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They made it home from Vietnam. Now, these vets battle a rare form of cancer
They made it home from Vietnam. Now, these vets battle a rare form of cancer
They were the lucky ones who managed to make it home from Vietnam.Now, half a century later, some veterans are finding out they, too, are victims of the war.The enemy is a known killer in parts of Asia: parasites ingested in raw or poorly cooked river fish.These liver flukes attach to the lining of the bile duct and, over time, cause inflammation and scarring.
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Canadian golfer Dawn Coe-Jones dies after battle with cancer
Canadian golfer Dawn Coe-Jones dies after battle with cancer
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Dawn Coe-Jones, the Canadian Golf Hall of Famer who won three times on the LPGA Tour, died Saturday after an eight-month battle with cancer.She was 56.Fellow former Canadian LPGA Tour player Gail Graham, Golf Canada and The Legends Tour said Saturday that Coe-Jones died at a hospice near her home in Tampa.She was diagnosed with bone cancer this year.
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Immunotherapy becoming another choice to battle cancer
Immunotherapy becoming another choice to battle cancer
FDA approved immunotherapy to treat cancer (Photo: WOAI)(WOAI) For the first time ever the Food and Drug Administration has approved an immunotherapy first line treatment drug for cancer."Cancer cells have adapted to fool the body's immune system, and our immune system is designed to get rid of foreign invaders.Invaders like cancer," explains Dr. Anand Karnad, Chief of the Division of Hematology/Oncology at UT Health Science Center San Antonio.And simply put, the immunotherapy works by harnessing the immune system to fight cancer from within.
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