'Frank' the Tumor is Removed
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A 9-year-old boy who nicknamed his brain tumor "Frank" and whose mother launched an online auction to help pay for his medical bills is now cancer-free, his mother said.
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after doctors rebuilt his jaw by growing another one on his back. Four weeks after the pioneering operation, the man was able to tuck in to a sausage sandwich .
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NEW YORK Baseball commissioner Bud Selig had surgery today to remove a cancerous lesion from his forehead. The lesion was detected last month during Selig&#39;s annual physical, and a biopsy confirmed that it contained melanoma, a form of skin cancer.
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Government scientists turned regular blood cells into tumor attackers that wiped out all signs of cancer in two men with advanced melanoma. The striking finding, unveiled Thursday, marks an important step in the quest for gene therapy for cancer.
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A German who had his lower jaw cut out because of cancer has enjoyed his first meal in nine years â- bratwurst sandwich â -er surgeons grew a new jaw bone in his back muscle and transplanted it to his mouth in what experts call an
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Surgeons removed a rare brain tumor from a 12-year-old Cambodian girl who was being cared for by a Christian school for the disadvantaged in Phnom Penh.
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Musician Freddy Fender has incurable cancer, discovered after tumors were found on his lungs, and his wife said they are "hoping for a miracle."
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A German who had his lower jaw cut out because of cancer has enjoyed his first meal in nine years - a bratwurst sandwich â-fter surgeons grew a new jaw bone in his back muscle and transplanted it to his mouth in what experts call an âambitious
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A German whose lower jaw was cut out because of cancer has enjoyed his first meal in nine years â- bratwurst sandwich â -er surgeons grew a new jaw bone in his back muscle and
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A surgery in which adults' brain tumors are removed through the nose can also be effective in children, many of whom have no other medical options available, according to a review of cases published this month.
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NEW YORK -- Baseball commissioner Bud Selig had surgery Monday to remove a cancerous lesion from his forehead. The lesion was detected last month during Selig&#39;s annual physical, and a biopsy confirmed that it contained melanoma, a form of skin cancer.
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BEIJING (Reuters Life!) - A Chinese "elephant man" with a crippling 15 kg (33 lb) tumor drooping from his head and face -- the biggest on record -- undergoes life-threatening surgery on Tuesday to have it removed.
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A week or two of radiation to the head helped keep a very deadly form of lung cancer from spreading to the brain, improving survival for some people who have had little hope of successful treatment until now, Dutch doctors reported Saturday.
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Many strides have been made against cancer. But the diagnosis is scary for anyone, even a governor. The news that Gov. M. Jodi Rell underwent surgery for breast cancer Monday shows the great good that can come of getting regular medical exams.
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A German who had his lower jaw cut out because of cancer has enjoyed his first meal in nine years - a bratwurst sandwich - after surgeons grew a new jaw bone in his back muscle and transplanted it to his mouth ...
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LONDON - A German who had his lower jaw cut out because of cancer has enjoyed his first meal in nine years - a bratwurst sandwich - after surgeons grew a new jaw bone in his back muscle and transplanted it to his mouth in what experts call an "ambitious" experiment.    According to this week's issue of The Lancet medical journal, the German doctors used a mesh cage, a growth chemical and the patient's own bone marrow, containing stem cells, to create a new jaw bone that fit exactly into the gap left by the cancer surgery...
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NEW YORK  - When malignant melanoma on an  arm or leg advances it may become impossible to remove  surgically, even if the cancer hasn't spread to other areas of  the body. In such cases, chemo delivered just to the affected  limb offers a good treatment option, Dutch doctors report.