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For cancer patients, a struggle to prolong hope as well as life

posted April 1, 2007 - 8:38am
For cancer patients, a struggle to prolong hope as well as life

By David Brown
Why is it that Americans speak of trying to whip cancer, show courage in the face of it, and die after a long battle against it? Why at the same time do we tell ourselves cancer is the new diabetes, a chronic disease we can have for a lifetime?


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