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...parents. He gently suggested a trip to the ophthalmologist, which led to the pediatrician, then the neurologist. The first time the parents got a hint of what might be wrong was when they took Elizabeth in for tests and glimpsed the diagnosis on the hospital admissions form: "brain tumor...
...investigation, Lehman's death appears to have resulted from a mathematical error that wasn't discovered until February, when two clerks undertook a routine review of her case. As thousands of cancer patients know well, standard chemotherapy involves figuring out a treatment that is aggressive enough to destroy a tumor without also killing the patient. For each person, doctors must calculate how much drug to use in relation to the individual's size and body weight...
...allow the other hopefuls to split the conservative bloc while he holds on to the more moderate voters, including those who say they are pro-choice. It is a long shot, but one he can put into perspective: 20 months ago, doctors told him that a brain tumor would probably kill him in three to six weeks. "You want to do a little more," he says of his outlook after the operation, in which the tumor was removed and found to be benign. "Taking on a presidential run is a very big step ... But I really want to use these...
...promote public welfare. Exotic technologies, like virtual reality, can lower the overall cost of complex medical procedures. A VR-like ``data fusion system'' developed by Medical Media Systems in Hanover, New Hampshire, enables doctors to re-create remote organs, like the liver, and ``watch'' the endoscopic removal of a tumor. Tests on animals are under way now; human trials begin in July. Even at $80,000, the system is cost efficient...
...after suffering shortness of breath, he spent eight days in the hospital where he was treated with blood thinners for a blood clot, which had developed in his right leg and traveled to his lungs. In January doctors removed his appendix after a CAT scan revealed a rare benign tumor...