Word: tumorous
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Samuel Shapiro, a visiting professor of epidemiology at University of Capetown, notes that any cancers that might have existed in breast tissue when these women stopped hormone therapy would not have simply disappeared post-treatment. "Once the growth of a tumor has accelerated, it can't be decelerated," he says. "I'm not aware of any evidence to show that happens...
...skyr, a kind of Icelandic yogurt, at parliament and at riot police, seems to have shaken Icelandic politicians. Two days after a throng of angry protesters beset his official car on Jan. 21, Prime Minister Haarde called a press conference to reveal that doctors had found a malignant tumor in this throat and that he would step down. In an unexpected move, Haarde called for an election in May, only days after firmly and repeatedly denying the possibility of such a poll...
...escorted to an ambulance by three Senators, Orrin Hatch, John Kerry and Chris Dodd. Kennedy's wife Victoria and his son Patrick accompanied him to a hospital. It was a seizure last spring that led to Kennedy's diagnosis of cancer and subsequent surgery to treat a malignant brain tumor. "I personally wished he hadn't come today," said Senator Hatch. "But he's a person who really does love history ... He wouldn't miss this for the world." (See pictures of Obama's Inauguration...
...course, today's news doesn't mean that Jobs's cancer has necessarily reappeared. After being diagnosed with cancer in 2004, the Apple co-founder had reportedly undergone a Whipple Procedure, a surgery that removed a tumor from his pancreas, and cut into his gallbladder, stomach, bile duct and small intestine. Some patients who have had the surgery live in constant pain and have difficulty digesting food and absorbing calories. In other words, Jobs could simply be suffering from the long-term effects of the surgery, and not a recurrence of his cancer...
However, in one case where he was preparing to remove an adrenal tumor, the anesthesiologist realized during the checklist rundown that extra blood might be required but was not on hand. The blood was delivered to the OR - and the patient did need it during surgery. "I'm convinced that the fact that the anesthesiologist caught that was what saved this man's life," Gawande says, adding that his team averts at least one potential problem via the checklist every week...