMLYN HUGHES, 57, ebullient and well-loved former captain of Liverpool Football Club and England; from a brain tumor diagnosed 15 months ago; near Sheffield, England. As a tenacious young footballer in the late 1960s, Hughes' wild charges and galloping gait earned him the moniker Crazy Horse. Over a 20-year career, he tamed his exuberance into steady play, becoming captain and leading Liverpool to four league titles and two European Cups from 1976 to 1980. After retirement, Hughes became a TV celebrity and fixture of a long-running bbc sports quiz show...
...report saying that if its pro - and anti - gay factions couldn't reconcile their differences then "we shall have to begin to learn to walk apart." And in Sweden, evangelical pastor Ake Green is appealing a one - month prison sentence for preaching that homosexuality represents "a deep cancerous tumor in society...
...It’s a very aggressive disease because the tumor cells replace normal cells on the bone marrow,” said Aster. “Kids have low blood counts, anemia, not enough white blood cells and sometimes also tumor masses...
While scientists continue to design smarter drugs that can target only wayward tumor cells, few remedies are tailored specifically for children who, primarily for safety reasons, are left out of trials. But their options might expand if Genzyme and Ilex receive approval for Clofarabine, which could become the first medication in more than a decade green-lighted to treat pediatric leukemia exclusively. The drug meddles with a tumor cell's ability to replicate its DNA properly. In a small study of children who have not responded to existing treatments, 31% responded to Clofarabine...