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Zeta-Jones 'Furious' at Missed Cancer Diagnosis

'We knew something was up'

By Mary Papenfuss, Newser Staff

Posted Sep 2, 2010 4:19 AM CDT | Updated Sep 2, 2010 7:30 AM CDT

(Newser) – As her husband embarks on the fight of his life against Stage 4 throat cancer, Catherine Zeta-Jones is still livid doctors didn't discover the illness earlier. Michael Douglas went to doctors early in the summer complaining of a persistent sore throat. They put him through... Read full story »

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