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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: thyroid cancer

thyroid cancer stories: 2 news summaries

(Newser) - Trouble at nuclear reactors that produce two-thirds of the world’s medical isotopes have created massive testing delays in the US, the Philadelphia Inquirer reports. The isotopes, created in Canada and the Netherlands, are used for presurgery stress tests and to locate some cancers; doctors are limping along with... More »

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cancer • surgery • Canada • Netherlands • nuclear reactor • tests • thyroid cancer • radioactive isotopes • medical isotopes • nuclear medicine

 Ebert Ready to Review Again 

Critic gives thumbs up to imminent return

Apr 1, 08 9:07 PM CDT
(Newser) - Roger Ebert—beset by a series of serious health ailments in recent years—will soon resume reviewing films, he wrote in a letter to Chicago Sun-Times readers. The critic was diagnosed with thyroid cancer in 2002; since then he’s undergone several surgeries, including a tracheotomy that cost him his... More »

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film • movie review • critic • Roger Ebert • thyroid cancer

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