Word: tumors
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Then came a traumatic change in his life. Geffen developed a bladder tumor, which doctors removed and declared to be malignant. Believing that stress had contributed to the cancer, Geffen, then 33, decided to change his priorities. Canceling his subscriptions to Variety and Billboard, he began teaching business courses at Yale and UCLA, collecting art and investing in real estate. After four years in his new life, he consulted cancer specialists for a second opinion and found that the first diagnosis had been incorrect: he was fine...
...Emperor's doctors diagnosed his condition as "obstructive jaundice" and said the bleeding was related to a swelling of the pancreas and an internal blockage for which the Emperor had undergone an intestinal-bypass operation a year ago. They acknowledged for the first time the presence of a tumor in the Emperor's pancreas. For four days, as he received a series of blood transfusions and was fed intravenously, his condition remained fairly stable, but then it began once again to deteriorate. In the meantime, Crown Prince Akihito, 54, was asked by the Cabinet to assume temporarily his father...
...Osaka-based team to victory in the 1985 Japan Series, and Masayuki Kakefu, a fierce third baseman once known as "Mr. Tigers." The ball club sacked Bass last month after he overstayed his leave in the U.S., where his eight-year-old son was being treated for a brain tumor. Kakefu, whose game had suffered because of injuries, wanted to retire. To make matters worse, the Tigers were at the bottom of their six-team league...
...usual, there was speculation that Iran's change of heart might be related to the 88-year-old Khomeini's deteriorating health. In June the CIA received a report that the Imam was suffering from heart disease, a blood clot or tumor in the brain, and prostate cancer that had spread to his liver. He was said to be under constant medical supervision and receiving large amounts of medication. While reports of Khomeini's impending death have proved to be erroneous in the past, he has seemed increasingly frail in recent appearances and has not been seen in public since...
...showed her magazine articles with headlines like CANCER BY THE CARTON. She did make the concession of switching in 1955 from Chesterfield straights to L&M filters, which were advertised at the time as "just what the doctor ordered." But Cipollone kept on smoking even after developing a malignant tumor that forced surgeons to remove part of her right lung in 1981. She continued sneaking puffs after the entire lung was taken out in 1982, and finally quit about a year before her death from cancer...